From fcb65561d0f687fcf6d3cfbe1d02bcf71b87b9b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarthak <118442597+sarthak1337-alt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 00:21:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] rofi: translucent surface, taller search field, icons centred
 with labels

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Cn3dHfbgNYdbZvzb1b3GQt
---
 .config/rofi/config.rasi | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/rofi/config.rasi b/.config/rofi/config.rasi
index 49a164c..377d104 100755
--- a/.config/rofi/config.rasi
+++ b/.config/rofi/config.rasi
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ configuration {
     main-fg:            #e9eefb;
     main-br:            #5d7fb0;
     main-ex:            #e0798f;
-    select-bg:          #191527;
-    select-fg:          #92b9ea;
+    main-bg-trans:      #0f0d17cc;   /* RRGGBBAA - true alpha via picom */
+    select-bg:          #92b9ea2b;
+    select-fg:          #cfe0f7;
     dim:                #7f7796;
     border-color:       #3d3752;
     
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ configuration {
 window {
     transparency:       "real";
     border-radius:      12px;
-    background-color:   @main-bg;
+    background-color:   @main-bg-trans;
+    border:             1px;
+    border-color:       @border-color;
     width:              620px;
     padding:            0px;
     location:           center;
@@ -43,16 +46,20 @@ mainbox {
 inputbar {
     background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         @main-fg;
-    padding:            4px 12px;
+    padding:            16px 18px;
+    margin:             0px 0px 4px 0px;
     spacing:            0px;
+    border:             0px 0px 1px 0px;
+    border-color:       @border-color;
     children:           [ prompt, entry ];
 }
 
 prompt {
     background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         @main-ex;
-    padding:            0px 8px 0px 0px;
-    font:               "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Bold 11";
+    padding:            0px 10px 0px 0px;
+    vertical-align:     0.5;
+    font:               "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Bold 13";
 }
 
 /* Prompt shows like terminal: >> */
@@ -63,9 +70,11 @@ prompt {
 entry {
     background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         @main-fg;
-    placeholder:        "";
+    placeholder:        "search";
+    placeholder-color:  @dim;
     cursor:             text;
-    font:               "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font 12";
+    vertical-align:     0.5;
+    font:               "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font 14";
 }
 
 /* Message box */
@@ -84,7 +93,7 @@ textbox {
 listview {
     background-color:   transparent;
     spacing:            0px;
-    padding:            8px 12px;
+    padding:            8px 10px 12px 10px;
     scrollbar:          false;
     lines:              9;
     fixed-height:       true;
@@ -102,32 +111,32 @@ element {
 }
 
 element normal.normal {
-    background-color:   @main-bg;
+    background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         @main-fg;
 }
 
 element alternate.normal {
-    background-color:   @main-bg;
+    background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         @main-fg;
 }
 
 element normal.urgent {
-    background-color:   @main-bg;
+    background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         @main-ex;
 }
 
 element alternate.urgent {
-    background-color:   @main-bg;
+    background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         @main-ex;
 }
 
 element normal.active {
-    background-color:   @main-bg;
+    background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         @main-br;
 }
 
 element alternate.active {
-    background-color:   @main-bg;
+    background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         @main-br;
 }
 
@@ -154,13 +163,15 @@ element selected.active {
 element-icon {
     background-color:   transparent;
     size:               1.7em;
-    padding:            0px 10px 0px 0px;
+    padding:            0px 12px 0px 0px;
+    vertical-align:     0.5;
 }
 
 /* Text - monospace for ls feel */
 element-text {
     background-color:   transparent;
     text-color:         inherit;
+    vertical-align:     0.5;
     font:               "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font 11";
 }