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CSS: Page with Lifted Corners
A piece of paper laying flat with lifted, peeled or curled corners with a couple versions to help fit different scenarios.
It is possible to have a corner or, in this example, corners of a page appear to be lifting off the object they are sitting on. Most of the magic happens when the transformation rotate() is applied. Remove the z-index: -1; line when making adjustments.
Hello, World!
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Curled/Peeled Corners using CSS</title>
<style>
body {
background: #f5f5f5;
}
.page {
position: relative;
background: #fff;
margin: 100px;
padding: 100px;
width: 300px;
box-shadow: 0 25px 25px -35px rgba(0,0,0,0.25); /* this just adds a touch of shadow to the bottom of the page */
}
.page::before,
.page::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 90%; /* may have to change the top for a taller page */
bottom: 13px; /* may have to change the bottom for a taller page */
box-shadow: 0 10px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.25); /* this is for the curled page corners */
z-index: -1;
}
/* left bottom corner shadow */
.page::before {
left: 5px;
right: 50px;
transform: rotate(-3deg); /* may have to change the degrees rotated for a wider page */
}
/* right bottom corner shadow */
.page::after {
left: 50px;
right: 5px;
transform: rotate(3deg); /* may have to change the degrees rotated for a wider page */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="page"></div>
</body>
</html>
The top, bottom, and degrees of rotation need to be changed when increasing or decreasing the size of .page.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Curled/Peeled Corners using CSS</title>
<style>
body {
background: #f5f5f5;
}
.page {
position: relative;
background: #fff;
margin: 100px;
width: 1000px;
height: 500px;
box-shadow: 0 25px 25px -35px rgba(0,0,0,0.25); /* this just adds a touch of shadow to the bottom of the page */
}
.page::before,
.page::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 90%; /* may have to change the top for a taller page */
bottom: 25px; /* may have to change the bottom for a taller page */
box-shadow: 0 10px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.25); /* this is for the curled page corners */
z-index: -1;
}
/* left bottom corner shadow */
.page::before {
left: 5px;
right: 50px;
transform: rotate(-2deg); /* may have to change the degrees rotated for a wider page */
}
/* right bottom corner shadow */
.page::after {
left: 50px;
right: 5px;
transform: rotate(2deg); /* may have to change the degrees rotated for a wider page */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="page"></div>
</body>
</html>
An alternate version which may work better for some applications than the above examples. Notice that this version does not rely upon z-index.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Curled/Peeled Corners using CSS</title>
<style>
.table-top {
background: #f5f5f5;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
height: 300px;
}
.sheet-1 {
position: relative;
height: 200px;
width: 300px;
}
.sheet-1::before,
.sheet-2::before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 80%;
bottom: 14px;
box-shadow: 0 10px 15px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
}
.sheet-1::before {
left: 10px;
right: 50px;
transform: rotate(-5deg);
}
.sheet-2::before {
left: 50px;
right: 10px;
transform: rotate(5deg);
}
.sheet-2,
.sheet-3 {
position: absolute;
background: #fff;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.sheet-content {
padding: 7px;
overflow: auto;
height: calc(100% - 14px);
font-size: 13px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="table-top">
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</div>
</body>
</html>
