# Objective

Add support for multiple box shadows on a single `Node`.

## Solution

* Rename `BoxShadow` to `ShadowStyle` and remove its `Component` derive.
* Create a new `BoxShadow` component that newtypes a `Vec<ShadowStyle>`.
* Add a `new` constructor method to `BoxShadow` for single shadows.
* Change `extract_shadows` to iterate through a list of shadows per
node.

Render order is determined implicitly from the order of the shadows
stored in the `BoxShadow` component, back-to-front.
Might be more efficient to use a `SmallVec<[ShadowStyle; 1]>` for the
list of shadows but not sure if the extra friction is worth it.

## Testing

Added a node with four differently coloured shadows to the `box_shadow`
example.

---

## Showcase

```
cargo run --example box_shadow
```

<img width="460" alt="four-shadow"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2f728c47-33b4-42e1-96ba-28a774b94b24">

## Migration Guide

Bevy UI now supports multiple shadows per node. A new struct
`ShadowStyle` is used to set the style for each shadow. And the
`BoxShadow` component is changed to a tuple struct wrapping a vector
containing a list of `ShadowStyle`s. To spawn a node with a single
shadow you can use the `new` constructor function:
```rust
commands.spawn((
    Node::default(),
    BoxShadow::new(
        Color::BLACK.with_alpha(0.8),
        Val::Percent(offset.x),
        Val::Percent(offset.y),
        Val::Percent(spread),
        Val::Px(blur),
    )
));
```

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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <[email protected]>

# Objective

Add support for multiple box shadows on a single `Node`.

## Solution

* Rename `BoxShadow` to `ShadowStyle` and remove its `Component` derive.
* Create a new `BoxShadow` component that newtypes a `Vec<ShadowStyle>`.
* Add a `new` constructor method to `BoxShadow` for single shadows.
* Change `extract_shadows` to iterate through a list of shadows per
node.

Render order is determined implicitly from the order of the shadows
stored in the `BoxShadow` component, back-to-front.
Might be more efficient to use a `SmallVec<[ShadowStyle; 1]>` for the
list of shadows but not sure if the extra friction is worth it.

## Testing

Added a node with four differently coloured shadows to the `box_shadow`
example.

---

## Showcase

```
cargo run --example box_shadow
```

<img width="460" alt="four-shadow"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2f728c47-33b4-42e1-96ba-28a774b94b24">

## Migration Guide

Bevy UI now supports multiple shadows per node. A new struct
`ShadowStyle` is used to set the style for each shadow. And the
`BoxShadow` component is changed to a tuple struct wrapping a vector
containing a list of `ShadowStyle`s. To spawn a node with a single
shadow you can use the `new` constructor function:
```rust
commands.spawn((
    Node::default(),
    BoxShadow::new(
        Color::BLACK.with_alpha(0.8),
        Val::Percent(offset.x),
        Val::Percent(offset.y),
        Val::Percent(spread),
        Val::Px(blur),
    )
));
```

---------

Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <[email protected]>