diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp
index bd10afbb9..34f8fd3e1 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp
@@ -438,6 +438,22 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			return true;
 		}
 		else
+		if( name == "shadow_x" )
+		{
+			sint sx;
+			if( fromString( value, sx ) )
+				_ShadowX = sx;
+			return true;
+		}
+		else
+		if( name == "shadow_y" )
+		{
+			sint sy;
+			if( fromString( value, sy ) )
+				_ShadowY = sy;
+			return true;
+		}
+		else
 		if( name == "multi_line" )
 		{
 			bool b;
@@ -618,6 +634,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "shadow", BAD_CAST toString( _Shadow ).c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "shadow_outline", BAD_CAST toString( _ShadowOutline ).c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "shadow_color", BAD_CAST toString( _ShadowColor ).c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "shadow_x", BAD_CAST toString( _ShadowX ).c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "shadow_y", BAD_CAST toString( _ShadowY ).c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "multi_line", BAD_CAST toString( _MultiLine ).c_str() );
 
 		std::string just;
@@ -729,6 +747,16 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if (prop)
 			_ShadowColor = convertColor(prop);
 
+		prop= (char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"shadow_x" );
+		_ShadowX = 1;
+		if (prop)
+			fromString( (const char *)prop, _ShadowX);
+
+		prop= (char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"shadow_y" );
+		_ShadowY = 1;
+		if (prop)
+			fromString( (const char *)prop, _ShadowY);
+
 		prop = (char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"multi_line" );
 		_MultiLine = false;
 		if (prop)
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/login_widgets.xml b/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/login_widgets.xml
index 660cb4f9d..6d7ac1fa7 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/login_widgets.xml
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/login_widgets.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
  keep="true" 
  max_historic="0"
  fontsize="10" 
+ shadow="true"
+ shadow_x="1"
+ shadow_y="1"
+ shadow_color="0 0 0 255"
+ shadow_outline="false"
  backup_father_container_pos="false" 
  want_return="false"
  color="255 255 255 255"
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@
 		<view type="bitmap" id="r"  texture="log_eb_r.tga"  posref="MR MR" scale="true" sizeref="h" h="-16" w="8" />
 		
 		<group type="edit_box" sizeref="wh" w="-8" h="-8" id="eb" posref="MM MM" on_focus="#on_focus" on_focus_params="#on_focus_params" onenter="#onenter" params="#params" onchange="#onchange" onchange_params="#onchange_params" max_num_chars="#max_num_chars" prompt="#prompt" enter_loose_focus="#enter_loose_focus" enter_recover_focus="#enter_recover_focus" entry_type="#entry_type"  reset_focus_on_hide="#reset_focus_on_hide" menu_r="#menu_r" max_historic="#max_historic" want_return="#want_return" backup_father_container_pos="#backup_father_container_pos">
-			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="true" hardtext="" global_color="false"/>
+			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="#shadow" shadow_x="#shadow_x" shadow_y="#shadow_y" shadow_color="#shadow_color" shadow_outline="#shadow_outline" hardtext="" global_color="false"/>
 		</group>
 	
 	</group>
@@ -114,6 +119,11 @@
  fontsize="10"
  fontweight=""
  fontstyle=""
+ shadow="true"
+ shadow_x="1"
+ shadow_y="1"
+ shadow_color="0 0 0 255"
+ shadow_outline="false"
  backup_father_container_pos="false" 
  want_return="false"
  color="255 255 255 255"
@@ -124,7 +134,7 @@
 	<group id="#id" posref="#posref" x="#x" y="#y" posparent="#posparent" child_resize_h="#child_resize_h" sizeref="#sizeref" w="#w" h="#h" render_layer="#render_layer">
 		<group type="edit_box" sizeref="#sizeref_eb" w="-16" id="eb" posref="TL TL" x="8" y="-8" child_resize_h="#child_resize_h" onenter="#onenter" params="#params" onchange="#onchange" onchange_params="#onchange_params" max_num_chars="#max_num_chars" prompt="#prompt" enter_loose_focus="#enter_loose_focus" enter_recover_focus="#enter_recover_focus" entry_type="#entry_type"  reset_focus_on_hide="#reset_focus_on_hide" menu_r="#menu_r" max_historic="#max_historic" want_return="#want_return" backup_father_container_pos="#backup_father_container_pos" render_layer="#render_layer">
 			<view type="bitmap" id="bg" scale="true" sizeref="hw" h="0" w="0" texture="log_eb_m.tga" inherit_gc_alpha="false" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
-			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" multi_min_line="#multi_min_line" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" fontweight="#fontweight" fontstyle="#fontstyle" shadow="true" hardtext="" global_color="false" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
+			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" multi_min_line="#multi_min_line" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" fontweight="#fontweight" fontstyle="#fontstyle" shadow="#shadow" shadow_x="#shadow_x" shadow_y="#shadow_y" shadow_color="#shadow_color" shadow_outline="#shadow_outline" hardtext="" global_color="false" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
 		</group>
 	
 		<!-- border around the list -->
@@ -153,6 +163,11 @@
  keep="true" 
  max_historic="40"
  fontsize="10" 
+ shadow="true"
+ shadow_x="1"
+ shadow_y="1"
+ shadow_color="0 0 0 255"
+ shadow_outline="false"
  backup_father_container_pos="false" 
  want_return="false"
  color="255 255 255 255"
@@ -162,7 +177,7 @@
 	<group id="#id" posref="#posref" x="#x" y="#y" posparent="#posparent" child_resize_h="#child_resize_h" sizeref="#sizeref" w="#w" h="#h" render_layer="#render_layer">
 		<group type="edit_box" sizeref="#sizeref_eb" w="-8" id="eb" posref="TL TL" x="4" y="-4" child_resize_h="#child_resize_h" onenter="#onenter" params="#params" onchange="#onchange" onchange_params="#onchange_params" max_num_chars="#max_num_chars" prompt="#prompt" enter_loose_focus="#enter_loose_focus" enter_recover_focus="#enter_recover_focus" entry_type="#entry_type"  reset_focus_on_hide="#reset_focus_on_hide" menu_r="#menu_r" max_historic="#max_historic" want_return="#want_return" backup_father_container_pos="#backup_father_container_pos" render_layer="#render_layer">
 			<view type="bitmap" id="bg" scale="true" sizeref="hw" h="0" w="0" texture="W_box_blank.tga" inherit_gc_alpha="true" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
-			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="true" hardtext="" global_color="false" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
+			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="#shadow" shadow_x="#shadow_x" shadow_y="#shadow_y" shadow_color="#shadow_color" shadow_outline="#shadow_outline" hardtext="" global_color="false" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
 		</group>
 	
 		<!-- border around the list -->
@@ -397,6 +412,11 @@
  keep="true" 
  max_historic="40"
  fontsize="10" 
+ shadow="true"
+ shadow_x="1"
+ shadow_y="1"
+ shadow_color="0 0 0 255"
+ shadow_outline="false"
  backup_father_container_pos="false" 
  want_return="false"
  color="255 255 255 255"
@@ -407,7 +427,7 @@
 		<group type="edit_box" sizeref="#sizeref_eb" w="-16" id="eb" posref="TL TL" x="8" y="-8" child_resize_h="#child_resize_h" onenter="#onenter" params="#params" onchange="#onchange" onchange_params="#onchange_params" max_num_chars="#max_num_chars" prompt="#prompt" enter_loose_focus="#enter_loose_focus" enter_recover_focus="#enter_recover_focus" entry_type="#entry_type"  reset_focus_on_hide="#reset_focus_on_hide" menu_r="#menu_r" max_historic="#max_historic" want_return="#want_return" backup_father_container_pos="#backup_father_container_pos" render_layer="#render_layer">
 			<view type="bitmap" id="bg" scale="true" sizeref="hw" h="0" w="0" texture="log_eb_m.tga" inherit_gc_alpha="false" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
 			
-			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="true" hardtext="" global_color="false"  render_layer="#render_layer"/>
+			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="#shadow" shadow_x="#shadow_x" shadow_y="#shadow_y" shadow_color="#shadow_color" shadow_outline="#shadow_outline" hardtext="" global_color="false"  render_layer="#render_layer"/>
 		</group>
 	
 		<!-- border around the list -->
@@ -435,6 +455,11 @@
  keep="true" 
  max_historic="40"
  fontsize="10" 
+ shadow="true"
+ shadow_x="1"
+ shadow_y="1"
+ shadow_color="0 0 0 255"
+ shadow_outline="false"
  backup_father_container_pos="false" 
  want_return="false"
  color="255 255 255 255"
@@ -444,7 +469,7 @@
 			
 			<view type="bitmap" id="bg" scale="true" sizeref="hw" h="0" w="0" texture="blank.tga" color="255 255 255 0" />
 			
-			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="true" hardtext="" global_color="false"/>
+			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="#shadow" shadow_x="#shadow_x" shadow_y="#shadow_y" shadow_color="#shadow_color" shadow_outline="#shadow_outline" hardtext="" global_color="false"/>
 		</group>
 	
 		<!-- border around the list -->
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/widgets.xml b/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/widgets.xml
index e5ece5680..62c202815 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/widgets.xml
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/widgets.xml
@@ -2653,6 +2653,11 @@
             keep="true"
             max_historic="40"
             fontsize="10"
+            shadow="true"
+            shadow_x="1"
+            shadow_y="1"
+            shadow_color="0 0 0 255"
+            shadow_outline="false"
             backup_father_container_pos="false"
             want_return="false"
             clear_on_escape="false"
@@ -2722,7 +2727,11 @@
               multi_line_space="0"
               fontsize="#fontsize"
               color="#color"
-              shadow="true"
+              shadow="#shadow"
+              shadow_x="#shadow_x"
+              shadow_y="#shadow_y"
+              shadow_color="#shadow_color"
+              shadow_outline="#shadow_outline"
               hardtext=""
               global_color="false" />
       </group>
@@ -2826,6 +2835,11 @@
             keep="true"
             max_historic="40"
             fontsize="10"
+            shadow="true"
+            shadow_x="1"
+            shadow_y="1"
+            shadow_color="0 0 0 255"
+            shadow_outline="false"
             backup_father_container_pos="false"
             want_return="false"
             color="255 255 255 255"
@@ -2886,7 +2900,11 @@
               multi_min_line="#multi_min_line"
               fontsize="#fontsize"
               color="#color"
-              shadow="true"
+              shadow="#shadow"
+              shadow_x="#shadow_x"
+              shadow_y="#shadow_y"
+              shadow_color="#shadow_color"
+              shadow_outline="#shadow_outline"
               hardtext=""
               global_color="false"
               render_layer="#render_layer" />