box shadow & border-radius
by Austin Laird
HTML
<div class="div-to-style">
</div>
<p>
Want the red section to have a straight border on the left
</p>
CSS
.div-to-style {
-webkit-box-shadow: -20px 0px 0px 0px blue;
-moz-box-shadow: -20px 0px 0px 0px blue;
box-shadow: -20px 0px 0px 0px blue;
border-radius: 8px 8px 8px 8px;
background-color: red;
width: 200px;
height: 50px;
margin-left:40px;
}