If you think the built-in drop shadow for the CFWINDOW render is too weak, there is a way you can provide the illusion that the window is further away from the main content. To make the change for every CFWINDOW on the server you can edit the theme CSS in the CFIDE (ColdFusion 8) or the "ext-all.css" file (ColdFusion 9) also in the CFIDE folder, or to just change one page add the following style statement.

<style type="text/css">
   .x-ie-shadow {
      background: #000;
      zoom: 1.01;}
</style>

Just like the CFGRID border style statement from the previous entry, this works because styles are the executed in the order presented. Last one loaded, wins.

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