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Shadows

Add or remove shadows to elements with box-shadow utilities.

Example

The helpers allow you to control relative depth, or distance, between two surfaces along the z-axis. By default, there are 25 elevation levels.

boxShadow: 0
boxShadow: 1
boxShadow: 2
boxShadow: 3
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">boxShadow</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">0</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">boxShadow</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">1</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">boxShadow</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">2</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">boxShadow</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">3</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…

API

<span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span> shadows <span class="token punctuation">}</span> <span class="token keyword">from</span> <span class="token string">'@mui/system'</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
Import name Prop CSS property Theme key
boxShadow boxShadow box-shadow shadows