
Note: as shown in the support tables at the bottom, Firefox won't display these correctly - so better to check out in a Webkit or Blink based browser like Chome or Safari.Įach of these use pure CSS - but you can see the background image blur through to the dropdown, creating a pretty cool crystalline, see through, blurred effect.
Default: 8px-sidebar-color - The background color of the sidebars. Default: 24px-app-radius - The border radius of the app and every element that has a border radius. Default: 6px-app-margin - The margin surrounding the content area. Make this widget transparent (or semi-transparent, if you want the blurred area. To highlight exactly what this looks like, I've put together a demo of the functionality. app-blur - The strength of the blur for every element that has one. This code allows you to add a blur effect to widgets in the background.
#BLUR TRANSLUCENT BACKGROUND HOW TO#
In this tutorial we'll be looking at how to make a tinted blurred glass effect with just modern CSS. Mostly meant for modals, it also has applications on stylised dropdowns which are common across the web. This blurriness is not only essential to maintain readability and accessibility, but it also provides a slick frosted glass look. In more recent specifications of CSS, we have finally gotten backdrop-filter. A blur behind the object or element keeps it from blending with the main background. However, for a long time it hasn't been possible in CSS - until now. This effect has long been easy to do when you have easy access to graphic shaders, since these can do most of the heavy lifting in terms of calculating what is underneath the layer, and blurring it into the foreground. Step 2: Choose Your Blur Mode and Focal Point.

IOS is full of cool ' crystaline' glass effects.
