From d083a9db60962e6d8b10a106e1b3f00a1041c305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: flamboh <oliver.boorstein@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:17:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(web): drop the filled well behind the sidebar header
 buttons

---
 apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarThreadHeader.tsx | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarThreadHeader.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarThreadHeader.tsx
index 878235615b39..6f9a686e5219 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarThreadHeader.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarThreadHeader.tsx
@@ -122,9 +122,10 @@ export function SidebarThreadHeader({
           </Button>
         ) : null}
       </div>
-      {/* Segmented well: the icons read as one control instead of three loose
-          buttons competing with the search field beside them. */}
-      <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center rounded-md bg-sidebar-control-surface/60 p-px">
+      {/* Unfilled like the search field beside it: the buttons carry their own
+          hover states, and a background well reads far louder on themed
+          palettes than on the base light and dark ones. */}
+      <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center">
         {hasProjects ? (
           <>
             {projectScope}