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Dissecting a React Component built by Jamie Kyle, Stefan Judis provides us with an easy to use CSS class that adds a “Natural Shadow” to any element. He does this by inlining the SVG <filter> in a CSS filter.
?♂️ You can think of this “Natural Shadow” like a “Ambient Lighting” (Ambilight) option on a TV, where the TV casts a colored light that changes colour depending on the on-screen action.
In the pen above, I’ve tweaked the .natural-shadow class a bit:
- The shadow now also extends at the top and bottom, by tweaking
x="0" y="0" width="2" height="2"on the<filter> - The shadow was made bigger, by tweaking the
stdDeviation="5"on the< feGaussianBlur>
As Stefan notes, Safari has some issues with the inline filter …
A natural shadow with SVG filters →
This content originally appeared on Bram.us and was authored by Bramus!
Bramus! | Sciencx (2021-07-20T22:32:55+00:00) Natural Shadows in CSS with inlined SVG filters. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2021/07/20/natural-shadows-in-css-with-inlined-svg-filters/
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