diff --git a/Modules/MainScreen/MainScreen.qml b/Modules/MainScreen/MainScreen.qml
index fd4656274..685839c32 100644
--- a/Modules/MainScreen/MainScreen.qml
+++ b/Modules/MainScreen/MainScreen.qml
@@ -217,39 +217,21 @@ PanelWindow {
       bottomRightCorner: barPlaceholder.bottomRightCornerState
     }
 
-    // ── Framed bar: frame body (4 strips) + rounded hole subtraction ──
-    // The 4 strips cover the entire frame area including straight-edge inner
-    // corners. A nested Subtract region then removes the hole with correct
-    // frameRadius rounding, leaving the blur boundary exactly matching the
-    // visual frame shape.
-
-    // Top strip (covers full width above hole)
+    // ── Framed bar: full screen minus rounded hole ──
     Region {
       x: 0
       y: 0
       width: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? root.width : 0
-      height: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? backgroundBlur.frameHoleY : 0
-    }
-    // Bottom strip
-    Region {
-      x: 0
-      y: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? backgroundBlur.frameHoleY2 : 0
-      width: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? root.width : 0
-      height: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? (root.height - backgroundBlur.frameHoleY2) : 0
-    }
-    // Left strip (only at hole height - top/bottom strips already cover those rows)
-    Region {
-      x: 0
-      y: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? backgroundBlur.frameHoleY : 0
-      width: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? backgroundBlur.frameHoleX : 0
-      height: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? (backgroundBlur.frameHoleY2 - backgroundBlur.frameHoleY) : 0
-    }
-    // Right strip
-    Region {
-      x: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? backgroundBlur.frameHoleX2 : 0
-      y: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? backgroundBlur.frameHoleY : 0
-      width: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? (root.width - backgroundBlur.frameHoleX2) : 0
-      height: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? (backgroundBlur.frameHoleY2 - backgroundBlur.frameHoleY) : 0
+      height: (barPlaceholder.isFramed && root.barShouldShow) ? root.height : 0
+
+      Region {
+        intersection: Intersection.Subtract
+        x: backgroundBlur.frameHoleX
+        y: backgroundBlur.frameHoleY
+        width: backgroundBlur.frameHoleX2 - backgroundBlur.frameHoleX
+        height: backgroundBlur.frameHoleY2 - backgroundBlur.frameHoleY
+        radius: backgroundBlur.frameR
+      }
     }
 
     // ── Panel blur regions ──
@@ -572,7 +554,7 @@ PanelWindow {
       // Panel background geometry (from the currently open panel on this screen)
       readonly property var panelBg: {
         var op = PanelService.openedPanel;
-        if (!op || op.screen !== root.screen)
+        if (!op || op.screen !== root.screen || op.blurEnabled === false)
           return null;
         var region = op.panelRegion;
         return (region && region.visible) ? region.panelItem : null;
@@ -581,7 +563,7 @@ PanelWindow {
       // Panel background geometry for the closing panel (may coexist with panelBg)
       readonly property var closingPanelBg: {
         var cp = PanelService.closingPanel;
-        if (!cp || cp.screen !== root.screen)
+        if (!cp || cp.screen !== root.screen || cp.blurEnabled === false)
           return null;
         var region = cp.panelRegion;
         return (region && region.visible) ? region.panelItem : null;
diff --git a/Modules/MainScreen/SmartPanel.qml b/Modules/MainScreen/SmartPanel.qml
index 2a30e8a84..36036a168 100644
--- a/Modules/MainScreen/SmartPanel.qml
+++ b/Modules/MainScreen/SmartPanel.qml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ Item {
   property bool cachedShouldAnimateWidth: false
   property bool cachedShouldAnimateHeight: false
 
+  // Whether blur should be applied behind this panel
+  property bool blurEnabled: true
+
   // Close with escape key
   property bool closeWithEscape: true
 
diff --git a/Modules/Panels/SessionMenu/SessionMenu.qml b/Modules/Panels/SessionMenu/SessionMenu.qml
index c74a39db1..2ab3ea81e 100644
--- a/Modules/Panels/SessionMenu/SessionMenu.qml
+++ b/Modules/Panels/SessionMenu/SessionMenu.qml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ SmartPanel {
   readonly property bool largeButtonsStyle: Settings.data.sessionMenu.largeButtonsStyle || false
   readonly property bool largeButtonsLayout: Settings.data.sessionMenu.largeButtonsLayout || "grid"
 
+  // Large buttons style is fullscreen — disable blur behind it
+  blurEnabled: !largeButtonsStyle
+
   // Make panel background transparent for large buttons style
   panelBackgroundColor: largeButtonsStyle ? "transparent" : Color.mSurface
 
@@ -567,7 +570,7 @@ SmartPanel {
       }
     }
 
-    // Timer text for large buttons style (above buttons) - positioned absolutely with background
+    // Timer text for large buttons style, positioned absolutely with background
     Rectangle {
       id: timerTextContainer
       visible: largeButtonsStyle && timerActive
@@ -577,7 +580,7 @@ SmartPanel {
       width: timerText.width + Style.margin2XL
       height: timerText.height + Style.margin2L
       radius: Style.radiusM
-      color: Qt.alpha(Color.mSurface, Settings.data.ui.panelBackgroundOpacity)
+      color: Color.mSurfaceVariant
       border.color: Color.mOutline
       border.width: Style.borderS
       z: 1000
@@ -591,7 +594,7 @@ SmartPanel {
                       })
         font.weight: Style.fontWeightBold
         pointSize: Style.fontSizeL
-        color: Color.mOnSurface
+        color: Color.mOnSurfaceVariant
       }
     }
 
@@ -638,6 +641,7 @@ SmartPanel {
       visible: !largeButtonsStyle
       anchors.fill: parent
       anchors.margins: Style.marginL
+      color: Color.mSurface
 
       ColumnLayout {
         anchors.fill: parent
@@ -838,7 +842,7 @@ SmartPanel {
           width: labelText.implicitWidth + Style.margin2M
           height: labelText.height + Style.margin2XS
           radius: Math.min(Style.radiusM, height / 2)
-          color: (buttonRoot.isSelected || buttonRoot.effectiveHover) ? Color.mOnPrimary : Qt.alpha(Color.mSurfaceVariant, 0.5)
+          color: (buttonRoot.isSelected || buttonRoot.effectiveHover) ? Color.mOnPrimary : Color.mSurfaceVariant
           border.width: Style.borderS
           border.color: (buttonRoot.isSelected || buttonRoot.effectiveHover) ? Color.mOnPrimary : Color.mOutline
           visible: Settings.data.sessionMenu.showKeybinds && (buttonRoot.keybind !== "") && !buttonRoot.pending
@@ -944,7 +948,7 @@ SmartPanel {
       if (isSelected || effectiveHover) {
         return Qt.alpha(Color.mPrimary, 1.0);
       }
-      return Qt.alpha(Color.mSurfaceVariant, Settings.data.ui.panelBackgroundOpacity);
+      return Color.mSurface;
     }
 
     border.width: Style.borderS