Fix taffybar startup and restore pill colors

dotfiles/config/taffybar/end-widget-solid.css

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* Final pass overrides for end-widget pill chrome.
+ *
+ * This is loaded after the main bar/theme CSS so the end-widget palette stays
+ * vivid even if earlier rules or theme rendering make the pills read too
+ * transparent on some hosts.
+ */
+
+.outer-pad.end-widget.end-slot-1 {
+	background-color: rgb(50, 60, 160);
+	background-image: none;
+	border-color: rgb(90, 100, 210);
+}
+
+.outer-pad.end-widget.end-slot-2 {
+	background-color: rgb(110, 45, 160);
+	background-image: none;
+	border-color: rgb(155, 85, 210);
+}
+
+.outer-pad.end-widget.end-slot-3 {
+	background-color: rgb(25, 130, 75);
+	background-image: none;
+	border-color: rgb(55, 190, 115);
+}
+
+.outer-pad.end-widget.end-slot-4 {
+	background-color: rgb(20, 120, 140);
+	background-image: none;
+	border-color: rgb(50, 175, 200);
+}
+
+.outer-pad.end-widget.end-slot-5 {
+	background-color: rgb(160, 40, 70);
+	background-image: none;
+	border-color: rgb(210, 80, 115);
+}
+
+.outer-pad.sni-tray {
+	background-color: rgb(65, 70, 100);
+	background-image: none;
+	border-color: rgb(110, 115, 160);
+}
+
+.outer-pad.end-widget,
+.outer-pad.sni-tray {
+	box-shadow:
+		inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.10),
+		inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.10),
+		0 10px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.30);
+}

dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar.css

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 @import url("theme.css");
 @import url("end-widget-colors.css");
+@import url("end-widget-solid.css");
 
 /* Widget/layout styling for taffybar.
  *

nixos/taffybar.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, inputs, pkgs, makeEnable, ... }:
+{ config, inputs, lib, pkgs, makeEnable, ... }:
 let
   skipTaffybarInKde = pkgs.writeShellScript "skip-taffybar-in-kde" ''
     current_desktop="''${XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP:-}"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ makeEnable config "myModules.taffybar" false {
   ];
 
   home-manager.sharedModules = [
-    {
+    ({ lib, ... }: {
       services."status-notifier-watcher".enable = true;
       # home-manager's module defaults to nixpkgs' status-notifier-item, which can lag.
       # Point it at the pinned flake version instead.
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ makeEnable config "myModules.taffybar" false {
         package = inputs.imalison-taffybar.defaultPackage.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system};
       };
       xdg.configFile."systemd/user/taffybar.service".force = true;
+      home.activation.removeStaleTaffybarOverride =
+        lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
+          rm -f "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/taffybar.service.d/override.conf"
+          rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/taffybar.service.d" 2>/dev/null || true
+        '';
       systemd.user.services.taffybar.Service = {
         ExecCondition = "${skipTaffybarInKde}";
         # Temporary startup debugging: keep a plain-text log outside journald so
@@ -66,6 +71,6 @@ makeEnable config "myModules.taffybar" false {
         StandardOutput = "append:/tmp/taffybar-service.log";
         StandardError = "append:/tmp/taffybar-service.log";
       };
-    }
+    })
   ];
 }