commit ca0d682e1334ce5073d1595abe3035bcda5c8f89
parent e3f4b3db399b1d6e4aaa74013129598b0e21fcdb
Author: Matthew Gantenbein <ganten@Matthews-MBP.ht.home>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 01:22:48 -0500
docs: default vibrancy to sidebar (holds the transparent state)
sidebar reliably keeps the frosted state across focus/redraw where
under-window tended to drop it; under-window kept as the fallback.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ A theme **cannot** do this part; it's a Vesktop window setting.
1. Open Vesktop → **Settings** (Vesktop/Vencord settings, the cog).
2. **Transparent Window** → **ON**.
-3. **macOS Vibrancy Style** → **`under-window`**.
+3. **macOS Vibrancy Style** → **`sidebar`**. *(Use `sidebar`, not `under-window`: on the test machine `sidebar` is the one that reliably **held** the transparent state across focus/redraw — `under-window` tended to drop the frost. If `sidebar` misbehaves on your setup, `under-window` is the fallback to try.)*
4. **Fully quit Vesktop and reopen it** — ⌘Q, not just close. (This setting only applies on a fresh launch.)
### Step 2 — add the theme (pick ONE)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ That's it. You should see your desktop frosted through Discord.
> - **Vesktop 1.6.5**
>
> That's the *only* configuration I've actually tested. The theme is plain CSS and the
-> vibrancy/`under-window` API is long-standing, so I *expect* it to work on other Macs and
+> vibrancy API is long-standing, so I *expect* it to work on other Macs and
> on Sonoma/Sequoia — but I have **not** verified that, and the optional patch script is
> resilient-by-design rather than proven across versions. If you run it elsewhere, a quick
> note (works / breaks + your specs) via an issue or PR helps everyone. Treat anything
