From be595c72ad3ff4a85ae639255962db6db3ac9613 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin McConnell <kevin.mcconnell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:23:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent using an opaque surface for bar

The bar supports switching between transparent and opaque. That means we
can't use an opaque surface for it; if we did, it would be unable to
reliably render as transparent when needed.

This fixes a visual glitch where the background of a transparent bar
would flicker, particularly during mouse hover.
---
 shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml b/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
index 2ab914b9..939019d8 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
@@ -819,6 +819,7 @@ Item {
     implicitWidth: root.vertical ? root.barSize : 0
     implicitHeight: root.vertical ? 0 : root.barSize
     color: root.transparent ? "transparent" : root.background
+    surfaceFormat.opaque: false
     WlrLayershell.namespace: "omarchy-bar"
     WlrLayershell.layer: WlrLayer.Top