[Bug] No border on Groupy tab bar in the light mode

Groupy tab bar's boundaries become unreadable when white background behind it

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When there's white background behind Groupy's tab bar, it blends with it because it has neither border nor drop shadow.


I'm running Windows 11 23H2 (22631.3155)

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I believe the same also applies to "Mica background" mode, as it can be clearly seen where native window border ends:

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Interestingly enough, the border seems to appear normally when window is not in focus:

 

Also, I have to note that I disabled "Show accent color on title bars" in System settings:
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When I enable this option, border shows normally.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I also realized now that this bug is present even on one of the promo materials on Groupy's web page

Also, problem seem to only appear with the light mode of Groupy tab bar.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting moooooody, reply 4

I also realized now that this bug is present even on one of the promo materials on Groupy's web page



Also, problem seem to only appear with the light mode of Groupy tab bar.

Thats an old screenshot.  If you open powerpoint you should see a red border in any current version of Groupy 2.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting moooooody, reply 1

I believe the same also applies to "Mica background" mode, as it can be clearly seen where native window border ends:

Is this perhaps only happening with explorer windows?

I notice you seem to have modified your OS to hack back in the Windows ribbon into Windows 11.  This may impact Groupy as the behaviour of borders is influenced by the OS it thinks it is running on.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 6

Is this perhaps only happening with explorer windows?

Unfortunately no, it happens with any app

Quoting Neil, reply 6

This may impact Groupy as the behaviour of borders

I don't think so — I also have Stardock Groupy 1.5 installed on the same system and setup, and it shows border correctly:

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting moooooody, reply 7

 

Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 6

Is this perhaps only happening with explorer windows?


Unfortunately no, it happens with any app

Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 6

This may impact Groupy as the behaviour of borders


I don't think so — I also have Stardock Groupy 1.5 installed on the same system and setup, and it shows border correctly:

The latest build of Groupy has a tweak but it will only impact explorer windows as that was the only windows impacted and only if the tabs were not integrating with the titlebar which is what would normally happen on Windows 11.

Please note we would not recommend altering your OS to bring back the ribbon on Windows 11.  This is not something we run or provide support on.

Also having both Groupy 2 and 1 installed will not work.  It is very much a case of one or the other as they share configs.

Groupy 1.x also does not support Windows 11.

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 8

The latest build of Groupy has a tweak

Thank you, it was fast! I will test it.

Quoting Neil, reply 8

Also having both Groupy 2 and 1 installed will not work

Yes, I had to reinstall to get the tab bar from 1.5 to show up... It works just fine for me on Windows 11, I would say it even feels a bit faster and snappier than 2.0, but it lacks few useful features and design improvements from the update.