From d3a2c4982227194588fa9be3c6e2f35fde53ed70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Yin <xiaoyin_c@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 18:38:34 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: niri - blur

---
 home/base/gui/terminal/foot.nix                   |  5 +++++
 home/base/gui/terminal/kitty.nix                  |  1 +
 home/linux/gui/base/noctalia/config/settings.json |  2 ++
 home/linux/gui/niri/conf/windowrules.kdl          | 12 +++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/home/base/gui/terminal/foot.nix b/home/base/gui/terminal/foot.nix
index c2f5167c..911ae57d 100644
--- a/home/base/gui/terminal/foot.nix
+++ b/home/base/gui/terminal/foot.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
         shell = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash --login -c 'nu --login --interactive'";
       };
 
+      colors-dark = {
+        alpha = 0.93; # background transparency
+        blur = true; # requires foot >= 1.26 and compositor support (e.g. niri v26.04+)
+      };
+
       mouse = {
         hide-when-typing = "yes";
       };
diff --git a/home/base/gui/terminal/kitty.nix b/home/base/gui/terminal/kitty.nix
index 0fbe90ce..73c59010 100644
--- a/home/base/gui/terminal/kitty.nix
+++ b/home/base/gui/terminal/kitty.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
       macos_show_window_title_in = "none";
 
       background_opacity = "0.93";
+      background_blur = 1; # requires kitty >= 0.46.2 and compositor support (e.g. niri v26.04+)
       macos_option_as_alt = true; # Option key acts as Alt on macOS
       enable_audio_bell = false;
       tab_bar_edge = "top"; # tab bar on top
diff --git a/home/linux/gui/base/noctalia/config/settings.json b/home/linux/gui/base/noctalia/config/settings.json
index 9af37696..776556e4 100644
--- a/home/linux/gui/base/noctalia/config/settings.json
+++ b/home/linux/gui/base/noctalia/config/settings.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
       "left": [
         {
           "colorizeSystemIcon": "none",
+          "colorizeSystemText": "none",
           "customIconPath": "",
           "enableColorization": false,
           "icon": "rocket",
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@
         {
           "colorizeDistroLogo": false,
           "colorizeSystemIcon": "none",
+          "colorizeSystemText": "none",
           "customIconPath": "",
           "enableColorization": false,
           "icon": "noctalia",
diff --git a/home/linux/gui/niri/conf/windowrules.kdl b/home/linux/gui/niri/conf/windowrules.kdl
index d7b9a0f1..97842b58 100644
--- a/home/linux/gui/niri/conf/windowrules.kdl
+++ b/home/linux/gui/niri/conf/windowrules.kdl
@@ -2,21 +2,31 @@
 // Find more information on the wiki:
 // https://yalter.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Window-Rules
 
-// Terminal applications - open in workspace 1
+// Terminal applications - open in workspace 1, with blur
 window-rule {
     match app-id="foot"
     open-on-workspace "1terminal"
     open-maximized true
+    // foot >= 1.26 uses native blur via ext-background-effect,
+    // no compositor-side blur needed
 }
 window-rule {
     match app-id="Alacritty"
     open-on-workspace "1terminal"
     open-maximized true
+    background-effect {
+        blur true
+    }
 }
 window-rule {
     match app-id="com.mitchellh.ghostty"
     open-on-workspace "1terminal"
     open-maximized true
+    // Ghostty native blur via ext-background-effect coming in v1.4;
+    // use compositor-side blur until then
+    background-effect {
+        blur true
+    }
 }
 
 // Web browsers - open in workspace 2