Was this added in Trinity 3.5.11/12? Otherwise I'm confused why this does not happen in KDE.

If this is a Trinity mod then I'll submit a bug report to add a config option to restore the original behavior.

> The shadow is present to improve
> legibility with the transparent panel. 
> My suggestion would be to add a separate radio button
> configuration option
> to control the shadow with options enable/disable/auto.
> 
> Tim
> 
> > The problem is caused by enabling Transparency in the
> Panel configuration:
> > Appearance, Panel Background, Enable Transparency.
> >
> > When Transparency is enabled, the clock font then
> displays with an
> > outline/shadow.
> >
> > This does not happen in KDE. I can toggle Transparency
> in either mode in
> > KDE and the clock font remains normal.
> >
> > Seems like a bug, but I'd like confirmation before
> filing a report in the
> > bugzilla.
> >
> >> Additional info:
> >>
> >> When I enable the date and day of week, that part
> of the
> >> clock display does not contain a shadow or
> outline. Only the
> >> time portion of the display.
> >>
> >> I can toggle between Trinity and KDE and the
> outline/shadow
> >> appears only in Trinity.
> >>
> >> > I installed the Trinity packages on a
> >> > system where KDE 3.5.10 was installed. I was
> careful
> >> to
> >> > first manually remove the KDE packages
> before
> >> installing the
> >> > Trinity packages.
> >> >
> >> > I did not delete any user KDE profiles
> (~/.kde).
> >> >
> >> > User accounts have the clock configured in
> the
> >> kicker/panel
> >> > as Plain Clock (text) using the format H:MM
> a/pm. Font
> >> style
> >> > is Regular.
> >> >
> >> > With some user accounts, the clock font seems
> to use
> >> a
> >> > shadow or outline. Yet other accounts the
> font text
> >> looks
> >> > the same as in KDE 3.5.10 with no shadow or
> outline.
> >> >
> >> > Shadowing is not enabled in the Desktop
> configuration
> >> > options.
> >> >
> >> > While not running Trinity, I deleted the
> clock config
> >> file
> >> > from ~/.kde/share/config. Deleting the file
> did not
> >> > eliminate the shadow/outline.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas what might be causing this
> behavior?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > Darrell
> >> >
> >> >
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