How do I create a shadow that is NOT the width of the whole screen?

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I have some text in an h1 tag that I would like to put a shadow around using box-shadow. However, I only want the shadow to cover the width of the text, not the entire screen. I also want the text to remain centered. Here is my code so far (which is inside a style element).

h1 {

    text-align: center;
    box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19), 0 6px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.23);
        }

What I have tried:

I tried including width: 400px (which is about the size of my text) but then everything moves to the left - it is no longer aligned to the center which is what I want.

Posted 17-Aug-21 5:43am

Sam Frydman 2021

Updated 17-Aug-21 6:30am

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-17T06:30:00

Solution 1

You'll need to wrap another element around the text. For example:

HTML

<h1><span>This is the text</span></h1>

CSS

h1 {
    text-align: center;
}

h1 > span {
    box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19), 0 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.23);
}

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Posted 17-Aug-21 6:30am

Richard Deeming