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CSS CSS Foundations Backgrounds and Borders Box Shadows

Nick Rohan
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Nick Rohan
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Posted by Nick Rohan
Nick Rohan
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box-shadow property question

I don't understand the purpose of the spread value in the box-shadow property. Can't you get the same effect by changing the h-shadow and v-shadow values?

4 Answers

Guil Hernandez
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Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher
Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Nick Rohan,

Take a look at this forum tip I made explaining the spread value in box-shadow.

Hope this helps! :)

Andrew Harper
Andrew Harper
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Andrew Harper
Andrew Harper
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Good explanation. Can't thank you guys enough for all the work you do.

nik
nik
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nik
nik
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Think of the spread of more like how much the shadow will bur. It's similar to a gaussian effect. Using spread will simplify softening the look of the shadow. Just specifying h and v values would only adjust how far the shadow drops back.

Bob Passaro
Bob Passaro
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Bob Passaro
Bob Passaro
8,438 Points

Great explanation of this, Guil.

Also, I had no idea you could apply more than one shadow to an element. Thanks.,