Hotbar tooltip text does not have shadows, making the text difficult to see when setting Text Background Opacity to 0

Since MCPE-79331 was fixed in 1.21.90.20, the hotbar tooltip text background can now be disabled in-game. However, since the text does not have a shadow, it is difficult to read in snowy biomes.

Java Edition has a shadow applied to hotbar tooltip text. This can be added to Bedrock Edition with a one-line tweak to “hud_screen.json”. The “shadow”: true property should be added to the “item_text_label” element to add a shadow.

Expected Results

Hotbar text has a shadow, so it is legible with dark and light backgrounds.

Observed Results

Hotbar text does not have a shadow, so it cannot be seen against light backgrounds.