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CoredumpTux

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Registered: 2025-06-05

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[Spotify client] - ugly window bar

Hello,

I don't know why (it seems to be after an update (don't know which one) but I can't deliver any further information since I don't know) but the window bar of my spotify client looks really ugly:

I am running spotify under gnome 49.2.

My spotify client is spotify-launcher: version 0.6.3.

Thank very much in advance for any help

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [Spotify client] - ugly window bar

Likely same as https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=310411 and likely electron some electron bug.
According to https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spot … nt-1049487 likely caused by it now defaulting to being a native wayland client.

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lsuse

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Registered: 2025-12-13

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Re: [Spotify client] - ugly window bar

I had the same issue. On Arch Linux with GNOME 49.2, running Spotify via spotify-launcher resulted in an incorrect blue top bar that did not match GNOME/libadwaita styling.

I tried passing Electron/Wayland flags (--enable-features, --ozone-platform) but spotify-launcher does not allow forwarding these arguments. Forcing X11 with GDK_BACKEND=x11 also did not help, as recent Spotify versions now hard-force their own client-side decorations, even under X11. GTK/theme tweaks and related warnings were confirmed to be unrelated.

The root cause is properly an upstream Spotify/Electron change.

Final solution: I uninstalled spotify-launcher and installed Spotify from Flathub (Flatpak), which uses a different Electron runtime and integrates better with GNOME, resolving the blue top bar issue.

chikobara

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Registered: 2023-12-28

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Re: [Spotify client] - ugly window bar

I had the same issue with aur/spotify package on gnome wayland, this worked for me https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spot … nt-1052180

Last edited by chikobara (2025-12-23 11:26:36)

giant_locked

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Registered: 2026-01-09

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Re: [Spotify client] - ugly window bar

The same issue here. Resolved with running under XWayland. Installed spotify package from AUR and modified the desktop file:

Exec=env XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 GDK_BACKEND=x11 spotify --uri=%u

For spotify-launcher package, I believe, you should mess with /etc/spotify-launcher.conf or/and make separate .desktop file for spotify binary, that is downloaded by spotify-launcher. It is located here: ~/.local/share/spotify-launcher/install/usr/bin/spotify

Last edited by giant_locked (2026-01-10 00:04:09)