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Every tweak DiaTweaks adds to Dia. Turn them on and off in Dia → Settings → Patches, or with the diatweaks command.

Page

Tweak What it does
  Edge-to-Edge Web Pages Removes the padding between pages and the window edge
  Square Corners Next to Sidebar Pages meet the sidebar with straight edges

Toolbar

Tweak What it does
  Hide Toolbar Hides the address bar, navigation buttons and extensions
  Show Toolbar on Hover Shows the hidden toolbar when the pointer is at the top of the page
  Show Toolbar on New Tabs Keeps the hidden toolbar on new tab pages
  Show Toolbar with Sidebar Shows the hidden toolbar while the sidebar is open
  Show Toast When Copying URL Shows a small Copied message at the top of the page after ⇧⌘C
  Show Toolbar When Copying URL Shows the hidden toolbar for a moment after ⇧⌘C
  Hide Site Color in Tab Bar Keeps the selected tab at the top in the page colour while the toolbar is hidden

Toolbar Items

Tweak What it does
  Always Show Address Field Keeps the address field's background and buttons showing
  Hide Chat Button Hides the Chat button in the toolbar
  Hide Sidebar Button Hides the sidebar button

Sidebar & Tab Bar

Tweak What it does
  Tidy Tabs Groups your tabs by what they're for, with Apple Intelligence
  Profile Emoji Shows an emoji in place of each profile's dot
  Translucent Sidebar Lets the page show through the sidebar when it floats over it
  Compact Sidebar Header Moves the pinned tabs up into the space under the window buttons
  Hide Chats Button Hides the Chats button in the tab bar or sidebar
  Hide Pinned Tab Border Removes the colored border around the selected pinned tab
  Hide Recent Tabs Button Hides the recent tabs button in the tab bar or sidebar

Tabs & Downloads

Tweak What it does
  Don’t Open Downloads List Stops the downloads list opening by itself for each download
  Close Tabs from Tab Switcher W or ⌘W in the tab switcher closes the highlighted tab
  Unload Tabs Unload a tab from its right-click menu, keeping it in the sidebar

Command Bar

Tweak What it does
  Compact Command Bar Fits the command bar on one line when its buttons need chat usage
  Compact with Chat Usage Too Compacts the command bar even when you have chat usage
  Open New Tabs in Command Bar Opens a new tab as Dia's command bar over the page you're on
  Blur Page Behind Blurs the page behind the command bar
  Darken Page Behind Darkens the page behind the command bar
  Remember What You Typed Brings back what you typed when you open the command bar again
  Hide Upgrade Banner Hides the chat upgrade banner under the command bar

Window

Tweak What it does
  Window Material Shows a material or Liquid Glass behind the tabs and sidebar
  Keep Windows Active Keeps a window's shadow, sidebar colour and window buttons after you click away
  macOS 26 Window Corners Rounds windows to 26 points like other apps on macOS 26
  Hide Window Controls Hides the close, minimize and zoom buttons

Passwords

Tweak What it does
  Allow 1Password Lets the 1Password extension connect to the 1Password app
  Allow iCloud Passkeys Signs in with passkeys saved in Apple Passwords
  Allow iCloud Passwords Lets the iCloud Passwords extension fill your Apple Passwords

Links

Tweak What it does
  Peek on Shift-Click Shift-click a link to preview it in a card over the page, like Arc
  Hide Link Address Hides the address that shows when you point at a link

Commands

A command runs once each time you choose it. There's nothing to turn on.

Command What it does
  Group Tabs by Domain Groups a window's tabs by site

Adding a tweak

Start a page titled as the tweak is in Settings, paste in the page template, and link it from the sidebar and a row above. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

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