ShadowBox[{x,y},{xlength,ylength},options]
generates a box with a drop shadow.


ShadowBox
ShadowBox[{x,y},{xlength,ylength},options]
generates a box with a drop shadow.
Details and Options
- To use ShadowBox, you first need to load the Plot Legends Package using Needs["PlotLegends`"].
- The box is generated at position {x,y} with size specified by {xlength,ylength}, and with colors specified in options.
- The following options can be given:
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ShadowBorder {Thickness[0.001], GrayLevel[0]} style of the line around the box ShadowForeground GrayLevel[1] color of the box with the shadow ShadowBackground GrayLevel[0] color of the shadow ShadowOffset {0.1, -0.1} and
offset of the shadow from the box
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), ShadowBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBox.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "ShadowBox." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBox.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). ShadowBox. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBox.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_shadowbox, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ShadowBox}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBox.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_shadowbox, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ShadowBox}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBox.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}