CSS-like shadows with offset, spread, and blur

crates/egui/src/containers/area.rs

@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ impl Prepared {
                 .at_least(self.state.left_top_pos() + Vec2::splat(32.0)),
         );
 
-        let shadow_radius = ctx.style().visuals.window_shadow.extrusion; // hacky
+        let shadow_radius = ctx.style().visuals.window_shadow.margin().sum().max_elem(); // hacky
         let clip_rect_margin = ctx.style().visuals.clip_rect_margin.max(shadow_radius);
 
         let clip_rect = Rect::from_min_max(self.state.left_top_pos(), constrain_rect.max)

crates/egui/src/style.rs

@@ -1071,7 +1071,12 @@ impl Visuals {
             error_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 0, 0),  // red
 
             window_rounding: Rounding::same(6.0),
-            window_shadow: Shadow::big_dark(),
+            window_shadow: Shadow {
+                offset: vec2(10.0, 20.0),
+                blur: 15.0,
+                spread: 0.0,
+                color: Color32::from_black_alpha(96),
+            },
             window_fill: Color32::from_gray(27),
             window_stroke: Stroke::new(1.0, Color32::from_gray(60)),
             window_highlight_topmost: true,
@@ -1080,10 +1085,18 @@ impl Visuals {
 
             panel_fill: Color32::from_gray(27),
 
-            popup_shadow: Shadow::small_dark(),
+            popup_shadow: Shadow {
+                offset: vec2(6.0, 10.0),
+                blur: 8.0,
+                spread: 0.0,
+                color: Color32::from_black_alpha(96),
+            },
+
             resize_corner_size: 12.0,
+
             text_cursor: Stroke::new(2.0, Color32::from_rgb(192, 222, 255)),
             text_cursor_preview: false,
+
             clip_rect_margin: 3.0, // should be at least half the size of the widest frame stroke + max WidgetVisuals::expansion
             button_frame: true,
             collapsing_header_frame: false,
@@ -1115,14 +1128,26 @@ impl Visuals {
             warn_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 100, 0), // slightly orange red. it's difficult to find a warning color that pops on bright background.
             error_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 0, 0),  // red
 
-            window_shadow: Shadow::big_light(),
+            window_shadow: Shadow {
+                offset: vec2(10.0, 20.0),
+                blur: 15.0,
+                spread: 0.0,
+                color: Color32::from_black_alpha(25),
+            },
             window_fill: Color32::from_gray(248),
             window_stroke: Stroke::new(1.0, Color32::from_gray(190)),
 
             panel_fill: Color32::from_gray(248),
 
-            popup_shadow: Shadow::small_light(),
+            popup_shadow: Shadow {
+                offset: vec2(6.0, 10.0),
+                blur: 8.0,
+                spread: 0.0,
+                color: Color32::from_black_alpha(25),
+            },
+
             text_cursor: Stroke::new(2.0, Color32::from_rgb(0, 83, 125)),
+
             ..Self::dark()
         }
     }

crates/egui/src/widgets/mod.rs

@@ -126,15 +126,44 @@ pub fn stroke_ui(ui: &mut crate::Ui, stroke: &mut epaint::Stroke, text: &str) {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn shadow_ui(ui: &mut Ui, shadow: &mut epaint::Shadow, text: &str) {
-    let epaint::Shadow { extrusion, color } = shadow;
-    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-        ui.label(text);
-        ui.add(
-            DragValue::new(extrusion)
-                .speed(1.0)
-                .clamp_range(0.0..=100.0),
-        )
-        .on_hover_text("Extrusion");
+    let epaint::Shadow {
+        offset,
+        blur,
+        spread,
+        color,
+    } = shadow;
+
+    ui.label(text);
+    ui.indent(text, |ui| {
+        crate::Grid::new("shadow_ui").show(ui, |ui| {
+            ui.add(
+                DragValue::new(&mut offset.x)
+                    .speed(1.0)
+                    .clamp_range(-100.0..=100.0)
+                    .prefix("x: "),
+            );
+            ui.add(
+                DragValue::new(&mut offset.y)
+                    .speed(1.0)
+                    .clamp_range(-100.0..=100.0)
+                    .prefix("y: "),
+            );
+            ui.end_row();
+
+            ui.add(
+                DragValue::new(blur)
+                    .speed(1.0)
+                    .clamp_range(0.0..=100.0)
+                    .prefix("Blur:"),
+            );
+
+            ui.add(
+                DragValue::new(spread)
+                    .speed(1.0)
+                    .clamp_range(0.0..=100.0)
+                    .prefix("Spread:"),
+            );
+        });
         ui.color_edit_button_srgba(color);
     });
 }

crates/epaint/src/shadow.rs

@@ -1,84 +1,65 @@
 use super::*;
 
 /// The color and fuzziness of a fuzzy shape.
+///
 /// Can be used for a rectangular shadow with a soft penumbra.
+///
+/// Very similar to a box-shadow in CSS.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize))]
 pub struct Shadow {
-    /// The shadow extends this much outside the rect.
-    /// The size of the fuzzy penumbra.
-    pub extrusion: f32,
+    /// Move the shadow by this much.
+    ///
+    /// For instance, a value of `[1.0, 2.0]` will move the shadow 1 point to the right and 2 points down,
+    /// causing a drop-shadow effet.
+    pub offset: Vec2,
+
+    /// The width of the blur, i.e. the width of the fuzzy penumbra.
+    ///
+    /// A value of 0.0 means no blur.
+    pub blur: f32,
+
+    /// Expand the shadow in all directions by this much.
+    pub spread: f32,
 
     /// Color of the opaque center of the shadow.
     pub color: Color32,
 }
 
 impl Shadow {
+    /// No shadow at all.
     pub const NONE: Self = Self {
-        extrusion: 0.0,
+        offset: Vec2::ZERO,
+        blur: 0.0,
+        spread: 0.0,
         color: Color32::TRANSPARENT,
     };
 
-    pub const fn new(extrusion: f32, color: Color32) -> Self {
-        Self { extrusion, color }
-    }
-
-    /// Tooltips, menus, …, for dark mode.
-    pub const fn small_dark() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            extrusion: 16.0,
-            color: Color32::from_black_alpha(96),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Tooltips, menus, …, for light mode.
-    pub const fn small_light() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            extrusion: 16.0,
-            color: Color32::from_black_alpha(20),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Used for egui windows in dark mode.
-    pub const fn big_dark() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            extrusion: 32.0,
-            color: Color32::from_black_alpha(96),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Used for egui windows in light mode.
-    pub const fn big_light() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            extrusion: 32.0,
-            color: Color32::from_black_alpha(16),
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn tessellate(&self, rect: Rect, rounding: impl Into<Rounding>) -> Mesh {
         // tessellator.clip_rect = clip_rect; // TODO(emilk): culling
 
-        let Self { extrusion, color } = *self;
+        use crate::tessellator::*;
 
-        let rounding: Rounding = rounding.into();
-        let half_ext = 0.5 * extrusion;
+        let Self {
+            offset,
+            blur,
+            spread,
+            color,
+        } = *self;
 
-        let ext_rounding = Rounding {
-            nw: rounding.nw + half_ext,
-            ne: rounding.ne + half_ext,
-            sw: rounding.sw + half_ext,
-            se: rounding.se + half_ext,
-        };
+        let rect = rect.translate(offset);
 
-        use crate::tessellator::*;
-        let rect = RectShape::filled(rect.expand(half_ext), ext_rounding, color);
+        let rounding_expansion = spread.abs() + 0.5 * blur;
+        let rounding = rounding.into() + Rounding::from(rounding_expansion);
+
+        let rect = RectShape::filled(rect.expand(spread), rounding, color);
         let pixels_per_point = 1.0; // doesn't matter here
-        let font_tex_size = [1; 2]; // unused size we are not tessellating text.
+        let font_tex_size = [1; 2]; // unused since we are not tessellating text.
         let mut tessellator = Tessellator::new(
             pixels_per_point,
             TessellationOptions {
                 feathering: true,
-                feathering_size_in_pixels: extrusion * pixels_per_point,
+                feathering_size_in_pixels: blur * pixels_per_point,
                 ..Default::default()
             },
             font_tex_size,
@@ -88,4 +69,20 @@ impl Shadow {
         tessellator.tessellate_rect(&rect, &mut mesh);
         mesh
     }
+
+    /// How much larger than the parent rect are we in each direction?
+    pub fn margin(&self) -> Margin {
+        let Self {
+            offset,
+            blur,
+            spread,
+            color: _,
+        } = *self;
+        Margin {
+            left: spread + 0.5 * blur - offset.x,
+            right: spread + 0.5 * blur + offset.x,
+            top: spread + 0.5 * blur - offset.y,
+            bottom: spread + 0.5 * blur + offset.y,
+        }
+    }
 }