Blur effect on a div element

67
votes

Is it possible to add a gaussian blur on div element? If yes, how I can do this?

5
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What have you found so far? Have you googled this issue? – Erty Seidohl
possible duplicate of HTML5 Gaussian blur effect – Chris Laplante
possible duplicate of How to apply a CSS 3 blur filter to a background image that I am setting with background-image? – Pureferret

5 Answers

143
votes

I think this is what you are looking for? If you are looking to add a blur effect to a div element, you can do this directly through CSS Filters-- See fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/ayhj9vb0/

 div {
  -webkit-filter: blur(5px);
  -moz-filter: blur(5px);
  -o-filter: blur(5px);
  -ms-filter: blur(5px);
  filter: blur(5px);
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background-color: #ccc;

}
8
votes

Try using this library: https://github.com/jakiestfu/Blur.js-II

That should do it for ya.

3
votes

I got blur working with SVG blur filter:

CSS

-webkit-filter: url(#svg-blur);
        filter: url(#svg-blur);

SVG

<svg id="svg-filter">
    <filter id="svg-blur">
        <feGaussianBlur in="SourceGraphic" stdDeviation="4"></feGaussianBlur>
    </filter>
</svg>

Working example:

https://jsfiddle.net/1k5x6dgm/

Please note - this will not work in IE versions

0
votes

Blurring the background elements of a div can be achieved using backdrop-filter.

Use it like this:

.your-class-name {
   backdrop-filter: blur(5px);
}

All the elements placed under the div are going be blurred by using this.

EDIT: Notice that this is not supported by every browser yet