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  • Last Updated : 04 Dec, 2018
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The shadow effect property in CSS is used to add text and images shadow in HTML document.

Text Shadow: The CSS text-shadow property is used to display the text with shadow. This property holds the pixel length, breadth, and width of the shadow and the color of the shadow.

Syntax:

Text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px green;

Example:




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>text-shadow property</title>
        <style>
            h1 {
                color: green;
                text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px lightgreen;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Geeks For Geeks | A computer Science portal for Geeks</h1>
    </body>
</html>                    

Output:

TextBox Shadow: The CSS boxShadow property applies shadow to the text box. This property hold the pixel length, breadth, and width of the shadow and the color of the shadow.

Syntax:

boxShadow: 3px 3px 3px green;

Example:




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
     <head>
         <title>box shadow property</title>
         <style>
               #Gfg {
                   width: 220px;
                   height: 50px;
                   background-color: green;
                   color: white;
               }
          </style>
          <script>
   
               // function that show Shadow Effect.
               function Shadow() {
                  document.getElementById("Gfg").style.boxShadow 
                                           = "5px 5px 5px gray";
               }
          </script>
     </head>
     <body>
          <button onclick = "Shadow()">Click to see Shadow</button>
          <div id = "Gfg">
            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
          </div>
     </body>
</html>

Output:
box shadow property


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