swarm ui: a solid backgrounds setting turns the frosted surfaces opaque

A gear-menu toggle, off by default: the header bar, badges and terminal
panes lose their see-through fill and blur.

frontend/packages/shared/package.json

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "./hide-debug-setting.js": "./src/settings/HideDebugSetting.tsx",
     "./expand-details-setting.js": "./src/settings/ExpandDetailsSetting.tsx",
     "./settings-menu.css": "./src/settings/SettingsMenu.css",
+    "./solid-backgrounds.js": "./src/settings/solid-backgrounds.tsx",
     "./user-menu.js": "./src/user-menu/UserMenu.tsx",
     "./user-menu.css": "./src/user-menu/UserMenu.css",
     "./links-menu.js": "./src/links-menu/LinksMenu.tsx",

frontend/packages/shared/src/settings/solid-backgrounds.css

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* The frosted surfaces, made opaque while `data-solid="true"` is on `<html>`
+   (`solid-backgrounds.tsx`). Each rule names the same surface as the rule that
+   makes it see-through, with `html:root` in front so it outranks that rule's
+   theme variants whatever order the stylesheets load in. The dialog scrim is
+   left alone: it dims the page on purpose. */
+html:root[data-solid="true"] .shell-header {
+  background: var(--bg-elev);
+  -webkit-backdrop-filter: none;
+  backdrop-filter: none;
+}
+html:root[data-solid="true"] .ui-badge:not(.ui-badge-quiet) {
+  background: var(--purple-dim);
+  -webkit-backdrop-filter: none;
+  backdrop-filter: none;
+}
+html:root[data-solid="true"] .terminal-wrap {
+  background: var(--crust);
+  -webkit-backdrop-filter: none;
+  backdrop-filter: none;
+}

frontend/packages/shared/src/settings/solid-backgrounds.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// "Solid backgrounds" — a gear-menu toggle that turns the frosted, see-through
+// surfaces opaque (mara: "add setting to disable transparency", e.g. the top
+// bar and badge backgrounds). Off by default, so the look is unchanged until
+// someone turns it on.
+//
+// The setting sets `data-solid="true"` on `<html>`, and `./solid-backgrounds.css`
+// answers it. The caller owns the storage key, as with the theme and motion
+// overrides, and mounts `useApplySolidBackgrounds` once so the choice applies
+// before the menu is ever opened; `SolidBackgroundsSetting` is the menu's row.
+import { useEffect } from "preact/hooks";
+import { useLocalSetting } from "./settings-storage.js";
+import "./solid-backgrounds.css";
+
+export function useApplySolidBackgrounds(key: string): void {
+  const [solid] = useLocalSetting<boolean>(key, false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const root = document.documentElement;
+    if (solid) root.dataset.solid = "true";
+    else delete root.dataset.solid;
+  }, [solid]);
+}
+
+export function SolidBackgroundsSetting({
+  storageKey,
+}: {
+  storageKey: string;
+}) {
+  const [solid, setSolid] = useLocalSetting<boolean>(storageKey, false);
+  return (
+    <label class="settings-menu-row">
+      <span>solid backgrounds</span>
+      <input
+        type="checkbox"
+        checked={solid}
+        onChange={(e) => setSolid((e.target as HTMLInputElement).checked)}
+      />
+    </label>
+  );
+}

frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/Shell.tsx

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ import { HideDebugSetting } from "@hive/shared/hide-debug-setting.js";
 import { ExpandDetailsSetting } from "@hive/shared/expand-details-setting.js";
 import { useApplyThemeOverride } from "@hive/shared/theme-apply.js";
 import { useApplyMotionOverride } from "@hive/shared/motion-apply.js";
+import {
+  SolidBackgroundsSetting,
+  useApplySolidBackgrounds,
+} from "@hive/shared/solid-backgrounds.js";
 import { isFullBleedRoute, visibleNavItems } from "./routes.js";
 import { useDynamicTabs } from "./useDynamicTabs.js";
 import { useSwarmName } from "./useSwarmName.js";
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ import "./Shell.css";
 // not `'system'` — see `@hive/shared/theme-apply.js`'s file comment.
 const THEME_KEY = "swarm-ui:theme-override";
 const MOTION_KEY = "swarm-ui:motion-override";
+const SOLID_KEY = "swarm-ui:solid-backgrounds";
 
 const NAV_ITEMS: { href: string; label: string; accent: string }[] = [
   { href: "/agents", label: "agents", accent: "var(--green)" },
@@ -220,6 +225,7 @@ export function Shell({ children }: { children: ComponentChildren }) {
   // needing a reference to the other.
   useApplyThemeOverride(THEME_KEY);
   useApplyMotionOverride(MOTION_KEY);
+  useApplySolidBackgrounds(SOLID_KEY);
 
   // Measures nav item `index`'s rect relative to `.shell-nav`.
   // `getBoundingClientRect()` on both elements at the same tick keeps
@@ -424,6 +430,7 @@ export function Shell({ children }: { children: ComponentChildren }) {
           <SettingsMenu themeKey={THEME_KEY} motionKey={MOTION_KEY}>
             <HideDebugSetting />
             <ExpandDetailsSetting />
+            <SolidBackgroundsSetting storageKey={SOLID_KEY} />
           </SettingsMenu>
           <LinksMenu />
           <UserMenu />