hyprland: tune shadows and borders

dots/.config/hypr/hyprland/general.conf

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ general {
     gaps_workspaces = 50
 
     border_size = 1
-    col.active_border = rgba(0DB7D4FF)
+    col.active_border = rgba(0DB7D455)
     col.inactive_border = rgba(31313600)
     resize_on_border = true
 
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ general {
     allow_tearing = true # This just allows the `immediate` window rule to work
 
     snap {
-    	enabled = true
+        enabled = true
-    	window_gap = 4
+        window_gap = 4
-    	monitor_gap = 5
+        monitor_gap = 5
-    	respect_gaps = true
+        respect_gaps = true
     }
 }
 
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ dwindle {
 }
 
 decoration {
+    # 2 = circle, higher = squircle, 4 = very obvious squircle
+    # Clear squircles look really off; we use only extra .4 here to make the rounding feel more continuous
+    rounding_power = 2.4
     rounding = 18
 
     blur {
@@ -69,15 +72,15 @@ decoration {
     shadow {
         enabled = true
         ignore_window = true
-        range = 30
+        range = 50
-        offset = 0 2
+        offset = 0 4
-        render_power = 4
+        render_power = 10
-        color = rgba(00000010)
+        color = rgba(00000027)
     }
 
     # Dim
     dim_inactive = true
-    dim_strength = 0.025
+    dim_strength = 0.05
     dim_special = 0.07
 }
 

dots/.config/matugen/templates/hyprland/colors.conf

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 general {
-    col.active_border = rgba({{colors.outline.default.hex_stripped}}AA)
+    col.active_border = rgba({{colors.outline.default.hex_stripped}}77)
-    col.inactive_border = rgba({{colors.outline_variant.default.hex_stripped}}AA)
+    col.inactive_border = rgba({{colors.outline_variant.default.hex_stripped}}55)
 }
 
 misc {