Drop Shadow

Usage

Use the drop-shadow-{amount} utilities alongside the filter utility to add a drop shadow to an element.

<div class="filter drop-shadow-lg ...">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Responsive

To control an element’s drop shadow at a specific breakpoint, add a {screen}: prefix to any existing drop-shadow utility. For example, use md:drop-shadow-xl to apply the drop-shadow-xl utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="filter drop-shadow-md md:drop-shadow-xl ...">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

For more information about Tailwind’s responsive design features, check out the Responsive Design documentation.

Customizing

You can customize which drop-shadow utilities are generated using the dropShadow key in the theme section of your tailwind.config.js file.

  // tailwind.config.js
  module.exports = {
    theme: {
+     extend: {
+       dropShadow: {
+         '3xl': '0 35px 35px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)',
+       }
+     }
    }
  }

Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

Variants

By default, only responsive variants are generated for drop-shadow utilities.

You can control which variants are generated for the drop-shadow utilities by modifying the dropShadow property in the variants section of your tailwind.config.js file.

For example, this config will also generate hover and focus variants:

  // tailwind.config.js
  module.exports = {
    variants: {
      extend: {
        // ...
+       dropShadow: ['hover', 'focus'],
      }
    }
  }

Disabling

If you don't plan to use the drop-shadow utilities in your project, you can disable them entirely by setting the dropShadow property to false in the corePlugins section of your config file:

  // tailwind.config.js
  module.exports = {
    corePlugins: {
      // ...
+     dropShadow: false,
    }
  }