diff --git a/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml b/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
index 8e1b4f04..e5b2a74b 100644
--- a/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
+++ b/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
@@ -416,6 +416,18 @@ Item {
     }
   }
 
+  function toggleTransparency() {
+    var nextTransparent = !(root.transparent === true)
+    if (root.shell && typeof root.shell.mutateShellConfig === "function") {
+      root.shell.mutateShellConfig(function(config) {
+        if (!root.isPlainObject(config.bar)) config.bar = {}
+        config.bar.transparent = nextTransparent
+      })
+    } else {
+      root.transparent = nextTransparent
+    }
+  }
+
   function runProcess(process) {
     if (!process.running)
       process.running = true
@@ -1066,9 +1078,10 @@ Item {
 
         MouseArea {
           anchors.fill: parent
-          acceptedButtons: Qt.LeftButton
+          acceptedButtons: Qt.LeftButton | Qt.RightButton
           onDoubleClicked: function(mouse) {
-            root.openBarSettings()
+            if (mouse.button === Qt.RightButton) root.openBarSettings()
+            else root.toggleTransparency()
             mouse.accepted = true
           }
         }
diff --git a/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/README.md b/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/README.md
index b46b47e5..c6654074 100644
--- a/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/README.md
+++ b/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ the shell for its whole session.
 
 The bar config lives under the `bar:` key of [`~/.config/omarchy/shell.json`](../../README.md#shelljson-shape). Out of the box the shell uses [`shell-defaults.json`](../../shell-defaults.json). Once you customize anything via `omarchy launch bar settings` or by editing shell.json directly, your file is canonical — there is no deep-merge.
 
-Launch the visual editor with `omarchy launch bar settings` (or run `omarchy-launch-bar-settings`) to reorder widgets, add/remove them, and tweak per-widget options without editing JSON by hand. You can also double-click empty space to the left or right of the centered clock to open it.
+Launch the visual editor with `omarchy launch bar settings` (or run `omarchy-launch-bar-settings`) to reorder widgets, add/remove them, and tweak per-widget options without editing JSON by hand. You can also double-right-click empty space to the left or right of the centered clock to open it; double-left-click the same empty space to toggle bar transparency.
 
 Example `shell.json` (bar subtree only shown):