Distance only vertical

[thany]

Shadow distance can only get a vertical length, not horizontal.

Maybe a slider control is not really fit for a two-dimensional number heh ;)

[mrflix]

hello thany - thanks for contributing!

the distance is abstracted: it's x and y ratio is calculated by the angle.

[thany]

Then maybe an option to switch between "distance" and "offset", where the latter one is what I was missing?

[mrflix]

Sorry, but I don't get your point: box-shadow is defined by max. five attributes:

• horizontal offset
• vertical offset
• blur radius
• spread distance
• color

how these attributes are mapped in layerstyles:

• the horizontal and vertical distance are calculated through the angle and the distance (the angle splits up the distance into horizontal and vertical proportion)
• blur radius = blur
• spread = size (this is slightly misleading as someone already noted - i'll fix the naming)

Maybe head back to layerstyles to check the combination of distance and the angle while watching the code change might clear this up.

[thany]

I understand your point. I was referring to an option to switch between setting the abstracted distance and explicit X/Y values.

[mrflix]

Ah okay. No i won't implement that. Try alt key while changing the changing the angle!