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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Text Shadows and Box Shadows

Kendall Coates
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Kendall Coates
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Posted by Kendall Coates
Kendall Coates
Courses Plus Student 1,051 Points

Adding a second set of box shadow

I have to add a second set of box-shadow values adding an inner shadow however I don't recall them going over this in the video so cannot figure it out?

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.main-heading {
  text-shadow: 0 0 5px #be7b31;
}

.title {
  text-shadow: 1px 3px 0 #e59740;
}

.main-header {
  box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa,
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 60px 5px color: firebrick;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1 class="main-heading">Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>

        <div class="primary-content">
            <p class="intro">
                Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
            </p>
            <a class="callout" href="#more">Find out more</a>
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->

        <footer class="main-footer">
            <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
            <a href="#top">Back to top &raquo;</a>
        </footer>
  </body>
</html>
Gaia Dragonfly
Gaia Dragonfly
4,546 Points
Gaia Dragonfly
Gaia Dragonfly
4,546 Points

He explains the multiple shadows in the first video "Text Shadows" in 3:50. You separate the lines of shadows using commas and end it with a semicolon. for example: 

            .main-heading {
  text-shadow: 0 0 5px #be7b31,
                        0 0 5px #000;
}
            ```

1 Answer

Justin Iezzi
Justin Iezzi
18,199 Points

Hi Kendall,

You have a few issues with your CSS here. Notice that you have a comma trailing your first box-shadow property. You can either change this to a semicolon, or remove the second "box-shadow:".

Another issue is that you've written a color property inside of the second box-shadow values. Remember that you don't have to explicitly write out the color property for box-shadow since it accepts a color as one of the values. Box-shadow will know it's a color by default, [see here]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/box-shadow for more details.

I've written out examples just in case - 

.main-header {
  box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa,
              inset 0 0 60px 5px firebrick;
}

.main-header {
  box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 60px 5px firebrick;
}

Either of these will work, even though the challenge is really asking for the first version. Personally, I like the first one, I find it to be a little more readable.

Hope this helps!