Issue with Transparency Effect in background in Zen Browser

[shardul-0109]

Preliminary Checks

• I have read and understood the important section above.
• I have searched existing issues and avoided creating duplicates.
• I am not filing an enhancement request.
• I have checked that this issue cannot be reproduced on Mozilla Firefox.
• I have checked that this issue can be reproduced once I removed all my Mods and Custom CSS.

What happened?

Hi,

So, I have been using the Zen browser for the past 1 year. Recently, I did a clean install of Windows and installed Zen browser, and was surprised the transparency effect was there (i didnt know it was there before). But when I signed in my firefox account, the effect was gone and I cant seem to get it back. idk if the sign in caused the issue or something else as I did multiple things while setting up Windows.

I tried following the debugging steps mentioned in #9342 . I would truly appreciate it if you could look into this and guide me on whether it’s a bug or if I might be missing something in the settings.

Thanks,
Shardul

Expected behavior

The browser should have a transparent/translucent background.

Actual behavior

It is currently solid grey color.

Steps to reproduce

1. Reinstall Zen browser. (the transparency effect is there)
2. Sign in to Firefox account with which you are syncing.

Screenshots and videos

Version

1.15.3b

What platform are you seeing the problem on?

Windows - x64

What component is this issue related to?

Mods / Themes

Relevant log output if applicable

[shardul-0109]

I will be happy to share any specific information/details required.

[A-Z-X-R]

Have you installed the Transparent Zen mod?

[shardul-0109]

Have you installed the Transparent Zen mod?

No, I dont have any mods right now

[Propheticus]

Can you check if the value of widget.windows.mica is true?

[shardul-0109]

Yessir, the value of widget.windows.mica is already true.

[shrimphellnah]

having the same issue with Nebula and Sine, the transparency is fine on sidebar and corners, but my zen theme color is still on there, making no transparency, noting that the contrast is already on 0

[shardul-0109]

I dont have the transparency anywhere in the Zen window. Is there any developer who might be able to help us on this?

[Propheticus]

Are you (or were you in the profile being synced) using custom theme colours? Perhaps try removing those.

[shrimphellnah]

found the solution i think, basically there are mods that are overlapping over some .css files inside Zen, but some of them get mixed and cant be reverted, so the most important thing is just reinstalling Zen with Sine and Zebula (yeah sorry but its the only way)

watch this vid, and thanks to this guy for making a good tutorial (it's french, but its worth the watch): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g8sgDNOYaQ

following the vid, i got my Zen transparent as it should, definitely a worth

[shardul-0109]

Are you (or were you in the profile being synced) using custom theme colours? Perhaps try removing those.

I havent set any theme/color right now in Zen, had tried once but didnt like it