Nebula | A Minimal Theme for Zen

[coarse sail]

.tar.xz is just a file containing everything for zen, already built.

you just extract it and place it where you want, then open the zen executable in it and boom.

[gaunt lotus]

exept it does not show up in my launcher, just in files, thats stupid

and the default wayland icon

[gaunt lotus]

That is the portable build, not a proper installed build, not the same

[coarse sail]

i mean...it works the exact same. all files are in one folder like other installations, profile folders are in ~/.zen/ like usual.

only thing is you have to create a .desktop file.

[somber nymph]

[strong cedar]

bro wants to beat Nubulu but not Nebula 😭

[somber nymph]

kill the king to capture the kingdom

[coarse sail]

bros got a long way to go.

i meant nubulu has 2 stars

[somber nymph]

Oh lol

Wireframe too

[ripe hatch]

how do i fix this?

[stray sentinel]

just tried installing and the sidebar ends up opaque and offset to the site, what am i doing wrong?

i installed mica4everyone and all

[flint nacelle]

Go to an image search of anything on Google and see if transparency works there for compact sidebar.

[stray sentinel]

nope

actually wait

yeah

ok i think just enabling/disabling compact mode, switching from one space to the other fixed it

ok actually i had to right click the color in my theme to remove it and then add a color back in for it to start working properly

[somber nymph]

Wait why is the urlbar outside the sidebar

Oh old msg lol

Discord on mobile is horrible

[elfin turret]

just came back to this after using a seperate theme and oh my GOD

this has updated so much wtf

i fw this so heavy

[gaunt lotus]

So, I am still trying to install Sine, got it to recognize Zen finally, but I still dont have an answer on what it means by profiles and what it expects me to enter into it, there is nothing for this in documentation, so im completely lost here

[somber nymph]

go to about:profiles

there you will see some options under each profile

and then one you're currently using won't have the "set to default" and "laucnh in new window" option

just select that profile name when installing sine

[gaunt lotus]

Okay, I think it is installed, how do I confirm

[somber nymph]

in settings, zen mods tab should be replaced with sine mods

if it's not, clear the startup cache

if you think it;s installed but isn't showing up

[gaunt lotus]

Nope, and I cleared startup cache

[somber nymph]

can you check if you installed it on the same profile? compare the name from about:profiles

[somber nymph]

yeah the first one should be it

[gaunt lotus]

It says installed, but nothing changed and I cleared start up cache

[somber nymph]

and the "setting autoconfig fx" popup didn't come up too?

[gaunt lotus]

Finally got it to work

[somber nymph]

no the popup shows in the zen when you open it after the install

[somber nymph]

lesgo! how tho

[gaunt lotus]

Uninstall and reinstall with the browser itself closed the whole time

But now Nebula does not want to install, I am hitting install, the button grays out, but never does anything more than that

[somber nymph]

uhh oh that's weird

[gaunt lotus]

Its making a nebula folder under Sine mods, but its not actually installing

[somber nymph]

hmmmm

try any other mod

[gaunt lotus]

Tried Neo Zen, installed just fine instantly

[somber nymph]

oh

@strong cedar

[gaunt lotus]

Yeah, very strange, I did fix my blur issue though, so Zen is all nice and blurred now

[strong cedar]

looks like your nebula.uc.js is not working

[strong cedar]

🔥 yesss

[elfin turret]

absolutely loving it

great stuff as always

[strong cedar]

bro why are yall's sidebar fucked up

is there a zen update or smth

[elfin turret]

wym

is it fucked up?

oh is it the search bar not being centered?

yeah idk why that is

[strong cedar]

no

[elfin turret]

what's wrong with it

[elfin turret]

oh

why yo shit look so different

my zen version is 1.15.5b and i installed from Sine

?

[strong cedar]

no like

why is your sidebar not opaque

[elfin turret]

uhhhh

[strong cedar]

o

[elfin turret]

always been like that couldn't tell you

[strong cedar]

oh

wait

[elfin turret]

i lowk prefer it that way

[strong cedar]

do you change your wallpaper through bonjourr

[elfin turret]

yeah

[strong cedar]

ah alr

mbmmb

i thought it was transparent and that was your desktop wallpaper

[elfin turret]

all of the wallpapers are in bonjour and change every tab

[elfin turret]

noooo LOL

[strong cedar]

makes sense

nice

then

[strong cedar]

pretty sure your nebula.uc.js file is not working/installed

[elfin turret]

althoughhhh

that opaque does look REAL sleek

👀

[strong cedar]

its just a normal solid background

[elfin turret]

i do gotta ask though

why does ur tab have a purple glow

[strong cedar]

v3.3 👀

[elfin turret]

oooh

[strong cedar]

its an optional config

not enabled by default

this glow has been in the code since like 10 previous updates, just commented out

[elfin turret]

oh LMFAO

i think u should add it in the configs

would be also cool if it was customizable in the Sine config with either RGB or color picker

[strong cedar]

it is

[elfin turret]

oh what

[strong cedar]

i changed the whole preferences.json for v3.3

[elfin turret]

oh is it this or

[elfin turret]

ah

when is expected release 👀

[elfin turret]

PEAK

you cooked for v3.3

[strong cedar]

idk what else to add

i want to add unpinned folders support but only gemini is taking that much of source code of zen but it does not make great code so that js has quite lot of bugs, basically unusable

so not sure where to start that

[elfin turret]

i think leave it for v3.4

[strong cedar]

true
but ig someone will already make it by then

or cheff will add it himself

[elfin turret]

maybe

alr well i gotta go back to learning tyopescript

good luck

[gaunt lotus]

@strong cedar Hey, I can't seem to install Nebula with Sine, it just kinda grays out and does nothing, refresh, and it goes back to normal, I tried other themes, and they installed just fine

[strong cedar]

wtff 😭

what do you mean grays out and does nothing

[strong cedar]

thats..

what the fuck

have never seen anyone report an issue like this

crazy

[ripe hatch]

it started doing this after i updated nebula a while back, would updating be enough to fix or do i reinstall it

[strong cedar]

before that can you go to your chrome folder > JS folder and see if there is a Nebula.uc.js file present

[gaunt lotus]

Yeah, I went into my profile folder, in the Sine folder, it is creating a folder for Nebula, but never actually installing it

[strong cedar]

ohh

wait then

i have an idea ig

if that is not working

try opening mods.json

[gaunt lotus]

what I am I looking for

[strong cedar]

"Nebula":{"id":"Nebula","js":true,"homepage":"https://github.com/JustADumbPrsn/Zen-Nebula","author":"JustADumbPrsn","name":"Nebula","description":"A beautiful theme made for Zen Browser :))","version":"3.2","createdAt":"2025-05-31","updatedAt":"2025-09-06","readme":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JustADumbPrsn/Zen-Nebula/main/README.md","image":"https://i.ibb.co/Lqk4krw/Screenshot-2025-09-03-232353.png","tags":["content","chrome","minimal"],"fork":["zen"],"preferences":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JustADumbPrsn/Zen-Nebula/main/preferences.json","style":{"chrome":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JustADumbPrsn/Zen-Nebula/main/userChrome.css"```

do you see anything like this

[gaunt lotus]

search found nothing

[strong cedar]

nothing saying "Nebula"?

[somber nymph]

Yo why is sine being so inconsistent all of a sudden 😭
Did some changes and it broke the theme
I thought it was me but it was sine not properly removing the theme

[strong cedar]

if it is not, i guess sine is installing nebula but not updating mods.json to apply it to zen

[gaunt lotus]

Here

[strong cedar]

try this

[strong cedar]

wait restart

[strong cedar]

lmfaoo

😂

[gaunt lotus]

that was after restart

[strong cedar]

thats

..

yk what

just copy my whole sine folder lol

[gaunt lotus]

This is a mess, lmao

[strong cedar]

make sure you have this in js folder inside chrome folder

idk what else can be done since sine is doing random shit lol

[gaunt lotus]

This goes in JS, not the sub engine folder, yeah?

[strong cedar]

yes

[gaunt lotus]

okay

[gaunt lotus]

says I don't have permission to write in that folder

[strong cedar]

oh what

why does it say ownership root

atp god himself doesnt want you to use Nebula

[gaunt lotus]

dnf gods, I am on Nobara

[strong cedar]

why is it even blocking js folder, thats crazy idk

[gaunt lotus]

no idea

I am at a loss for words

[strong cedar]

OH WAIT
is that why sine is not able to install nebula? because somehow js folder is not accessible or smth

try installing this mod in sine

if it works, then i have no clue

[gaunt lotus]

yup, that is the issue

[strong cedar]

it is installing?!

[gaunt lotus]

I had to forcefully take ownership of the folder

[strong cedar]

ohh

did it... work

[gaunt lotus]

Ye

[dim sage]

Why is your top corner sharp but the bottom corner rounded....

[gaunt lotus]

Plasma being weird

[dim sage]

Ah...

Cool setup btw

[gaunt lotus]

Thanks! 😊

[cerulean rapids]

the purple glow is based on the browser accent color? would be nice if it could match the favicon color, so red in this case

Dont know if its possible

[strong cedar]

yes, it is possible since nebula has js now

ok ill try to make it as an option

[strong cedar]

made it work

[silk belfry]

the extension button is showing while playing videos in fullscreen

also outlines are showing

its more visible here

if u open the image and see the edges

also the top left

it has the extension button

any fixes?

[strong cedar]

are you sure disabling nebula fixes it

i see nothing as such

[silk belfry]

ah shit it doesnt

[strong cedar]

.

you can try disabling other mods

or trying on a new profile

[silk belfry]

fixed the extension thing

outline persists

im too tired for this, ill update in here for anyone that has the same issue tmr

if anyone however knows a fix

let me know

[strong cedar]

sure

[flint nacelle]

@strong cedar Can you make your theme a bit more optimized?

Zen just crashed on my main profile with Nubulu for the first time since months!

[strong cedar]

what does that even mean

how can it just crash

also

what kind of optimizations do you want

[flint nacelle]

Lemme forward it to you.

@strong cedar https://github.com/Eratas/rapidfox

Study this thing carefully.

[strong cedar]

uh

[flint nacelle]

You can implement the user.js in this repo by default in nubulu.js.

[strong cedar]

it has a js? i cant see it

[flint nacelle]

https://github.com/Eratas/rapidfox/wiki/User.js-Configurations

[strong cedar]

oh this

did u try it

how much better did it make arc2.0

[flint nacelle]

Yes, on Arcline it made a laggy Zen super smooth.

You also try it.

[strong cedar]

so basically it just optimizes zen

drawbacks?

[flint nacelle]

Arc2.0 is already optimized...

So no difference noticed.

[flint nacelle]

None.

[strong cedar]

did u try it with nebula

also

[strong cedar]

how 💀

[flint nacelle]

Nope, that's for you to do.

[flint nacelle]

Because the risky prefs are not included in user.js. They're supposed to be edited separately in about:config.

I have enabled red ones, and I don't think it's much of a compromise.

[strong cedar]

btw

there are presets

so

[flint nacelle]

Yes.

[strong cedar]

how to know user.js is active

[flint nacelle]

In user.js there are many prefs. Just copy a pref in this file and remember it's value. Now go to about:config and paste the pref to see it's default value, which will be different. Now paste user.js in your profile folder, and restart browser. Now again go to about:config and paste that same pref - you'll notice now that default value is changed to the value that's mentioned in user.js.

[strong cedar]

ok so

here are the results

[dim sage]

Im guessing it's similar to arkenfox/betterfox for firefox? But this one specifically for zen I guess?

[strong cedar]

default zen with no chrome folder
10.9
default zen with the user.js file (idk if it is working)
10.5

[flint nacelle]

A huge difference with respect to perfromance.

[strong cedar]

uh how

[flint nacelle]

Difference will be greater on lower end devices.

[strong cedar]

isint it lower now

[flint nacelle]

You got 16gb ram.

[strong cedar]

default zen: 10.9
user.js: 10.5

with the 16gb ram preset

[flint nacelle]

Lower is better, right?

[strong cedar]

no

[flint nacelle]

Wait what you using to measure this?

[strong cedar]

if lower is better than nebula gets 9.9

[flint nacelle]

Yes.

[strong cedar]

😂

[flint nacelle]

What you using?

[strong cedar]

speedometer 3.1

[flint nacelle]

Oh, there higher is better.

[strong cedar]

yeah

[flint nacelle]

But that's weird...

[strong cedar]

edge got 16.5

zen default no chrome folder got 10.9

expected

[flint nacelle]

Yeah, well why is it getting lower now!!!

Something is wrong.

[flint nacelle]

When I did it, I didn't measure, but Zen felt faster fs...

Site loading took lesser time.

[strong cedar]

btw the user.js preferences should be in about:config right

[flint nacelle]

Yes.

[strong cedar]

its not being applied

[flint nacelle]

I knew it, something was off!

[strong cedar]

u knew but

now what

i just pasted it in the chrome folder with nothing else in the folder

[flint nacelle]

[strong cedar]

exactly did that

so what

[flint nacelle]

Do in a new profile.

[strong cedar]

bruh

[flint nacelle]

Brh.

[strong cedar]

does it need fxautoconfig

[flint nacelle]

Remove from chrome.

[strong cedar]

dont tell me it need fxautoconf

[dim sage]

Dude not in chrome folder

[flint nacelle]

No.

[strong cedar]

ik but idk where else, the instructions say chrome folder

[flint nacelle]

Read again.

[strong cedar]

oh lolol

profile folder

[dim sage]

[flint nacelle]

Bro has to prove his username every now and then! /j.

[strong cedar]

ok so

the user.js was applied

and

the results are

default zen: 10.9
user.js: 10.9

[flint nacelle]

Wow, what an improvement.

[strong cedar]

yeah ikr

[flint nacelle]

Now ig apply some yellow, orange, and red stuffs.

That what must be making a difference for me.

[strong cedar]

i only found 2 red out of these

both were not needed for me

[flint nacelle]

What about orange and yellow?

[strong cedar]

i didnt find any orange at all

huh

[flint nacelle]

Alr, well did you enable all yellow?

[flint nacelle]

Not needed means you enabled it?

[strong cedar]

no

one decreases ram usage

which i dont need

and one risks security

[flint nacelle]

Alr, after enabling all yellow, tell if there is any increase.

[strong cedar]

ehh

im to lazy

just tell me stuff to optimize in nebula

rather than user.js shit

which i can actually release in new updates

[dim sage]

[flint nacelle]

Gib all your files to Gemini 2.5 Pro and ask it to format and optimize while not losing any functions it do.

[strong cedar]

uh i have tried doing that shit so many times and never once it delivered something good

because i do that everytime i add a new code anyways

[flint nacelle]

Well then we've hit a dead-end. Except custom user.js, nothing can optimize Zen.
One has to go to about:memory everytime it feels laggy and close to a severe crash.

[strong cedar]

glad that i never had to go to about:memory

[flint nacelle]

You never worked with 20+ tabs as well. 🥀

20+ active tabs.

I did for the first time and Nubulu crashed.

[strong cedar]

dont underestimate my yt watching skills

[strong cedar]

skill issue

[flint nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-15732275568813898827

[flint nacelle]

Oh forgot to mention - out of about 22-23 tabs active, 6 were YT and 1 was YTM.

Rest were university websites, outlook, gmail, few pdfs, reddit and insta ig.

Now I think tbh it was a reasonable crashout.

[lost geyser]

guys, how can I change the sidebar and url bar to dark mode? mine is always white even if I set the browser to dark mode. It's only dark on private windows.

[opal hornet]

i wish there was a way to use container color style for the url bar but not the tab glow one, so that i can use the new tab glow option

[strong cedar]

its set to white probably because of your zen theme color?

[strong cedar]

oh wait tab glow does not work for containers

good idea

let me fix it

[jagged shell]

Crazy idea, check dms

[lost geyser]

very tru didn't know that could affect it

[paper iris]

the sidebar isn't transparent for some reason anymore

the title bar is though

[flint nacelle]

Is it tint with respect to website icon color?

[strong cedar]

yeah zen 1.13 or 14b i guess idr brought that feature

[strong cedar]

screenshot

[strong cedar]

it extracts website icon color and makes it into a usable variable

[strong cedar]

can you try going to a website which is not transparent

like youtube or pinterest

and see if it has blur there or not

[paper iris]

still no blur

[strong cedar]

oh whatt

do you have any other ods

[paper iris]

oddly it worked until I closed and opened the browser about 30 minutes ago

[strong cedar]

mods*

[strong cedar]

um thats odd

does the urlbar have blur

[paper iris]

the urlbar itself,no. the rest of the title bar is blurred though

[strong cedar]

wtff

no urlbar blur??

[paper iris]

would clearing the whole chrome folder, reinstalling sine, then reinstalling nebula probably help?

[paper iris]

nope

[strong cedar]

shii

[strong cedar]

better idea

try on a new profile instead

[paper iris]

sure

[paper iris]

no blur

[strong cedar]

broo whatttt

thats

crazy

windows 11?

[paper iris]

yeah

[strong cedar]

i dont believe it 😭

[paper iris]

it's really weird because I really don't understand what changed to make it stop working

all I did was close and open the browser 💀

[strong cedar]

wait

try going to about:support

and clear startup cache

[paper iris]

tried it, didn't work

[strong cedar]

hmm

[strong cedar]

thats so messed up

[wild leaf]

I got 11.0 with wallpaper engine running on the background and nebula 3.2 with some betterfox tweaks
No nebula is 11.2
Edge without wallpaper engine got 30.7💀 💀

[flint nacelle]

Ay bro release v3.3!!!

Further ideas you get can be named v3.3.1!

[strong cedar]

i mean its almost finished

im trying to get active tab glow to work with containers

its bugging

[flint nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/aw-augh-awawa-cat-gif-5143746417549958365

[strong cedar]

https://github.com/sineorg/store/pull/103

[strong cedar]

https://github.com/JustAdumbPrsn/Zen-Nebula/releases/tag/v3.3

v3.3 will be released shortly on sine too once js pull request gets merged on sinestore

[somber nymph]

@strong cedar have you worked on some custom topbar transitions? like slide in to reveal the window controls or just default?

[strong cedar]

its default i guess

idr making any transition for topbar in single toolbar mode

[somber nymph]

the issue is that I need to slide up the toolbar cuz it is positioned on bottom in wireframe
what null did is working (using root:has(#1088172782178799657-appcontent-navbar-wrapper) to keep showing it but it just doesn't stay while hovering window controls (yes I tried adding root:has for the titlebar too, didn't work)

[somber nymph]

ugh

might have to remove it all and see what happens then 💀

[strong cedar]

hmm

pretty confidant that its default

[somber nymph]

yeah cuz for top position zen has it already

[opal hornet]

i think the close tab animation also doesn´t work with styled container tabs

[bright charm]

v3.3 doesnt install with sine @strong cedar

3.2 installs via sine marketplace, but when I manually input JustAdumbPrsn/Zen-Nebula it installs 3.3 but doesnt actually modify the css/js etc (looks default).

[strong cedar]

uh, thats only when you have active tab glow enabled

[strong cedar]

i know, "v3.3 will be released shortly on sine too once js pull request gets merged on sinestore"

basically i have to submit the js file to the sine store for inspection to make sure its virus free

so the v3.3 update will come to sine when that gets accepted

[bright charm]

ahh ok thanks for the info 🙂

[frigid mantle]

does anyone have css to make the compact side bar transparent?

not completely transparent i just want a little transparent and some blur

[strong cedar]

just wait for v3.3 it will add support to change this

[flint nacelle]

@strong cedar You there?

Where did Marginless Compact mode go?

[dim sage]

I feel like my zen is darker than before.....

Nevermind, its configurable. But yes, Where is marginless compact mode lol

[scenic wolf]

it's done ?

[strong cedar]

it was broken

so i had to remove it in v3.2

[strong cedar]

had lots of bugs

which i was not able to fix

nogaps mod works fine tho

[strong cedar]

yes

[dim sage]

Welp 🥀

[strong cedar]

v3.3 is released

[strong cedar]

oh u guys actually used it?!

[dim sage]

Ofc....

[strong cedar]

oh shi

[dim sage]

Imma just use userchrome I guess

[strong cedar]

i thought people just used nogaps and marginless compact mode had lots of bugs which i was not able to fix so i just deleted it lol

[dim sage]

Yeah thats okay if you think it would hold nebula down because of the bugs. I'll just add it manually via userchrome and see...

[strong cedar]

i can try to fix it or make it in a better way

[flint nacelle]

Wut?

It works perfectly in arc2.0

🗿

[strong cedar]

idk it was causing topbar visible when it should not be, right side sidebar misaligned, not working properly on multi toolbar

btw

does context menu animations work fine now

it should be free of all bugs now

[flint nacelle]

Yeah, now it's perfect.

[dim sage]

Dont mind if I stole it... ❤️

[flint nacelle]

You can still keep it and in bracket and mention (ONLY FOR SINGLE TOOLBAR MODE)

[strong cedar]

but then

isint that same as nogaps

[flint nacelle]

I've only verified it working properly in single toolbar mode

[strong cedar]

if i restrict it to single toolbar then just use nogaps as it does just that
marginless compact mode should be for all toolbars

ah thats why yours dont have bugs

[flint nacelle]

No because it doesn't get enable if user isn't in compact mode

[strong cedar]

ehh that sounds a bit silly to me

very specific

[flint nacelle]

Silly thing, but user du want it.

See closed issues of arc2.0.

[strong cedar]

well i have a better idea

alr i think i can fix marginless compact mod

[flint nacelle]

Yeah, v3.3.0.1, let's go!

[strong cedar]

v3.3.1

yes

[flint nacelle]

Oh are there other new things?

[strong cedar]

no but prob will be

no plans rn but if i open my css i change random shit in there

[flint nacelle]

Yk what, also add pref to change blur of compact sidebar pseudo bg like Arcline.

[strong cedar]

there already is bro

nebula-glass blur

[flint nacelle]

Oh that does it?

[strong cedar]

it changes all the blur nebula uses on elements

[old rampart]

can i know what does the URL Bar Animation do? if it's something to do with the URL bar, then i do not get any changes?

[strong cedar]

the urlbar animation animates the website window below the urlbar when opened

[old rampart]

super, thanks

[gaunt oar]

its beaitiful with no border 💖

[strong cedar]

ikr

[gaunt oar]

not work

[strong cedar]

just tried myself, its working?!

try restarting zen or pressing that config again

[gaunt oar]

yes that working . Disabled and enabled mod

[somber nymph]

yo @strong cedar what is your workflow with AI when adding new stuff like styling for folders. What files do you add as context and what else

wanna learn from a professional vibe coder

[strong cedar]

i dont have any sort of workflow tbh, someone just asked me to add a vertical line to folders so i tried making them and thought that adding a background to it like tabs would look nice so just copied my tab's code and edited it for folders

if you want to ask gpt to make something, give it your idea and the html of that part so it knows what selectors to use properly

[somber nymph]

oh ok
yeah that's good I was just using it with my current css and manual context of the html but yeah just giving it the whole html for it makes sense, saves me the headache

[tidal quest]

why is my side bar unusable in compact mode ?? any fixx

[strong cedar]

uh

looks like

your nebula.uc.js is not working

check console

[tidal quest]

Umm how too

[strong cedar]

ctrl shift alt i

[lost geyser]

that fixed it 🙏🏻

btw, could you please bring back the NoGaps option (for compact mode)? 🥺

[strong cedar]

i just did

there was a very shitty faulty code in there idk how that happened

but now it is working for the most part

will add in v3.3.1

[dim sage]

Yeay

[lost geyser]

very thankyu

[cerulean rapids]

"Tab Icon Color" option is not working for me. The "Zen Color" option for the Glow is working, but not this one

Also

The Browser UI flashes everytime i click to open the settings page

i know my UI tint opacity is way lower than default, but this never happened before 3.3

[lost geyser]

yep, not working for me either

[strong cedar]

uh can you show a screenshot of how it looks, because for me it works just fine

no active tab glow

active tab glow with zen color

active tab glow with tab icon color

[lost geyser]

looks exactly like that

[strong cedar]

whattttttt

h- how

i just installed nebula through sine and it works just fine

[strong cedar]

um can you go to about:config and search this, if it says 2 then it should work

[lost geyser]

[strong cedar]

sine messing up

[lost geyser]

silly sine 🤑

[strong cedar]

and i know that for a fact as my code clearly states value 2 for tab icon color option

and well its working for me

[cerulean rapids]

thats weird

mine is set to 2 in about:config

but its not working

[strong cedar]

ehh

wtf

[lost geyser]

[strong cedar]

wait

can you go to

claude ai

and check

[cerulean rapids]

yeah

[strong cedar]

just send a screenshot

of how it looks

also make sure to not hover over the tab

[cerulean rapids]

Set to None

Zen Color

(mine is orange, that is not because of the favicon)

Set to Tab Icon Color

[strong cedar]

ehh light mode

might just be cuz of that, wait

i never tested light mode since v2

[cerulean rapids]

it doenst work on Dark Mode either

[lost geyser]

In my case I'm in dark mode

[strong cedar]

oh

thats interesting

[cerulean rapids]

and also, for me, the Glow with Zen Color option is way more subtle than yours here, dont know why

[strong cedar]

hm, alr can you try going to browser toolbox and paste ```css
getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
.getPropertyValue("--nebula-selected-favicon-color")
.trim();

in console

for me it shows this on claude.ai

[lost geyser]

btw, when I enable "Enable Zen Folders styling" it styles my split viewed tabs. is this the intended behavior?

[strong cedar]

i think you might mean the vertical bar being of zen color

right

[lost geyser]

yes

[strong cedar]

it happens because folders and split view groups share the same .tab-group-container

idk why

but they do

[lost geyser]

oka, it's fine

[strong cedar]

alr but i still dont understand the active tab glow problem

[strong cedar]

what the fk 😂

thats... lmfa

lmfao

[cerulean rapids]

and then a bunch of errors

[strong cedar]

that just looks like dark-reader errors

do you see this on the top of console

[lost geyser]

btw btw, is this top border part of the intended style of the "ctrl+f bar"?

[cerulean rapids]

this?

the rectangle is back too

[strong cedar]

thats just mica4everyone broken again after new windows update

[strong cedar]

never noticed this but i can clearly see this on light mode, thanks seems like this is the default border which zen adds so i just disabled this border with css

[strong cedar]

interesting....
so as per what i observe, after v3.3 the polyfill module should be loading at the last instead of first
maybe your nebula js file is v3.2 instead of 3.3???

since the tab glow color thing in js is in polyfill module, ever since i added it it made my polyfill module to load at last instead of first

[cerulean rapids]

should i download the 3.3 js file on Github and placing it myself?

[lost geyser]

thanks, it always bothered me this stranded 1px border 💀 (I use ctrl+f quite a bit)

[strong cedar]

can just go to your chrome folder > js > Nebula_Nebula.uc.js and see if it says v3.3 or 3.2

[cerulean rapids]

do i need something to open this kind of file?

[strong cedar]

ehh wtf

hmm just download this one and place it in js folder instead of the one you already have (delete that)

then go to about:support and clear startup cache

[cerulean rapids]

problem solved

[strong cedar]

yeah

again

sine

messing up

😭

[cerulean rapids]

Also, about Sine

[strong cedar]

[cerulean rapids]

one of the reasons i started using Nebula on Sine was to not have to tweak some Nebula values like URLbar opacity everytime theres a new update

but this has not been the case with 3.2 and 3.3

[strong cedar]

wdym

[cerulean rapids]

Like, i change URLBar opacity in light mode to 0.8, right? Before sine, everytime a new update was released for Nebula, i had to go the new file, and change it again

After Sine, this was not necessary anymore

but recently, its happening again, like, its resetting

[strong cedar]

wait how was it not necessary, since sine downloads the updated files again

i guess that

in v3.2 and v3.3 updates, i know i changed stuff in urlbar.css

and maybe sine only updates the files changed in new releases

so it resets the file in these updates but didnt used to in older updates since i didnt change anything in it

[cerulean rapids]

maybe its that

thats fine

about the other bug i found

[cerulean rapids]

this one here

[strong cedar]

yeah... its super annoying but

its not a bug

basically it happens because yk i added the option in preferences to customize vairables which nebula uses

[cerulean rapids]

I see. i really liked the option to customize variables through settings

[strong cedar]

so whenever you open settings, sine refreshes itself and the preferences.json and reapplies the values of those (i guess), and since nebula relies on those variables, it flashes at start

[cerulean rapids]

I understand. Well, thanks anyway for the help!

[dusky sinew]

Where are the UI packages in the open source Zen Browser? I'd like to add a new theme, but I don't know where to add it so it saves after build.

[flint nacelle]

@strong cedar v3.3.1 progress?

[flint nacelle]

Did you get the fix?

[strong cedar]

yeah

[strong cedar]

not really anything just made marginless compact mod work and removed a 1px border on top of findbar

[flint nacelle]

Gib code.

[strong cedar]

/* ------------------ MARGINLESS COMPACT MOD ------------------ */

@media (-moz-pref("nebula-nogaps-compact-mod")) {
  html[nebula-compact-mode]:not([customizing]) {
    /* scope everything to the wrapper */
    #zen-appcontent-wrapper:not(:has(#tabbrowser-tabpanels[zen-split-view]), 
                           :has(#zen-sidebar-web-panel:not([hidden]):not([pinned]))) {
                             
      margin: 0 !important;

      #zen-tabbox-wrapper {
        margin: 0 !important;

        .browserSidebarContainer,
        browser {
          margin: 0 !important;
        }
      }

      /* single-toolbar case */
      &[nebula-single-toolbar] {
        position: relative;
      }
    }

    /* navbar wrapper for single-toolbar */
    &[nebula-single-toolbar] #zen-appcontent-navbar-wrapper {
      position: absolute;
      width: 100% !important;
      height: 55px;
      backdrop-filter: var(--nebula-glass);
      background: var(--zen-main-browser-background) !important;
      border-bottom: 0px solid light-dark(
        rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2),
        rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)
      );
    }
  }
}

the blur and stuff were not working because

for some reason

the code added a border-radius: 0px !important;

[surreal nacelle]

@strong cedar how to reset nebula settings?

[tidal quest]

umm

[surreal nacelle]

@strong cedar Also there is bright flash (differnt blur) for a second after restarting zen? IS this known and caused by nebula?

[stray sentinel]

in dual bar mode, the top bar is completely transparent now

here it does have a background, except for the part above the popup

essentials look weird too, no background and theyre all in a column

ok i disabled nebula and re-enabled it and it got fixed

though the disable context menu animations option is gone

i was using that

as well as the marginless mod

[cerulean rapids]

i switched today to DWMBlurGlass because of that, thats the one you are using too now, right? Do you know if its possible to only apply it on Zen Browser and exclude other apps?

[tidal quest]

morning

[elfin turret]

also having this issue

reinstalling through Sine fixed it

[strong cedar]

if you mean the variables, then first remove the one you entered and then you will see the default one written in grey, just type that back

[strong cedar]

that is not nebula thats just sine loading the theme itself

[strong cedar]

i dont think you can exclude apps in that

[strong cedar]

sup

[strong cedar]

uh again a sine issue iguess

[strong cedar]

ughh sine got so many issues how tf

[strong cedar]

scroll up does it specifically say [Nebula] ✅ [TitlebarBackground] Tracking initialized.

[strong cedar]

wait

i just noticed

your border radius for essentials is also messed up, looks like a sine issue 😂 wait reinstall nebula through sine it should be fixed then ig

[tidal quest]

Wait I'm out rn , will do it soon

[tidal quest]

Howww

[strong cedar]

just delete it from sine and just click install on sine marketplace

[tidal quest]

Oki i will try it soon

And give u update

[strong cedar]

alr

[old rampart]

is there any way i can see how many ads ublock is blocking on the webpage?

[strong cedar]

no idea

[old rampart]

sure, there's no problem

[frosty aspen]

You can have it show the number of blocked requests on the icon in the settings, though it isn't a true "how many ads am I blocking" since it also counts trackers and many ads will have multiple requests

[surreal nacelle]

is there a workaround?

[strong cedar]

idts, if sine somehow changes the way it loads then ig so

[surreal nacelle]

okay thx tho

btw is there a new or better way to get mediaplayer in collapsed toolbar mode?

[strong cedar]

i would love to make smth for collapsed

i think i saw one on i guess #1335963848087306333 way back when miniplayer was released

[surreal nacelle]

that would be soooo cool

[strong cedar]

where it just showed the audio tabs icon in collapsed mode but when hovered it would expand to show the buttons

[surreal nacelle]

i cant find the snippet anymore sadly

[strong cedar]

samee

[surreal nacelle]

are u able to cook something up?

[strong cedar]

i can surely try

[surreal nacelle]

ping me once u have something to test

[strong cedar]

always

[strong cedar]

?

[tidal quest]

wot r we looking for , just just reinstalled

is it all good now ?
idk

[strong cedar]

ehh

wtf

sine 😭 brooo

idk what is happening to sine

[tidal quest]

😭

[strong cedar]

it should show this when startup

[tidal quest]

how to fixx

[strong cedar]

go to your chrome folder, then go to js folder and then paste this in there

[tidal quest]

in which file v

[strong cedar]

OHH

you already have that file

but

for some fucking reason

sine has changed it from .js to .db thats why its not working

edit the Nebula_Nebula.db to say Nebula_Nebula.js

[tidal quest]

dn wot next

[strong cedar]

go to about:support and clear cache

then it should work

(i hope so)

[tidal quest]

umm

😭

[strong cedar]

😭 check console again

[strong cedar]

bro

wtf

show a screenshot of your js folder again

[tidal quest]

😭

[strong cedar]

should also say .uc

not .js
make it say .uc.js

[tidal quest]

oh

[tidal quest]

umm

broooooo

😭

@strong cedar

[strong cedar]

wtf is this

[tidal quest]

browser just gave up

as soon as i did .uc.js to that file and clear the cach

[strong cedar]

wow

thats...

lmao

[tidal quest]

😭

shoulc i reinstall sine

or aomthing

idk how to get clean install tho

[strong cedar]

not sure

uh

...

wtf

[tidal quest]

😭

[lost geyser]

@strong cedar I suggest you recommend installing Windhawk > Translucent windows mod in the documentation, instead of Mica. It's less buggy (in my case) and it gives you plenty more options (like adding a tint to the blur, which can make the translucency usable even on white bg)

[strong cedar]

i installed it 2 days ago only lol

but i do prefer dwmblurglass more

[lost geyser]

why?

[strong cedar]

(btw you can just change the tint value of nebula-ui-tint in preferences for same thing)

[strong cedar]

it has adjustable blur setting and other aero options too if wanted

[lost geyser]

yeah, but I use the blur in other apps too, this way works even on apps that don't have any way to edit their colors

[lost geyser]

oh that's nice. but if I remember correctly, it applied the blur to all windows, right?

[hazy stag]

2

[proper night]

Any reason why the top part isn't matching the rest?

[cerulean rapids]

Go to windows settings > Personalization > Colors > See if "Show Accent Color on Title Bars and Window borders" is disabled

[proper night]

Disabling it fixed it

[cerulean rapids]

yep, that was it

[proper night]

Thank you 😄

[proper night]

Is it normal for it to not keep the effect when not in focus?

The blur/transparency

[cerulean rapids]

it is if you are not using Mica4Everyone or DWMBlurGlass

[proper night]

Ahh got it thank you.

[lilac rampart]

does nebula backdrop filter the webview?

[frigid mantle]

I'm not running nebula right now, but I was wondering if anybody had some css code block that can make the Compact Sidebar Blur like how it is blurred in when hovering over a folder?

[dusty aspen]

please any idea how to fix this, nothing shows up, I've quit and restarted multiple times, just blank canvas, no tab bar, nothing.

it does run the tabs in the back ground tho if I open an external link but nothing shows up.

[lost geyser]

wasn't the extensions menu compact before? like this (2nd img)? I think it would be a nice enhancement

[lone mantle]

I have problem. Many icons turned to words. When I disable Nebula, It back to normal.

[strong cedar]

no?

😂

[strong cedar]

this blur you see is the default windows 11 acrylic blur

[strong cedar]

wtf, do you have like an old version of advanced tab groups or something

try deleting in js folder maybe

[frigid mantle]

gotcha but is there code that can help me achieve that blurr for the compact sidebar? Ive looked all over your github on the nebula page but im not sure which code block i need to use

i dont have nebula installed, i just want to add that part of nebula into my css

[tidal quest]

@strong cedar mr found any fixx for my shit

[strong cedar]

not sure how windows materials are configured

[frigid mantle]

im on macos

[strong cedar]

yeah it was but some people didnt want it so i removed it since that mod can be seperately downloaded from zenmod store

[strong cedar]

what the fuck, on which website

[strong cedar]

oh

[tidal quest]

😭

[strong cedar]

um you could try css html[nebula-compact-mode] #titlebar { padding: 8px; border-radius: 11px; scale: 1; background: transparent !important; backdrop-filter: blur(42px) saturate(110%) brightness(0.55) contrast(100%) !important; }

[frigid mantle]

that didnt work

[frigid mantle]

/* Fix for twilight acrylic */
#navigator-toolbox:not([animate='true']) #titlebar {
  position: relative;
}

#navigator-toolbox:not([animate='true']) #titlebar::before {
  border-radius: 11px !important;
  background: transparent !important;
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: -1;
}

#navigator-toolbox:not([animate='true']) #titlebar::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  background: transparent !important;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 0;
  opacity: var(--zen-grainy-background-opacity, 0);
  mix-blend-mode: saturation;
}

/* Base blurred transparent background for compact sidebar */
body:has([zen-compact-mode="true"]) #titlebar {
  top: calc(var(--zen-element-separation) / 1.4) !important;
  left: calc(var(--zen-element-separation) / 0.999) !important;
  background: #00000099 !important;
  backdrop-filter: brightness(0.8) blur(13px) saturate(300%) !important;
  border-radius: 5px !important;
  scale: 1 !important;
  padding: 6px !important;
  height: calc(100% - (var(--zen-element-separation) * 2.4)) !important;
  margin: calc(var(--zen-element-separation) / 2) 0 !important;
}

/* Required for blur rendering */
browser {
    clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%);
}```

this is the code i used

for some reason everything else works but no blur

[lilac rampart]

Does it backdrop filter anywhere near the Webview?

[wild leaf]

I believe there was some setting in about:config that could help with that. Something with grey or gray, I'll check when I turn my PC on

[proper night]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[wild leaf]

Try to set zen.view.grey-out-inactive-windows to false

[austere shoal]

when i search and leave the search bar with escape or the x button the bar stays in position and doesnt dissapear. Anyone knows how to fix that?

and when I open the url bar in compact mode, it appears on the left side of the screen and not in the center

Im also noticing that I have the default URL bar and not the nebula one. I kinda fucked up smth 🥲

[vital swift]

Hi guys. Any fix for the black rectangle visual bugs? I heard it's caused by MicaFE (???)

[somber nymph]

yup
use dwm

[austere shoal]

seems like an error with twilight. I just switched back to the beta

[lost geyser]

oh is there a mod for that? what's it's name? The one I was using did more than just that, and overrode parts of nebula (Tab Preview Enhanced)

[lost geyser]

btw is there any way to remove that button at the bottom of bookmark folders?

[muted pasture]

I just installed nebula using sine and it shows a wired bar at the top

[hearty rapids]

got this back on new updates 😭

[cerulean rapids]

The Context Menu Icons mod just added today a option to remove this

[lost geyser]

perfect

thanks 🫂

[cerulean rapids]

are you using Mica4Everyone?

[hearty rapids]

yes

[cerulean rapids]

yeah, thats the problem

i switched to DWMBlurglass after this

[hearty rapids]

kk i’ll switch

the blur isnt nearly as nice imo but its ok

[hearty rapids]

how similar is your mica and dwm blur?

[cerulean rapids]

i think dwmblur is better because you can tweak however you want the blur settings, and which type (Blur, Mica, Alt Mica, Acrylic)

and also, M4E didn't blurred the whole screen, you can notice the content on the edges like folders and files behind zen still appears and it is kinda ugly

[hearty rapids]

mica doesnt look the same as m4e, should iut?

[cerulean rapids]

use the Acrylic option

and tweak it to your liking

[hearty rapids]

can u send me ur settings?

[muted pasture]

am I the only one who faces this bug? I tried disabling Nebula and installing Arc theme instead (using sine of course) and it has the same top bar glitch

[hearty rapids]

[thanks

[cerulean rapids]

and this on Nebula settings

[hearty rapids]

what does this do?

[cerulean rapids]

thats the opacity and color of the browser UI

[hearty rapids]

thank you

[hearty rapids]

@cerulean rapids sorry to bother

it seems that dwm blur doesnt take into account any windows behind zen, rather just zen itself. i have discord behind zen right now, but zen is showing the wallpaper colors instead

[somber nymph]

uhh what
it does for me

[hearty rapids]

let me take a screenshot rq

this is with mica

and this is with dwm

[hearty rapids]

that is baked in macos transparency though no?

[somber nymph]

has to be your config then

[somber nymph]

im not on macos lol

[hearty rapids]

windows skin?

are my settings wrong or

[somber nymph]

windows with mydockfinder and window controls set to left

[hearty rapids]

are my settings incorrect?

i wish i could type the settings out, its a nightmare

same issue :/

[somber nymph]

even with my settings?

[hearty rapids]

yep

[cerulean rapids]

thats because you are using the Mica option

Mica always displays the wallpaper

no matter whats behind

[hearty rapids]

m4a did not do that

[somber nymph]

oh yeah lol

[cerulean rapids]

you need to change to Acrylic

[hearty rapids]

acryllic is working, but its giving me some weird "glitches" as i move the window. i can live with it though

if i can ask

how does m4e cause that black box?

[somber nymph]

try blur then

[hearty rapids]

blur makes my browser dark 😭

same with aero

[somber nymph]

yeah then change the dark colors like I have

[hearty rapids]

i need help with this, i’m not going to lie i can’t figure it out

[somber nymph]

in the general setting look at the bottom

it has light colors and dark colors

click on dark colours and then change the first two colors (active and inactive)

[hearty rapids]

i got that part

my issue is setting the colors themselve

[somber nymph]

just reduce the opacity

[hearty rapids]

god bless your soul

thank you

[somber nymph]

lol np

[hearty rapids]

only issue is the glitching again, but not a big problem. at all.

[somber nymph]

there shouldn't be any reason for that imo

[strong cedar]

not anything near webview in perticular
I guess you can count the topbar when the "nogaps" option is enabled in nebula, the topbar gets a backdrop filter when it is visible on hover in single toolbar

[strong cedar]

never experienced this myself but would love to know more details about it, if anyone else is having this pls lmk i will try fixing somehow

[strong cedar]

yeah its the longest running bug, its just annoying you can fix it by just pressing ctrl alt c 2 times more and then opening urlbar
or just not going to compact mode while urlbar is open and then opening it
this bug is caused because when you apply backdrop filter to sidebar, it forces the sidebar to a composting layer which messes the position of urlbar since i guess the urlbar position depends on sidebar

[strong cedar]

prob messed with some code

[strong cedar]

i think the name of it is compact extensions by kikarrage or something

[strong cedar]

not sure, but i can see what i can do

[strong cedar]

not a nebula bug in perticular but do you have windows accent color for borders turned on or something, idr but someone provided a fix for this like 2-3 days ago

[strong cedar]

cuz of windows update, use dwm blurglass

[dim sage]

@strong cedar do you have a plan to add additional styling for atg? Just asking :3

[strong cedar]

i will once i get motivation to edit atg css 😂

[rich prawn]

hello, is it possible to turn the "about: settings ..." page transparent without installing nebula? thx

[strong cedar]

using just that part of the css

[rich prawn]

thank you, can you provide it please? cause nebula is not working fine with me on twilight !

[strong cedar]

:root {
  --zen-colors-tertiary: transparent !important;
  --zen-settings-secondary-background: transparent !important;
}

groupbox:not(#sineInstallationGroup:popover-open) {
/*   background: var(--zen-colors-tertiary) !important; */
  background: light-dark(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35)) !important;
  border: none;
}

@-moz-document url-prefix("about:") {
  table,
  .action-box {
    background-color: light-dark(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35)) !important;
    border-radius: 13px !important;
  }
}

@-moz-document url(about:home), url(about:newtab), url(about:privatebrowsing) {
  body, .App{
    background-color: #00000070 !important;
  }

  .top-sites-list, .personalizeButtonWrapper{
    opacity: 0 !important;
    transition: opacity 0.3s ease-in-out;

    &:hover{
      opacity: 1 !important;
    }
  }
  
  .App > div:nth-child(2), .wallpaper{
    display: none !important;
  }
}

@-moz-document url(addons.mozilla.org) {
  /* transparency */
html, body, nav, header{
  background-color: transparent !important;
  background: none !important;
  border: none !important;
  box-shadow: none !important;
}

/* darkreader */
:root{
  --darkreader-background-ffffff: transparent !important;
}

/* no footer */
footer{
  display: none !important;
}
}

@-moz-document url(about:config){
  tr, table{
    background-color: transparent !important;
    border: none !important;
  }
  tr{
    outline: solid 1px #88888822 !important;
  }
}

/* Fixes the transparent dialogs. */
.dialogFrame {
  background: var(--zen-dialog-background);
  border-radius: 8px;
}```'

[rich prawn]

It is for some reason not working in latest twilight even when installing nebula :/

[lost geyser]

can't find it 🥺

[lost geyser]

nvm, another extension already does that 🙂

[lost geyser]

ah found it, but I wanted only icons 😔 nvm, it has opions for that lol 🔥

[flint nacelle]

What is this?

[strong cedar]

uh not sure then

[strong cedar]

transparent settings

[strong cedar]

oh the mod name has been changed

[flint nacelle]

What's new in it?

[strong cedar]

nothing

[flint nacelle]

Why did someone ask for it then?

[strong cedar]

cuz they wanted to have transparent settings without using nebula

[flint nacelle]

Why do they not use nubulu when you've given options for everything now! 🥀

[strong cedar]

cuz somehow nubulu breaks twilight

[flint nacelle]

Oh, same for Arcline and arc2.0

[cerulean rapids]

do you guys know if its possible to remove these dividers from the sidebar and urlbar?

[dim sage]

Should be possible. I've tried the urlbar one. Not sure about the sidebar.

I think zen has inbuilt option to disable the pinned tab separator in about:config? Not sure, kinda forgot

[dim sage]

I dont really like it but yeah its possible

[cerulean rapids]

oh, how did you do it?

[dim sage]

You want the code?

[cerulean rapids]

yeah

[dim sage]

.urlbarView-body-inner {
#urlbar[open] > .urlbarView > .urlbarView-body-outer > & {
border-top: 0px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) !important;
}
}

.pinned-tabs-container-separator {
display: none !important;
}

[cerulean rapids]

oh, its perfect! thanks

[sand hedge]

1. it looks very good 2. how can I make the left part blurry on linux? its 100% transparent rn and the readablity is kinda bad because of it

[flint nacelle]

@strong cedar Where are you? Reply in Sine server.

[dim sage]

Unfortunately Im on windows, and I know nothing about linux. @strong cedar might know what to do.

[strong cedar]

alr

[strong cedar]

i am also on windows and know absolutely nothing about linux 😂

[strong cedar]

wait your sidebar is transparent? try using blurmyshell, kde-forceblur, or stuff like that depending on DE

[dawn lodge]

any ideas for why this is happening?

on twilight though

[opal hornet]

when window is maximized , mac like icons are misaligned

[sly idol]

Has anyone successfully got this to work with Nebula?

I've been trying for months to get this to work and no luck as yet. I've searched through all threads, websites and even YouTube trying to find a solution for the compact sidebar to be completely transparent.

I've read the Nebula read-me countless time and even seen the creator stated in a reddit post that there is a way how to make the compact sidebar transparent on his git-hub, unless I somehow overlooked it?

From my understanding is transparency not fully implemented for Nebula? or Is this compact sidebar transparency possibly broken?

All Installed Mods

Nebula v3.3

Remove Tab X v1.0

Note: I installed Sine a few days ago and did do a several clean installs of Nebula through the marketplace, while enabling "Enable installing JS from unofficial sources. (unsafe, use at your own risk)" in settings.

What I've done:

Confirmed all necessary options for transparency/acrylic is enabled in the "about:config"

Mica For Everyone is installed as advised by the Nebula readme and even as said to be in youtube videos.

"Show accent colors on title bars and window borders" is already disabled.

Tried adding a few suggested codes I found in some other post for the "userChrome.css", unfortunately none worked which I'm not if they are outdated.

Is there something I missed or any recommendations to resolve this? I'd appreciate any help thanks.

Here is a quick gif I made to show the issue for transparency. It only shows transparency when you disable the compact sidebar.

[strong cedar]

mica4everyone

[strong cedar]

yeah there are just soo many different alignment ways that its so hard to hardcode each one of them

i tried to hardcode the default and compact one

but those also have issues sometimesd

[strong cedar]

should have just asked me to make sidebar completely transparent 😂

its intentional, when the background behind sidebar is transparent, the sidebar will not be transparent to avoid readblity issues

because otherwise things like this can happen, where text of website below the sidebar can leak through it

so nebula applies a background layer to it

the blur for sidebar works when there is a solid background website

[sly idol]

ok

[sly idol]

well i didn't know it was intentional and thought it was a bug. would it better if it was transparent with some blurring ability?

[sly idol]

understandable in this case

[sly idol]

there's been a lot of threads created with users trying to achieve the transparency with blur effect for the compact sidebar, which they also thought it was supposed to be like this.

do you believe there is a way to still achieve this, even to have the option to tweak it to your liking?

[strong cedar]

yeah but it cant be transparent with blurring when website is itself transparent, its a css limitation soo..

[strong cedar]

the thing is when the background is transparent, we cant apply blur directly so we need some sort of layer
thats why i added the background so that it applies blur

like this

the background is visible and blurs the page below it

[sly idol]

ok gotcha

[sly idol]

so i guess im out of luck with this one

[dawn lodge]

ah

whats the alternative

dwmglass?

oh actually, just to be clear im not talking about the black bar

[strong cedar]

kind of are, you can just change the color of the background but not much else

[strong cedar]

ohhhh

then you mean the offcentered urlbar?

[sly idol]

are you referring to the nebula settings or zen theme settings?

[strong cedar]

no, like you cant change it directly through settings right now you would need to edit some code values

[sly idol]

ok np, thanks for taking the time to explain, hopefully there’s a way to implement it somehow in the future

[dawn lodge]

yeaa

its fine though now, im just using regular zen and its working good

[strong cedar]

yeah i made a weird fix for it now

so when urlbar is opened, the blur on sidebar wont work

to avoid this problem

[dim sage]

Hi, can I dm you? I have this kinda odd problem and not sure to troubleshoot.

[strong cedar]

sure

[stray sentinel]

nebula makes some pages' backgrounds transparent, even though i don't have Zen Internet installed, how can i stop this behavior?

[strong cedar]

nebula does not do any of that 😭

its because of browser.tabs.allow_transparent_browser

[stray sentinel]

ohh sry

[twin pewter]

nubulu

moment

[gaunt oar]

can i disable like blink blink blink animation for new tab

[gaunt oar]

small colors 🌛

[hard inlet]

go to nebula settings and change the tab switch animation, it’s probably on crossfade rn

[gaunt oar]

There's no problem switching tabs. It only happens when opening a new tab. And I tried it, it didn't change.

[hard inlet]

oh hmm then idk

is it cos u have disabled the url bar

[gaunt oar]

maybe, idk

[hard inlet]

and the new tab defaults to bonnjourr

[hard inlet]

yea

[gaunt oar]

aaa you are right. It was because of Bonjour. I never would have guessed.

[proper night]

Is there anyway to fix how this looks when using mica and picking a download location, etc?

[dim sage]

Have you tried excluding explorer from mfe?

[proper night]

remove it from mfe?

[dim sage]

Yeah... See if it change anything....

[proper night]

Nothing changed

[dim sage]

Well.... Idk then :/ sorry. Another suggestion from me is ditch mfe and use dwm. Its up to you tho. You may not like either bcz it affect the title bar globally.

[elfin turret]

are folders janky for everybody else or just me

oh my god it was because of some left over .js from tab groups extension BEFORE folders became a native thing

so when i removed it via sine it didn't fully remove all the .js from that extension

[somber nymph]

Yeah good thing it didn’t do much to you
For some it caused all the tabs to vanish and stuff