CSS Tutorials

Onion Skinned Drop Shadows: A List Apart

Editor’s Note: The techniques demonstrated in this tutorial are not for everyone. The design method works its magic by nesting divs that have no semantic or structural value. If that bothers you (and there are good reasons why it might), this is not the tutorial for you.

On the other hand, if you wish to create visual effects that expand and contract to fit any object, require no image manipulation, and render the same across all browsers, then “Onion Skinned Drop Shadows” may be just what you’ve been looking for.