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 ¶

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:

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

8.8.4. CSS3 box-shadow attribute ¶

CSS3 in CSS3 box-shadow property applies to box shadows

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 ¶

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

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

#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 ¶

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

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:

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:

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

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

8.8.12. New text Properties ¶