Can CSS3 box-shadow:inset do only one or two sides? like border-top?

Question

I\'m wondering about the support for side specific inner shadows in css3.

I know this works great on supported browsers.

div { box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 5         


        

Answer 1

box-shadow: inset 5px 0 5px -5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5),inset -5px 0 5px -5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
-moz-box-shadow: inset 5px 0 5px -5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5),inset -5px 0 5px -5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 5px 0 5px -5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5),inset -5px 0 5px -5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
-o-box-shadow: inset 5px 0 5px -5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5),inset -5px 0 5px -5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);

This works just lovely :)

Here is a codepen illustrating it: http://codepen.io/poopsplat/pen/cGBLy

Answer 2

using :before and after elements with regular shadows cut of by overflow:hidden on the parent box like in this example: http://dabblet.com/gist/2585782

CSS

/**
 * Top and Bottom inset shadow
 */


#element{
  background-color: #E3F2F7;
  height: 55px;
  position: relative; /* to position pseudo absolute*/
  overflow: hidden; /* to cut of overflow shadow*/
  margin-top: 200px;    
}

#element:before , #element:after{
  content: "\0020";
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 1px; /* when 0 no shadow is displayed*/
  box-shadow: #696c5c 0 0 8px 0;
}

#element:before { top: -1px} /* because of height: 1*/
#element:after { bottom: -1px}  /* because of height: 1*/

HTML

<div id="element"></div>

Answer 3

Multiple box shadows did the trick for me.

box-shadow:
        inset 0 -8px 4px 4px rgb(255,255,255),
        inset 0 2px 4px 0px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.75);

http://jsfiddle.net/kk66f/

Answer 4

This is what worked for me:

box-shadow: inset 1px 4px 9px -6px;

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/23Egu/

Answer 5

You can accomplish a single-sided, inner shadow by setting your div to overflow:hidden and adding shadow elements along the borders.

Set an inner shadow on the top and bottom borders of a division:

HTML

<div id="innerShadow">
    <div id="innerShadowTop">
        Content...
    <div id="innerShadowBottom">
</div>

CSS

#innerShadow
{
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
}

#innerShadowTop
{
    width: 100%;
    height: 1px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: -1px;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 1px 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
    -o-box-shadow: 0px 1px 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
    box-shadow: 0px 1px 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
}

#bannerShadowBottom
{
    width: 100%;
    height: 1px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: -1px;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px -1px 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px -1px 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
    -o-box-shadow: 0px -1px 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
    box-shadow: 0px -1px 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
}