How to apply box-shadow on all four sides?

Question

I'm trying to apply a box-shadow on all four sides. I could only get it on 2 sides:

Solution 1

It's because of x and y offset. Try this:

-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #fff;
        box-shadow: 0 0 10px #fff;

edit (year later..): Made the answer more cross-browser, as requested in comments :)

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Solution 2

See: http://jsfiddle.net/thirtydot/cMNX2/8/

input {
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 2px #fff;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 2px #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px 2px #fff;
}

Solution 3

Just simple as this code:

box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px 2px black; /*any color you want*/

Solution 4

This looks cool.

-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #999;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #999;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px #999;

Solution 5

Understand box-shadow syntax and write it accordingly

box-shadow: h-offset v-offset blur spread color;

h-offset: Horizontal offset of the shadow. A positive value puts the shadow on the right side of the box, a negative value puts the shadow on the left side of the box - Required

v-offset: Vertical offset of the shadow. A positive value puts the shadow below the box, a negative value puts the shadow above the box - Required

blur: Blur radius (The higher the number, the more blurred the shadow will be) - Optional

color: Color of the shadow - Optional

spread: Spread radius. A positive value increases the size of the shadow, a negative value decreases the size of the shadow - Optional

inset: Changes the shadow from an outer shadow to an inner shadow - Optional

box-shadow: 0 0 10px #999;

box-shadow works better with spread

box-shadow: 0 0 10px 8px #999;

use 'inset' to apply shadow inside of the box

box-shadow: 0 0 8px inset #999;
(or)
box-shadow: 0 0 8px 8px inset #999;

use rgba (red green blue alpha) to adjust the shadow more efficiently

box-shadow: 0 0 8px inset rgba(153, 153, 153, 0.8); 
(or)
box-shadow: 0 0 8px 8px inset rgba(153, 153, 153, 0.8); 

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Comments

[sscirrus]

CSS3please.com is always helpful for this kind of stuff...

[dragonfly]

I know what each value is for in box shadow with 3 value + color. what is this 4 value stands for??

[thirtydot]

Read: developer.mozilla.org/En/CSS/Box-shadow - specifically, it's the "spread radius".

[Ahmad Ismail]

it is appropriate as the other answers in this site, but as you are striving, i am up voting your answer.

[Terrance00]

Fiddle creator - MVP.