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How do I control all window drop/box shadows? Gnome themes seem to have different size shadows so I assume it is possible.

Here's what I have tried:

1. 
   

   Editing the gtk.css at "~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css" by adding:

   
   
   

   .window-frame box-shadow: none;
   .window-frame:backdrop box-shadow: none;
   

   
   



2. I added the same css to a copy of a downloaded theme installed in "~/.themes/" - this had no .window-frame class so I added it.




3. I added the same css as well as one of the default themes (Albatross) copied out of "/usr/share/themes/" - this had a .window-frame class in "gtk-widgets.css" so I modified it.

I restarted Gnome shell after each. Attempts 1 and 2 did nothing. Attempt 3 did get rid of the shadows but also seemed to affect refresh in applications - text scrolling doesn't refresh.

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Specs:
Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome/Mutter

The solution to this is to edit the "gtk.css" in whatever theme you are using - themes do control the drop/box shadow. I've tested this on Ubuntu 18.04. You can edit the default at "~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css" or, a much better idea, you can edit your own installed theme, even if that's a copy of the default theme. Install your theme in your home directory "~/.themes/" folder and then find the "gtk.css" file in it's "gtk-3.0" folder. Open the file in a text editor and search for "decoration" and "decoration:backdrop". To remove the windows shadow comment out the box-shadow line and add your own set to "none" like so:

decoration

 border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;
 border-width: 0px;
 /*box-shadow: 1px 12px 12px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18);*/
 box-shadow: none;
 margin: 4px;


decoration:backdrop

 border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;
 border-width: 0px;
 /*box-shadow: 1px 12px 12px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18);*/
 box-shadow: none;
 margin: 4px;

Save the file. In Settings > Appearance you'll need to load the theme - if you were already using it change the them to another theme and then change it back to your theme again. Windows should now have no shadows - see image below.