- From: Eric A. Meyer <eric@meyerweb.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:05:03 -0500
- To: www-style@w3.org
At 11:57 PM +0100 1/26/11, Mounir Lamouri wrote:
>On 01/26/2011 11:22 PM, Eric A. Meyer wrote:
>> My guess is he's asking "if I define a semi-transparent or
>> transparent background for an element with a drop shadow, why can't I
>> see the part of the shadow that's 'behind' the element through the
>> background, and is there a way to make it appear there?".
>
>FWIW, it might be harder but it's doable with SVG filters.
I don't doubt it. I do have to wonder why an outset shadow is
clipped by the border box, though. Because it is a bit weird to
shadow a box, then decide to make the background transparent and not
see the rest of the shadow. Is that an ease-of-implementation thing?
Or is it that because backgrounds are transparent by default, it's
thought the shadow shouldn't be visible behind the content because
that could create legibility problems?
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