Question

I have a div box with box-shadow set around it with the following CSS:

-moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 15px #415a68;
-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 15px #415a68;
-khtml-box-shadow: 1px 1px 15px #415a68;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 15px #415a68;

What can I do to make box-shadow only apply to the left, right and bottom of the div?

Answer 1

You cannot do this with ONE div.

EDIT

box-shadow does not allow right and left shadows at the same time.

There is a trick, though…read on.

The rule takes four values:

1. defines the horizontal offset of the shadow. + value for a right shadow and – value for a left shadow.
2. defines the vertical offset. + value for a bottom shadow and – value for a top shadow.
3. defines the blur distance
4. defines the spread

That is all true. However, after some tests I found you can layer shadows.

All you need to do is separate the values with a comma.

So, for a left, right, and bottom shadow on one div, you can do this

box-shadow: -5px 5px 3px black, 5px 5px 3px black;

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/jasongennaro/HWCzJ/1/