How can one add drop shadows to Raphael.js objects?

Question

I would like to find out how to add blurry edged drop shadows to Raphael.js objects/paths. As far as I know it is not possible with the library as is but is there a work aro

Answer 1

I wrote a plugin that adds a drop shadow to an element by applying an SVG filter to it. It's based on the blur plugin.

You can find it here: https://github.com/dahoo/raphael.dropshadow.js