Box Shadow - a sneak peek

[justintadlock]

Discussed in #224

^{Originally posted by bph February 19, 2024}
Box shadow were available to theme developers since 6.2

WordPress 6.5 will bring a considerable update including updated UI for content creators.

This article will explain the new features and how to use them. It also covers what will be next for box shadow support beyond.

A draft is available in this Google Doc.

The article will also serve as an update to the previous post on Box Shadow support: Using the box shadow feature for themes

[bph]

• Also Dynamically set border panel label based on the controls available gutenberg#59358
• Add Box Shadow support for featured image gutenberg#59616
• Shadow: enable shadow for more blocks gutenberg#57103

[bph]

I tested the box shadow UI implementation with WordPress 6.5 RC 2, and made some minor adjustments from the earlier version. It would be ready for review.

It's a short article, less than 600 words. If there are further ideas on what else to cover about the box support, please let me know.

[bph]

Earlier today box shadow for featured image block was merged. I will add a section for that.

[justintadlock]

Good job, Birgit! First review is in.

[ironnysh]

Cool tutorial, @bph.

[bph]

Thanks for taking the time to review 🙏

[bph]

Pre-publishing checklist: (updated 1/29/2024)

• Post Title and subheaders in sentence case
• Are Category or Categories selected?
• Are Tags identifies?
• Is there an explicit Excerpt?
• Are all images files uploaded to the media library
• Do all images have an alt-text?
• Assign or upload a featured image
• Props added? (See Guidelines)
• add copy for a social post as comment to this issue (example)
  🙌 Publish! 📗

Post-publishing checklist

• add Props for reviews to #props channel in WP Slack (Example) (use Slack handles)
• close the issue with a comment to link to the published post
• close the accompanying discussion with the link to the published post.

[bph]

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[bph]

Social Copy:

Drop Shadows add another dimention to your images or buttons. With WordPress 6.5 the feature is now available in the block editor. Learn how to set, control and use shadow presets in your theme, blocks and posts.

[bph]

Published: Drop Shadow updates in WordPress 6.5