Github user 1ambda commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/2381 Additionally, agree with not having too much-shadowed navbar. But a small amount of box-shadow would help to distinguish where is the border. Here is an example, users can't distinguish the border. 
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