diff --git a/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/sidebar-hover.tsx b/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/sidebar-hover.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a37b8681fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/sidebar-hover.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+import { frameLoop, prefersReducedMotion, Spring } from "@opencode/ui/motion"
+import { motionTuning } from "@opencode/ui/motion-tuning"
+import { makeEventListener } from "@solid-primitives/event-listener"
+import { createSignal, onCleanup, onMount, Show } from "solid-js"
+
+const choice = motionTuning.choice("sidebar.hover", {
+ label: "Sidebar hover",
+ group: "Experiments",
+ value: "today",
+ labels: { today: "Today", glide: "Glide" },
+})
+
+const tuning = motionTuning.spring("sidebar.hover.glide", {
+ label: "Sidebar hover glide",
+ group: "Experiments",
+ presets: {
+ snappy: { duration: 0.14, bounce: 0 },
+ smooth: { duration: 0.2, bounce: 0 },
+ calm: { duration: 0.28, bounce: 0 },
+ },
+})
+
+const [mode, setMode] = createSignal(choice())
+
+motionTuning.subscribe(() => setMode(choice()))
+
+const rows = "[data-titlebar-tab], [data-titlebar-tab-action]"
+
+// The pill's corner radius, matching the rows'.
+const radius = 6
+
+const grid = (value: number) => Math.round(value * 64) / 64
+
+const edges = ["top", "bottom", "left", "right"] as const
+
+/**
+ * Experiment: one hover pill glides behind the sidebar's rows, instead of each row lighting its own background. It
+ * targets the row nearest the pointer, so crossing a gap between rows holds it rather than dropping it.
+ */
+export function SidebarHover() {
+ return (
+
+
+
+ )
+}
+
+function Pill() {
+ let pill!: HTMLDivElement
+ let top!: HTMLDivElement
+ let fill!: HTMLDivElement
+ let bottom!: HTMLDivElement
+ let pointer: { x: number; y: number } | undefined
+ // The hovered row's edges relative to the sidebar, from the last frame's read phase.
+ let hit: { top: number; bottom: number; left: number; right: number } | undefined
+ let frame: (() => void) | undefined
+
+ const motion = {
+ top: Spring.fromDuration(0, tuning()),
+ bottom: Spring.fromDuration(0, tuning()),
+ left: Spring.fromDuration(0, tuning()),
+ right: Spring.fromDuration(0, tuning()),
+ opacity: Spring.fromDuration(0, { duration: 0.15, bounce: 0 }),
+ }
+
+ onMount(() => {
+ // SAFETY: the pill renders inside the sidebar's portal root.
+ const root = pill.parentElement!
+ root.dataset.sidebarHover = "glide"
+ onCleanup(() => delete root.dataset.sidebarHover)
+
+ const read = () => {
+ hit = pointer && !root.querySelector('[data-dragging="true"]') ? nearest(root, pointer) : undefined
+ }
+
+ const write = (dt: number) => {
+ const spring = tuning()
+ const reduced = prefersReducedMotion()
+
+ const target = hit
+
+ edges.forEach((edge) => {
+ motion[edge].omega = (2 * Math.PI) / spring.duration
+ motion[edge].zeta = 1 - spring.bounce
+
+ if (!target) return
+
+ // Appearing from hidden starts on the row rather than sweeping in from where it left.
+ if (motion.opacity.value === 0 || reduced) motion[edge].snap(target[edge])
+ motion[edge].set(target[edge])
+ })
+
+ motion.opacity.set(target ? 1 : 0)
+
+ const y0 = grid(motion.top.step(dt))
+ const y1 = grid(motion.bottom.step(dt))
+ top.style.transform = `translateY(${y0}px)`
+ bottom.style.transform = `translateY(${y1 - radius * 2}px)`
+ fill.style.transform = `translateY(${y0 + radius}px) scaleY(${Math.max(0, y1 - y0 - radius * 2)})`
+
+ const x0 = grid(motion.left.step(dt))
+ const width = `${grid(motion.right.step(dt)) - x0}px`
+ pill.style.transform = `translateX(${x0}px)`
+
+ // Only Home beside the sidebar toggle is narrower, so width changes only on the way to or from it.
+ if (pill.style.width !== width) pill.style.width = width
+ pill.style.opacity = String(motion.opacity.step(dt))
+
+ if (Object.values(motion).some((item) => !item.resting)) return true
+ frame = undefined
+
+ return false
+ }
+
+ const wake = () => {
+ frame ??= frameLoop.addMeasured(read, write)
+ }
+
+ // While the pointer rests inside, rows that open, close, resize or finish a drag move the pill to the row now under it.
+ const resize = new ResizeObserver(wake)
+ const mutation = new MutationObserver(wake)
+
+ makeEventListener(root, "pointermove", (event) => {
+ if (event.pointerType === "touch") return
+
+ if (!pointer)
+ root.querySelectorAll("[data-titlebar-tab-list]").forEach((list) => {
+ resize.observe(list)
+ mutation.observe(list, { childList: true, subtree: true, attributeFilter: ["data-dragging"] })
+ })
+
+ pointer = { x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY }
+ wake()
+ })
+ makeEventListener(root, "pointerleave", () => {
+ pointer = undefined
+ resize.disconnect()
+ mutation.disconnect()
+ wake()
+ })
+ makeEventListener(root, "pointerup", wake)
+ // Rows that scroll under a resting pointer move the pill with them.
+ makeEventListener(root, "scroll", wake, { capture: true, passive: true })
+ onCleanup(() => {
+ frame?.()
+ resize.disconnect()
+ mutation.disconnect()
+ })
+ })
+
+ // Opaque slices, so the caps can overlap the middle without darkening it; the group fades as one.
+ return (
+
+ )
+}
+
+// The row nearest the pointer, clipped to the scrolling list, or none once the pointer leaves the rows' span.
+function nearest(root: HTMLElement, pointer: { x: number; y: number }) {
+ const box = root.getBoundingClientRect()
+ const scroll = root.querySelector('[data-slot="vertical-tabs-scroll"]')
+ const view = scroll?.getBoundingClientRect()
+
+ const boxes = [...root.querySelectorAll(rows)].flatMap((element) => {
+ const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect()
+ const clip = view && scroll?.contains(element)
+ const top = clip ? Math.max(rect.top, view.top) : rect.top
+ const bottom = clip ? Math.min(rect.bottom, view.bottom) : rect.bottom
+
+ return bottom - top > 0 ? [{ top, bottom, left: rect.left, right: rect.right }] : []
+ })
+
+ const first = boxes[0]
+
+ const last = boxes.at(-1)
+
+ if (!first || !last || pointer.y < first.top || pointer.y > last.bottom) return
+
+ const distance = (row: { top: number; bottom: number }) => Math.max(row.top - pointer.y, pointer.y - row.bottom, 0)
+ // A tie in a gap goes to the lower row, as clicks do.
+ const row = boxes.reduce((best, item) => (distance(item) <= distance(best) ? item : best))
+
+ // Beside the row, such as on the sidebar toggle next to Home, is off the rows.
+ if (pointer.x < row.left || pointer.x > row.right) return
+
+ return { top: row.top - box.top, bottom: row.bottom - box.top, left: row.left - box.left, right: row.right - box.left }
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/tab-nav.css b/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/tab-nav.css
index e8427b1d563..cea93a048f4 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/tab-nav.css
+++ b/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/tab-nav.css
@@ -144,6 +144,34 @@
background: linear-gradient(var(--tab-overlay), var(--tab-overlay)), var(--tab-base);
}
+/* The sidebar hover experiment: one pill glides behind the rows, which keep only their own pressed and focus states. */
+[data-sidebar-hover="glide"] {
+ position: relative;
+ isolation: isolate;
+}
+
+[data-slot="sidebar-hover-pill"] > * {
+ background:
+ linear-gradient(var(--v2-overlay-simple-overlay-hover), var(--v2-overlay-simple-overlay-hover)),
+ var(--v2-background-bg-deep);
+}
+
+[data-sidebar-hover="glide"]
+ :is(
+ [data-titlebar-tab]:not(:has(> [data-slot="tab-link"]:focus-visible)),
+ [data-titlebar-tab-action]:not(:focus-visible)
+ ):not(:active, [data-state="pressed"], [data-dragging="true"], [data-editing="true"]),
+[data-sidebar-hover="glide"]
+ [data-titlebar-tab]:not(:has(> [data-slot="tab-link"]:focus-visible)):not(
+ :active,
+ [data-state="pressed"],
+ [data-dragging="true"],
+ [data-editing="true"]
+ )
+ [data-slot="tab-close"] {
+ background: none;
+}
+
[data-titlebar-tab][data-editing="true"] [data-slot="tab-close"] {
display: none;
}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/titlebar.tsx b/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/titlebar.tsx
index 13f323c037d..379163799bc 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/titlebar.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/titlebar.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { sessionTabTitle } from "./tab-title"
import { SessionTabAvatar } from "@/shell/layout/session-tab-avatar"
import { SessionProgressIndicatorV2 } from "@opencode/session-ui/v2/session-progress-indicator-v2"
import { RecentlyClosedTabsMenu } from "./recently-closed-tabs-menu"
+import { SidebarHover } from "./sidebar-hover"
import { useSettingsDialog } from "@/settings/command"
import { rootSession } from "@/shell/routes/session"
import { TitlebarItems, useTitlebarItems } from "@/runtime/extension/titlebar-items"
@@ -786,6 +787,7 @@ export function Titlebar(props: { verticalTabs?: { mount?: HTMLElement } }) {
mount={mount}
ref={(element) => (element.className = "flex size-full min-h-0 flex-col")}
>
+
{/* Shares the session header's 48px center line. Without traffic lights, Home fills the
start so the row doesn't leave an empty band. */}