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Create a "inset" effect using CSS in websites

I am very much impressed by the "inset" like effect in many latest websites. Some examples are alt text

and

alt text

The line in the center. Nowadays, many websites use these kinds of lines/effects.

I tried to achieve the same with borders but the color combination is not working me and it is not proper.

Do other websites use images for these ? is it easy to this ?

Any example css ?

Example sites: http://woothemes.com, http://net.tutsplus.com/ , http://www.w3schools.com (in the header) and in wordpress admin page sidebar

Solution

  • Don't know if this will help, but using 1 px borders that are slightly lighter and darker than the background of 2 adjacent elements can emulate this. For Example:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
  <title>Untitled</title>
<style type="text/css">
div{background:#555;}
.top{border-bottom:#333 solid 1px;}
.bot{border-top:#777 solid 1px;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="top">this</div>
<div class="bot">andthis</div>
</body>
</html>

    EDIT:

    As a side note, switching light and dark in the example above will give you a slightly raised/embossed border effect.