8.8. CSS3 text effect

8.8.1. CSS3 text effect ¶

Several new text features are included in CSS3.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following text properties:

Text-shadow
Box-shadow
Text-overflow
Word-wrap
Word-break

8.8.2. Browser support ¶

Attribute
Text-shadow	4.0	10.0	3.5	4.0	9.5
Box-shadow	10.04.0-webkit-	9.0	4.03.5-moz-	5.1 3.1-webkit-	10.5
Text-overflow	4.0	6.0	7.0	3.1	11.09.0-o-
Word-wrap	23.0	5.5	3.5	6.1	12.1
Word-break	4.0	5.5	15.0	3.1	15.0

8.8.3. Text Shadow of CSS3 ¶

In CSS3 text-shadow property applies to text shadows.

You specified horizontal shadows, vertical shadows, blurred distances, and the color of shadows:

Example ¶

Add shadows to the title:

h1 { text-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #FF0000; } 

8.8.4. CSS3 box-shadow attribute ¶

CSS3 in CSS3 box-shadow property applies to box shadows

Example ¶

div { box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; } 

8.8.5. Next, add color to the shadow. ¶

Example:

div { box-shadow: 10px 10px grey; } 

8.8.6. Next, add a blur effect to the shadow ¶

Example ¶

div { box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px grey; } 

8.8.7. You can also add shadow effects to:: before and:: after pseudo elements ¶

Example ¶

#boxshadow { position: relative; b ox-shadow: 1px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5); pa dding: 10px; bac kground: white; } #boxshadow img { width: 100%; border: 1px solid #8a4419; border-style: inset; } #boxshadow::after { content: ''; position: absolute; z-index: -1; /* hide shadow behind image */ box-shadow: 0 15px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); width: 70%; left: 15%; /* one half of the remaining 30% */ height: 100px; bottom: 0; } 

8.8.8. A special case for the use of shadows is the card effect ¶

Example ¶

div.card { width: 250px; box-shadow: 0 4px 8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19); text-align: center; } 

8.8.9. CSS3 Text Overflow attribute ¶

The CSS3 text overflow property specifies how the overflow content should bedisplayed to the user

Example ¶

p.test1 { white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; border: 1px solid #000000; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: clip; } p.test2 { white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; border: 1px solid #000000; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; } 

8.8.10. Line feeds of CSS3 ¶

If a word is too long to fit in an area, it extends to the outside:

In CSS3, the auto-wrap attribute allows you to force text wrapping-even if it means splitting a word in the middle of it:

The CSS code is as follows:

Example ¶

Allow long text to wrap:

p{word-wrap:break-word;} 

8.8.11. CSS3 word splitting and newline ¶

The CSS3 word split newline property specifies the newline rule:

The CSS code is as follows:

Example ¶

p.test1 { word-break: keep-all; } p.test2 { word-break: break-all; } 

8.8.12. New text Properties ¶

Attribute	Description	CSS
Hanging-punctuation	Specifies whether the punctuation character is outside the wireframe.	3
Punctuation-trim	Specifies whether punctuation characters are trimmed.	3
Text-align-last	Sets how to align the last line or the line immediately before the forced newline character.	3
Text-emphasis	Applies the accent tag and the foreground color of the accent tag to the element’s text.	3
Text-justify	Specifies the alignment method to be used when text-align is set to justify.	3
Text-outline	Specifies the outline of the text.	3
Text-overflow	Specifies what happens when a text overflow contains an element.	3
Text-shadow	Add shadows to the text.	3
Text-wrap	Specifies the line wrapping rules for the text.	3
Word-break	Stipulate the line wrapping rules for non-Chinese, Japanese and Korean texts.	3
Word-wrap	Allows you to split long, indivisible words and wrap them to the next line.	3