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

Posted by Mat Breedon
Mat Breedon
3,598 Points

horizontal offset is zero ?

.main-header{ box-shadow: 2px 0px 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, .8), inset 0 0 60px 5px firebrick; }

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: 2px 0px 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, .8),
                            inset 0 0 60px 5px 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>

1 Answer

Luke Kennedy
Luke Kennedy
11,661 Points
Luke Kennedy
Luke Kennedy
11,661 Points

Hi Mat,

I'm not too sure what your question is but the horizontal offset is just the box-shadow that appears behind your current box which is displayed horizontally, vice versa for the vertical offset. If you were trying to solve the challenge, there was a mistake in your first code because the challenge states to set the horizontal offset to 0 (your second one is fine).

Anyways, if you were looking for the answer, you can just change the first part of your code accordingly.

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

You can refer to the website here for more reference on CSS box shadows. https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/css-box-shadow/

I hope this helps.

Luke.