text-shadowBaseline · Widely available

The text-shadow CSS property sets the position and styles of shadow on text.

Supported in all major browsers for at least 30 months — safe to use without fallbacks. Baseline since Jul 29, 2015. Widely available since Jan 29, 2018.

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Browser support

DesktopChrome

1–1Not supported

2+Supportedsince May 21, 2009

Current: 155

Edge

12+Supportedsince Jul 29, 2015

Current: 154

Firefox

1–3Not supported

3.5+Supportedsince Jun 30, 2009

Current: 157

Safari

1–1Not supported

1.1+Supportedsince Oct 24, 2003

Current: 27

MobileChrome Android

18+Supportedsince Jun 27, 2012

Current: 155

Firefox Android

4+Supportedsince Mar 29, 2011

Current: 157

Safari iOS

1+Supportedsince Jun 29, 2007

Current: 27

How to use

This feature is Baseline widely available — use it freely, no fallback needed.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN: text-shadow.

Feature detection

CSS · check before using

@supports (text-shadow: initial) {
  /* styles that rely on text-shadow */
}

/* or in JavaScript */
if (CSS.supports("text-shadow", "initial")) {
  // use it
}

Sub-features

Support for each part of the feature (2). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.

Sub-feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox Android	Safari iOS
text-shadow	2	12	3.5	1.1	18	4	1
text-shadow.none	2	12	3.5	1.1	18	4	1

Browser support

How to use

Example

Feature detection

Documentation (MDN)

Specification

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Sub-features