Add drop shadow with css?

is there a way to add a dropshadow with css? (specifically to
a label component)
Thanks!

"Phrankie" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
quote:
Originally posted by:
ashtangakasha
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
danger42
> No, drop shadows are implemented as filters, not styles.
They cannot be
> set
> via CSS in Flex 3.
>
> matt horn
> flex docs
>
> Although Matt's reply is true with respect to label
components, which is
> what
> the original question addressed, it's worth pointing out
that MXML Styles
>
can
set dropshadows on components which happen to expose the
> dropShadowEnabled property. Perhaps this is new to Flex
3.2.
>
> For example, CSS can apply dropshadows to TextArea,
Canvas, DataGrid,
> AdvancedDataGrid, and other list-based containers, but
not to Buttons,
> Labels,
> ComboBoxes, Images, etc. The rationale for exposing or
not exposing the
> dropShadowEnabled (and dropShadowColor) property is not
clear, so you have
> to
> refer to the docs.
I think it depends on whether the component has a HaloBorder
or not.

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> I am fairly new to CSS and am designing a website where
I would like to
use a
> drop shadow using CSS.
>
> Currently I have a container div that is centred
horizontally in the
browser
> window and want to add a drop shadow to this div, so all
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central
> in the browser window when it is resized. (similar to
>
http://www.thegraphicmac.com/).
>
> Any help/advice would be appreciated...
>
> Thanks
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>
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> I've got a vector image that I've applied a drop shadow
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shadow follows the mask
> after applying.
>
> Is there any way the mask can cut off the the drop
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java version "1.4.2_08"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_08-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_08-b03, mixed mode)
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