diff --git a/applets/trash/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/trash/package/contents/ui/main.qml
index a6dee6c75..595b055ca 100644
--- a/applets/trash/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/trash/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -1,167 +1,168 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2013  Heena Mahour <heena393@gmail.com>
  * Copyright 2015, 2016 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@privat.broulik.de>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 import QtQuick 2.0
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
 import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0
 
 import org.kde.plasma.plasmoid 2.0
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as Components
 import org.kde.kcoreaddons 1.0 as KCoreAddons
 import org.kde.kquickcontrolsaddons 2.0
 import org.kde.draganddrop 2.0 as DragDrop
 import org.kde.plasma.private.trash 1.0 as TrashPrivate
 
 DragDrop.DropArea {
     id: root
 
     readonly property bool inPanel: (plasmoid.location === PlasmaCore.Types.TopEdge
         || plasmoid.location === PlasmaCore.Types.RightEdge
         || plasmoid.location === PlasmaCore.Types.BottomEdge
         || plasmoid.location === PlasmaCore.Types.LeftEdge)
 
     property bool containsAcceptableDrag: false
 
     Layout.minimumWidth: {
         if (constrained) {
             return formFactor === PlasmaCore.Types.Horizontal ? height : 1
         }
         return text.width
     }
     Layout.minimumHeight: {
         if (constrained) {
             return formFactor === PlasmaCore.Types.Vertical ? width : 1
         }
         return units.iconSizes.small + text.height
     }
 
     Layout.maximumWidth: inPanel ? units.iconSizeHints.panel : -1
     Layout.maximumHeight: inPanel ? units.iconSizeHints.panel : -1
 
     readonly property int formFactor: plasmoid.formFactor
     readonly property bool constrained: formFactor === PlasmaCore.Types.Vertical || formFactor === PlasmaCore.Types.Horizontal
 
     Plasmoid.preferredRepresentation: Plasmoid.fullRepresentation
     Plasmoid.backgroundHints: PlasmaCore.Types.NoBackground
     Plasmoid.icon: (dirModel.count > 0) ? "user-trash-full": "user-trash"
     Plasmoid.onActivated: action_open()
 
     preventStealing: true
 
     onDragEnter: containsAcceptableDrag = TrashPrivate.Trash.trashableUrls(event.mimeData.urls).length > 0
     onDragLeave: containsAcceptableDrag = false
 
     onDrop: {
         containsAcceptableDrag = false
 
         var trashableUrls = TrashPrivate.Trash.trashableUrls(event.mimeData.urls)
         if (trashableUrls.length > 0) {
             TrashPrivate.Trash.trashUrls(trashableUrls)
             event.accept(Qt.MoveAction)
         } else {
             event.accept(Qt.IgnoreAction) // prevent Plasma from spawning an applet
         }
     }
 
     TrashPrivate.DirModel {
         id: dirModel
         url: "trash:/"
     }
 
     function action_open() {
         Qt.openUrlExternally("trash:/");
     }
 
     function action_empty() {
         TrashPrivate.Trash.emptyTrash()
     }
 
     function action_openkcm() {
         KCMShell.open(["kcmtrash"]);
     }
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
         plasmoid.removeAction("configure");
         plasmoid.setAction("open", i18nc("a verb", "Open"),"document-open");
         plasmoid.setAction("empty",i18nc("a verb", "Empty"),"trash-empty");
         plasmoid.action("empty").enabled = Qt.binding(function() {
             return dirModel.count > 0;
         });
 
         if (KCMShell.authorize("kcmtrash.desktop").length > 0) {
             plasmoid.setAction("openkcm", i18n("Trash Settings..."), "configure");
         }
     }
 
     MouseArea {
         id: mouseArea
         anchors.fill: parent
         onClicked: Qt.openUrlExternally("trash:/");
     }
 
     PlasmaCore.IconItem {
         id: icon
         source: plasmoid.icon
         anchors {
             left: parent.left
             right: parent.right
             top: parent.top
             bottom: constrained ? parent.bottom: text.top
         }
         active: toolTip.containsMouse || root.containsAcceptableDrag
     }
 
     DropShadow {
         id: textShadow
 
         anchors.fill: text
 
         visible: !constrained
 
-        horizontalOffset: units.devicePixelRatio * 2
-        verticalOffset: horizontalOffset
+        horizontalOffset: 1
+        verticalOffset: 1
 
-        radius: 9.0
-        samples: 18
-        spread: 0.15
+        radius: 4
+        samples: 9
+        spread: 0.35
 
         color: "black"
 
         source: constrained ? null : text
     }
 
     Components.Label {
         id: text
         anchors {
             horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
             bottom: parent.bottom
         }
+        width: Math.round(text.implicitWidth + units.smallSpacing) // make sure label is not blurry
         text: (dirModel.count === 0) ? i18n("Trash\nEmpty") : i18np("Trash\nOne item", "Trash\n %1 items", dirModel.count)
         color: "white"
         horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
         visible: false // rendered by DropShadow
     }
 
     PlasmaCore.ToolTipArea {
         id: toolTip
         anchors.fill: parent
         mainText: i18n("Trash")
         subText: (dirModel.count === 0) ? i18n("Empty") : i18np("One item", "%1 items", dirModel.count)
         icon: (dirModel.count > 0) ? "user-trash-full" : "user-trash"
     }
 }