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CSS-Glass-Shelf.markdown

CSS Glass Shelf

I used LESS to create this CSS glass shelf for a new website I just finished designing and developing - http://www.meridianapps.com.

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index.html

<div class="shelf">

  <div class="bookend_left"></div>
	<div class="bookend_right"></div>
	<div class="reflection"></div>

</div>

style.less

//Colors

@color1: #d1d8de; //top surface
@color2: #596c7c; //front edge
@color3: #ffffff; //page color

//Mixins

.box-shadow (@shadow1, @shadow2: transparent 0 0 0, @shadow3: transparent 0 0 0, @shadow4: transparent 0 0 0, @shadow5: transparent 0 0 0, @shadow6: transparent 0 0 0) {
    -webkit-box-shadow: @shadow1, @shadow2, @shadow3, @shadow4, @shadow5, @shadow6;
  	-moz-box-shadow: @shadow1, @shadow2, @shadow3, @shadow4, @shadow5, @shadow6;
		box-shadow: @shadow1, @shadow2, @shadow3, @shadow4, @shadow5, @shadow6;
}

.4-color-gradient (@colorStart, @colorStop1, @colorStop2, @colorEnd, @position1: 0%, @position2: 50%, @position3: 50%, @position4: 100%, @angle: 90deg, @oldangle1: left top, @oldangle2: right bottom, @iegradtype: 0) {
		background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(@angle, @colorStart @position1, @colorStop1 @position2, @colorStop2 @position3, @colorEnd @position4); /*FF3.6+ */
		background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, @oldangle1, @oldangle2, color-stop(@position1,@colorStart), color-stop(@position2, @colorStop1), color-stop(@position3,@colorStop2), color-stop(@position4,@colorEnd)); /*Chrome,Safari4+ */
		background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(@angle, @colorStart @position1, @colorStop1 @position2, @colorStop2 @position3, @colorEnd @position4);/* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
		background-image: -o-linear-gradient(@angle, @colorStart @position1, @colorStop1 @position2, @colorStop2 @position3, @colorEnd @position4); /* Opera 11.10+ */
		background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(@angle, @colorStart @position1, @colorStop1 @position2, @colorStop2 @position3, @colorEnd @position4); /*IE10+ */
		filter: ~"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='@{colorEnd}', endColorstr='@{colorStart}', GradientType='@{iegradtype}' )"; /* IE6-9 */
}

.2-color-gradient (@colorStart, @colorEnd, @position1: 0%, @position2: 100%, @angle: 90deg, @oldangle1: left top, @oldangle2: right bottom, @iegradtype: 0) {
		background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(@angle,  @colorStart @position1, @colorEnd @position2); /*FF3.6+ */
		background-image: -webkit-gradient(@angle, @oldangle1, @oldangle2, color-stop(@position1, @colorStart), color-stop(@position2, @colorEnd)); /*Chrome,Safari4+ */
		background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(@angle,  @colorStart @position1, @colorEnd @position2); /*Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
		background-image: -o-linear-gradient(@angle,  @colorStart @position1, @colorEnd @position2); /* Opera 11.10+ */
		background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(@angle,  @colorStart @position1, @colorEnd @position2); /*IE10+ */
		filter: ~"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='@{colorEnd}', endColorstr='@{colorStart}', GradientType='@{iegradtype}' )"; /* IE6-9 */
}

.transform (@transform) {
		-webkit-transform: @transform;
		-moz-transform: @transform;
		-ms-transform: @transform;
		-o-transform: @transform;
}

//CSS

body {
		background-color: @color3;
}

.shelf {
		display: block;
		position: relative;
		width: 60%;
		height: 20px;
  	margin: 100px auto 0;
//LESS Mixins
		.2-color-gradient (@color1, lighten(@color1, 10%), 0%, 100%);
		.box-shadow (0 2px 2px lighten(@color2, 10%), 0 4px 0 lighten(@color2, 30%), 0 20px 30px -8px #000000);
}

.bookend_left {
		display: block;
		position: absolute;
		left: -25px;
		top: -18px;
		width: 36px;
		height: 36px;
		background-color: @color3;
//LESS Mixins
		.transform (rotate(35deg));
}

.bookend_left:before {
		position: absolute;
		top: 31px;
		left: 17px;
		width: 20px;
		height: 10px;
		background-color: @color3;
		content:"";
//LESS Mixins
		.transform (rotate(-35deg));
}		

.bookend_right {
		display: block;
		position: absolute;
		right: -25px;
		top: -18px;
		width: 36px;
		height: 36px;
		background-color: @color3;
//LESS Mixins
		.transform (rotate(-35deg));
}

.bookend_right:before {
		position: absolute;
		top: 31px;
		right: 17px;
		width: 20px;
		height: 10px;
		background-color: @color3;
		content:"";
//LESS Mixins
		.transform (rotate(35deg));
}

.shelf .reflection {
		display: block;
		position: absolute;
		top: 20px;
		left: 1px;
		width: 99.8%;
		height: 1px;
//LESS Mixins
		.4-color-gradient (rgba(255,255,255,1.0), rgba(255,255,255,0.5), rgba(255,255,255,1.0), rgba(255,255,255,0.7), 0%, 35%, 65%, 100%, 0deg, left top, right top);
}