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Appearance#

Customize how the floating bar and menu bar icons look. All changes apply instantly.

Open ExtraBar → Settings (⚙) → Appearance to access these settings.

Bar size#

Control the size of icons and the bar height. Three sizes are available:

  • Small — 20pt icons. Compact and minimal.
  • Medium — 28pt icons. Balanced visibility.
  • Large — 36pt icons. Maximum visibility.

Bar size also scales app and widget sizes and in-menu icon sizes. In native Menu Bar Mode, icons stay system-sized.

Item labels#

Enable Show Labels on Hover to display a label when you hover over an item or navigate to it with the keyboard. Useful when you're not sure what an icon represents.

Background style#

Choose how the bar background is rendered. Five styles are available:

  • Default — Standard frosted glass effect using macOS materials.
  • Tinted Glass — Glass effect with a color tint overlay. Pick a tint from the presets (Blue, Purple, Pink, Red, Orange, Green, Teal) or use a custom color.
  • Solid Color — Opaque background with a solid color. Presets include Charcoal, Obsidian, Graphite, Slate, Navy, Forest, and Wine — or pick a custom color.
  • Transparent — No background at all. Only your app icons are visible.
  • Liquid Glass — Enhanced glass effect. Native Liquid Glass support is coming with macOS 26.

Background and tint colors#

When using Solid Color or Tinted Glass, you can pick a color from the built-in presets or use the custom color picker for any color you want.

Border#

Add a border around the bar. Presets include:

  • Subtle, Light, Medium — White borders at varying opacity
  • Accent — Blue tinted border
  • Gold — Yellow tinted border
  • Rose — Pink tinted border
  • None — No border

A custom color picker is also available.

Corner radius#

Adjust how rounded the bar corners are using the slider (0–14pt) or the quick presets:

  • Square — 0pt, sharp corners
  • Soft — 5pt, the default
  • Round — 8pt, more rounded
  • Pill — 14pt, fully rounded

App icon#

Choose the dock and app icon style. Five variants are available:

  • Standard
  • Black & White
  • White & Black
  • Dark Purple
  • Light Purple

Menu bar icon#

Choose the icon that appears in the macOS menu bar. Six variants are available:

  • Default (adaptive — automatically tints to match a light or dark menu bar)
  • Outline Black
  • Outline White
  • Outline Purple
  • Fill Black
  • Fill White

Reset#

Use the Reset button to restore all appearance settings to their defaults.