Text-Shadow: IE8 - html

Alright, so I'm trying to implement text-shadow across various browsers. I have IE6, IE7, FF, Chrome, and Opera all working... but IE8 wont' show any shadows unless it is in 'Compatibility View'.
I've looked at a number of 'solutions' via search / Google, but the shadow is still only appearing in 'Compatibility View'.
Any ideas on how to get it to show up without having to change modes?
Note: Using HTML5 Boilerplate and Modernizr.
edit: Added that I'm using Modernizr, and I clicked the wrong button in my tester. This isn't working in IE9 either, but I don't think it is related.
CSS:
#links li a {
font-size: 24px;
text-shadow: 0 3px 3px #102530, 0 3px 3px #102530;
/* For IE 8 */
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(Strength=4, Direction=90, Color='#102530')";
/* For IE 5.5 - 7 */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(Strength=4, Direction=90, Color='#102530');
filter:DropShadow(Color=#102530, OffX=0, OffY=3);
zoom: 1;
}
HTML
<ul id="links">
<li><a href="#"/>Text</a></li>
</ul>

I tried Modernizer (also with heygrady's polyfill). I tried cssSandpaper. I tried CSS3PIE. But none of them displayed me a text-shadow in Internet Explorer 8 (CSS3PIE doesn't feature text-shadow). I also tried the double-markup method. But that really can't be it.
And then I found Whykiki's blog post and simply added filter: dropshadow(color=#000000, offx=2, offy=2); in combination with display: block;. And that's it. Some of you might try zoom: 1; instead of display: block; to activate it. filter: glow(color=#000000,strength=2); works, too. As you will see, the MS dropshadow doesn't come with blur. I can live with that.
h1 {
color: #fce934;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #000000;
-moz-text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #000000;
-webkit-text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #000000;
filter: dropshadow(color=#000000, offx=2, offy=2);
display: block; /* that's the important part */
}

A website must not necessarily look the same in every browser. Plus MS filters are crap.
I would recommend to use Modernizer an apply a different solution for IE8.
It will save you from headaches :)

Related

Box-Shadow is not working on hover in IE8

I am trying to apply box-shadow on a div on hover in mozilla, chrome , IE10 it is working fine but in IE 8 text is also getting shaded i am attaching here image of IE8
and in mozilla it is working fine here is image
Here is my css for both
.span3:hover {
box-shadow:1px 1px 5px 5px #E7E0E7;
-webkit-box-shadow:1px 1px 5px 5px #E7E0E7;
-moz-box-shadow:1px 1px 5px 5px #E7E0E7;
border-radius:3px;
}
.lt-ie9 .span3:hover {
box-shadow:1px 1px 5px 5px #E7E0E7;
border-radius:3px;
zoom: 1;
filter:
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#dddddd,direction=0,strength=1),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#dddddd,direction=45,strength=1),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#dddddd,direction=90,strength=2),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#dddddd,direction=135,strength=3),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#cccccc,direction=180,strength=10),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#dddddd,direction=225,strength=3),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#dddddd,direction=270,strength=2),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#dddddd,direction=315,strength=1);
}
Please explain me where i am doing mistake. i tried many links like css3pie.com etc but didn't get any solution.
Box Shadow Compatibility versions
It is not Supported in IE8
To Enable CSS box-shadow for IE
How to Simulate CSS3 box-shadow in IE6-8 Without JavaScript
or Use CSS3 PIE, which emulates some CSS3 properties in older versions of IE.
use CSS3 PIE
IE 8 not support css3 directly

Umbraco not rendering IE box shadows

I am looking at a fix for a website - I have applied a box-shadow to a div. This renders perfectly in:
Safari, Firefox, Chrome.
The SAME CSS renders perfectly in IE when displayed via ASP.NET razor views.
The CSS that works in the above .NET, doesn't render via Umbraco.
I am using a separate stylesheet for IE (8.0+) and using:
box-shadow: 5px 5px 0px #000
in the main stylesheet (for all other browsers) I am using:
box-shadow: 0px 40px 100px 2px #000;
neither work for IE and I am stumped now.
IE makes me want to drink bleach - anybody have any ideas where I am going wrong?
Thank you in advance!
This does indeed have to do with IE compatibility. Remove this line from your html:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />
The line above forces newer versions of Internet Explorer to render the page as IE8 would, by default. See MSDN's Specifying legacy document modes for more details.
I'm guessing the link to your css is relative or something, it's got absolutely nothing to do with umbraco - you have full control over the html. Perhaps paste a link to your website or your html code.
also for cross browser drop shadows you need something like this
-moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 4px #444;
-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 4px #444;
box-shadow: 3px 3px 4px #444;
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(Strength=4, Direction=135, Color='#444444')";
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(Strength=4, Direction=135, Color='#444444');

Text Stroke and Shadow CSS3 in Firefox

I was wondering if there was a way of adding a stroke and shadow to text, I can get it working in Chrome and Safari as webkit supports text-stroke and text-shadow. I can get the stroke to display in Firefox but that is using text-shadow and playing with the offset. So does anyone know a way around this issue?
The text-stroke property isn't part of the standard CSS spec, so it's best to avoid it - Chrome would be well within their rights to pull out it at any time.
You're right that you can create text-stroke-like effects using multiple comma-separated text-shadows - in fact you can use the same technique to add an 'actual' shadow as well:
h1 {
font-size: 6em;
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #F00,
-1px -1px 0 #F00,
1px -1px 0 #F00,
-1px 1px 0 #F00,
3px 3px 5px #333;
}
<h1 style="margin:0">Hello World</h1>
Be careful though, because text-shadow isn't supported in IE9 and below either. I'd recommend only using it for non-essential styling: make sure the text is still just as readable when the shadow / faux outline isn't there.
Firefox 48 now supports text strokes (with the -webkit prefix), as well as some other webkit-specific properties (like -webkit-text-fill-color). Just be wary that the specification isn't really there, and it will probably change in the future.
Here's an example that now works in Firefox:
.outline {
-webkit-text-stroke: 1px red;
}
span:first-of-type {
display: block;
font-size: 24pt;
font-weight: bold;
}
<span class="outline">This text has a stroke.</span>
<span class="outline">(Even in Firefox)</span>
See the Mozilla website:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/-webkit-text-stroke

Text shadow for IE

I am building a website and I am using the text-shadow function, however it doesnt work for IE.
Graphic:
text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.2em black;
Is there any solution or hack to over come this, or something that mimics the text-shadow function for IE.
For some versions of IE, Dropshadow filter may do what you need:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532985%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
I was looking for a cross-browser text-stroke solution that works when overlaid on background images. think I have a solution for this that doesn't involve extra mark-up, js and works in IE7-9 (I haven't tested 6), and doesn't cause aliasing problems.
This is a combination of using CSS3 text-shadow, which has good support except IE, then using a combination of filters for IE. CSS3 text-stroke support is poor at the moment.
IE Filters:
The glow filter looks terrible, so I didn't use that.
David Hewitt's answer involved adding dropshadow filters in a combination of directions. ClearType is then removed unfortunately so we end up with badly aliased text.
I then combined some of the elements suggested on useragentman with the dropshadow filters.
Putting it together
This example would be black text with a white stroke. I'm using conditional HTML classes by the way to target IE (http://paulirish.com/2008/conditional-stylesheets-vs-css-hacks-answer-neither/).
#myelement {
color: #000000;
text-shadow:
-1px -1px 0 #ffffff,
1px -1px 0 #ffffff,
-1px 1px 0 #ffffff,
1px 1px 0 #ffffff;
}
html.ie7 #myelement,
html.ie8 #myelement,
html.ie9 #myelement {
background-color: white;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Chroma(color='white') progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=100) progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(color=#ffffff,offX=1,offY=1) progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(color=#ffffff,offX=-1,offY=1) progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(color=#ffffff,offX=1,offY=-1) progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(color=#ffffff,offX=-1,offY=-1);
zoom: 1;
}
The IE filter class also puts a shadow on any background images you have. For instance, I have an H1 tag that has a line as part of the background, when I put the IE text shadow filter on, the line in the background inherits that shadow.
I've been looking and investigating this issue also for some time now and would like to share a maybe contradictory finding while testing my site on IE10.
I have this html structure :
<p>Meer info op onze <a class="links" target="_self" href="/leden">ledenpagina</a></p>
combined with CSS :
p { display: inline-table;
color: #FFF;
text-shadow: 0px 1px 2px #111, 0px 1px 0px #111;
margin: 0px 20px; }
a.links {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #FFFF60;
font-size: 1.1em; }
If i look at the outcome of this in IE10, the achor text "ledenpagina" does receive the text-shadow style as defined in the parent (p tag).
The assumption this could have anything to do with a combined text-decoration:underline selector was false (tested by applying text-decoration also on the p tag)
Result can be witnessed here : http://tczelem.be (slide down the header slider tab)
So the text-decoration selector does seem to have some effect in IE10.
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Centered content with drop shadow and a pattern background. Is transparent PNGS the only way to go?

If so, which PNG IE fix would you recommend?
If you do not necessarily need your CSS to validate, you might use this:
.box-shadow {
-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #969696; /* FF 3.5+ */
-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #969696; /* Webkit = Safari + Chrome */
-khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #969696; /* Konqueror */
box-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #969696; /* Opera */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#969696', Direction=145, Strength=3); /* IE */
}
It uses the box-shadow CSS3 property where appropriate and for MSIE it uses filters. If you can trust your users have updated browser or use IE, you should be safe.
The code is not entirely from my head, I used http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/04/28/css3-solutions-for-internet-explorer/ for reference.
If your drop shadow is partially transparent and can't use a .gif then yes that is really the only way to go. Firstly, I must say the obligatory %^&* IE 6. Second, I have had great luck with http://jquery.andreaseberhard.de/pngFix/ but I loves me some jquery so take this as just personal opinion and if you arn't already using jquery may not be the best for you.