         titleDisplayShadow.selectable = false;
         titleDisplayShadow.multiline = false;
         titleDisplayShadow.wordWrap = false;
+        titleDisplayShadow.alpha = .45;
         
         addChild(titleDisplayShadow);
         addChild(titleDisplay);

        hLayout.horizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.LEFT;
        hLayout.verticalAlign = VerticalAlign.MIDDLE;
        hLayout.gap = 0;
        hLayout.paddingLeft = hLayout.paddingRight = 25; 
        hLayout.paddingTop = hLayout.paddingBottom = 0;
        titleGroup.layout = hLayout;
        

        
        // Draw the gradient background
        var chromeColor:uint = getStyle("chromeColor");
        var backgroundAlphaValue:Number = getStyle("backgroundAlpha");
        var colors:Array = [];
        
        // apply alpha to border and chromeColor
        border.alpha = backgroundAlphaValue;
        var backgroundAlphas:Array = [backgroundAlphaValue, backgroundAlphaValue, backgroundAlphaValue];
        
        // exclude top and bottom 1px borders
        matrix.createGradientBox(unscaledWidth, contentGroupsHeight, Math.PI / 2, 0, 0);
