I'd like to achieve an effect of a shadowed iframe element by its parenting div element.
HTML
<div>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zdOmNiXvM3w?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
CSS
div {
box-shadow:
inset 0px 11px 8px -10px black,
inset 0px -11px 8px -10px black;
}
The above is what I've got so far, but the iframe appears to take priority regardless of using z-index in CSS.
I've used a Youtube iframe in this example, but this solution also needs to work with standard iframes, such as one to google.
Ideally using only CSS/HTML.
The iframe will always be above the box-shadow of its parent. To counter this issue, you can assign the box-shadow to a pseudo-element positioned absolutely within the parent element, and make it non-responsive to pointer events:
div {
position: relative;
}
div iframe {
display: block;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
}
div::before {
background-color: rgba(255,255,255,.5); // Added only to show overlay, can be removed
content: '';
position: absolute;
z-index: 2;
box-shadow: inset 0px 11px 8px -10px black, inset 0px -11px 8px -10px black;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
pointer-events: none;
}
I've added the slightly transparent white background to show the overlay. You can always remove it. See proof-of-concept fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/teddyrised/uva5zkrg/