[meadwench]

Yeah, checked that stylevar, and it's just a color, no other vars set.

Argh. It's like trying to navigate without a map, compass or gps while wearing a blindfold, I swear. I've checked vars, and the only altered things in there are shadow colors. So back to css, I do see shadow code in several of the css files, but this one seems to be the most relevant in forumbits.css.

.forumbit_post .forumrow, .forumbit_nopost .forumhead, .forumbit_nopost .forumrow, .forumbit_post .forumhead, .forumbits .forumhead {
<vb:if condition="$stylevar['textdirection'] == 'rtl'">
	-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px {vb:stylevar forumbits_shadow_color};
	-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px {vb:stylevar forumbits_shadow_color};
	box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px {vb:stylevar forumbits_shadow_color};
<vb:else />
	-moz-box-shadow: -2px 2px 2px {vb:stylevar forumbits_shadow_color};
	-webkit-box-shadow: -2px 2px 2px {vb:stylevar forumbits_shadow_color};
	box-shadow: -2px 2px 2px {vb:stylevar forumbits_shadow_color};
</vb:if>
}

I hate to go messing around with the shadowing that appears in half a dozen css files. ::sigh:: And of course, I seem to be the only person who has ever had this issue, at least so far as my GoogleFu is showing.

Also, I just wanted to say, thanks for taking time to help me dig on this. I hate it when I can't figure things out and am forced to post about it, I have always been able to figure it out by researching. Not so much this.