diff --git a/docs/features.md b/docs/features.md
index 00d8aa85..d854bfe7 100644
--- a/docs/features.md
+++ b/docs/features.md
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 - **Tabs & splits** — always open in the current directory
 - **Command palette** <kbd>⌘ P</kbd> · scrollback search <kbd>⌘ F</kbd>
 - **⌘-click links** · desktop notifications · copy on select (opt-in, Settings → Terminal → Clipboard)
-- **Eight themes** · CJK / IME input
+- **Eight themes, plus your own** — YAML seed themes with solid, gradient, or image backgrounds; iTerm2 `.itermcolors` import; in-app color editor with a background-image picker
+- **Window opacity & blur** — Settings → Appearance → Window; applies to every theme, *Follow theme* returns to the theme's own `opacity` / `blur`
+- **CJK / IME input**
 
 ## Coding agents
 
diff --git a/docs/features.zh-CN.md b/docs/features.zh-CN.md
index 48851018..cd66696b 100644
--- a/docs/features.zh-CN.md
+++ b/docs/features.zh-CN.md
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 - **标签页与分屏** —— 永远开在当前目录
 - **命令面板** <kbd>⌘ P</kbd> · 回滚搜索 <kbd>⌘ F</kbd>
 - **⌘ 点击打开链接** · 桌面通知 · 划选即复制（可选，设置 → 终端 → 剪贴板）
-- **8 套主题** · CJK / 输入法输入
+- **8 套主题，也能自定义** — YAML 种子主题，背景支持纯色、渐变或图片；可导入 iTerm2 `.itermcolors`；应用内颜色编辑器带背景图选择
+- **窗口透明与模糊** — 设置 → Appearance → Window；对所有主题生效，*Follow theme* 恢复主题自带的 `opacity` / `blur`
+- **CJK / 输入法输入**
 
 ## Coding agent
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 788e7d11..13a48a18 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -137,8 +137,10 @@ fn spawn_config_watcher(cx: &mut App) {
                 // Re-paint theme + colors from the new config. We have no window
                 // handle in this global task, but `apply_theme` accepts `None`:
                 // it still updates the `Theme`/palette globals (what actually
-                // repaints); the only thing it skips is re-pinning the macOS
-                // traffic lights, which self-corrects on the next resize/activate.
+                // repaints). The window-bound effects — the Transparent↔Blurred
+                // background flip and traffic-light re-pinning — are covered by
+                // `Tty7App::reload_from_config`, which observes the `Config`
+                // global with its window and re-runs `apply_theme(Some(window))`.
                 crate::ui::theme::apply_theme(None, cx);
                 // Schedule every window to redraw so the new palette shows at once.
                 cx.refresh_windows();
@@ -380,8 +382,7 @@ fn main() {
                         WindowBounds::Fullscreen(bounds)
                     }
                 };
-                let window_background =
-                    cx.update(|cx| crate::ui::theme::background_appearance(cx));
+                let window_background = cx.update(|cx| crate::ui::theme::background_appearance(cx));
                 let options = WindowOptions {
                     window_bounds: Some(window_bounds),
                     // Start from the component defaults but nudge the traffic lights
diff --git a/src/ui/app.rs b/src/ui/app.rs
index bb372f08..09dc39a6 100644
--- a/src/ui/app.rs
+++ b/src/ui/app.rs
@@ -482,10 +482,13 @@ impl Tty7App {
         let mf_description = cx.new(|cx| InputState::new(window, cx).placeholder("description"));
         let sidebar_width = cx.global::<Config>().sidebar_width;
         // Live-apply hot-reloaded config: the watcher in `main.rs` swaps the
-        // `Config` global on every `config.json` change, which fires this. Theme
-        // and colors are handled separately by `apply_theme`; here we cover the
-        // font knobs that live on `Tty7App`/the panes.
-        let config_watch = cx.observe_global::<Config>(|this, cx| this.reload_from_config(cx));
+        // `Config` global on every `config.json` change, which fires this. The
+        // window-aware variant so the reload can re-run `apply_theme` with the
+        // window (blur flip, traffic-light pinning) and re-sync the Appearance
+        // opacity slider — the watcher task itself has no window handle.
+        let config_watch = cx.observe_global_in::<Config>(window, |this, window, cx| {
+            this.reload_from_config(window, cx)
+        });
         // Repaint when any pane's git probe lands in the shared cache — the
         // sidebar's branch/diff lines read from it, and the probing pane's own
         // notify wouldn't re-render rows belonging to *other* panes. The open
@@ -1014,7 +1017,12 @@ impl Tty7App {
     }
 
     /// Set the global window-blur override from the Appearance switch.
-    pub(crate) fn set_window_blur(&mut self, on: bool, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+    pub(crate) fn set_window_blur(
+        &mut self,
+        on: bool,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) {
         cx.global_mut::<Config>().window_blur = Some(on);
         apply_theme(Some(window), cx);
         cx.global::<Config>().save();
@@ -1038,7 +1046,11 @@ impl Tty7App {
     /// Snap the Appearance opacity slider's thumb to the value now in effect.
     /// Needed whenever that value changes for a reason other than the user
     /// dragging it (theme switch, "Follow theme" reset).
-    pub(crate) fn sync_window_opacity_slider(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+    pub(crate) fn sync_window_opacity_slider(
+        &mut self,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) {
         let eff = Self::effective_window_opacity(cx);
         if let Some(slider) = self
             .active_settings()
@@ -2969,15 +2981,13 @@ impl Tty7App {
                 .step(0.01)
                 .default_value(eff)
         });
-        subs.push(cx.subscribe_in(
-            &slider,
-            window,
-            |this, _s, ev: &SliderEvent, window, cx| {
+        subs.push(
+            cx.subscribe_in(&slider, window, |this, _s, ev: &SliderEvent, window, cx| {
                 if let SliderEvent::Change(v) = ev {
                     this.set_window_opacity(v.start(), window, cx);
                 }
-            },
-        ));
+            }),
+        );
         slider
     }
 
@@ -3135,7 +3145,14 @@ impl Tty7App {
     /// *our own* code mutated the global (every font setter and `set_preset`
     /// writes it), and — because we never write the global or `save()` from here
     /// — closes the save → watch → reload loop that would otherwise oscillate.
-    fn reload_from_config(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+    fn reload_from_config(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        // Re-apply the theme with the window in hand: the watcher task calls
+        // `apply_theme(None)` (colors/palette), but the window-bound effects — the
+        // Transparent↔Blurred background flip and traffic-light re-pinning — only
+        // happen here. Also keeps the Appearance opacity slider's thumb on a value
+        // that was hand-edited in `config.json` or the theme file.
+        apply_theme(Some(window), cx);
+        self.sync_window_opacity_slider(window, cx);
         let config = cx.global::<Config>().clone();
         if config.cursor_style != self.terminal_cursor_style
             || config.scrollback_limit != self.terminal_scrollback_limit
@@ -3954,7 +3971,9 @@ impl Render for Tty7App {
                 // Same gradient-aware paint as the root, so a gradient theme's
                 // settings page doesn't snap to a flat color. A translucent
                 // theme's alpha rides along, letting the background image show
-                // through here too.
+                // through here too. This second layer compounds the alpha over
+                // the root's paint — deliberate: the overlay must occlude the
+                // terminal behind it to stay readable.
                 .bg(window_bg)
                 .child(self.render_settings(cx))
         });
diff --git a/src/ui/diff_overlay.rs b/src/ui/diff_overlay.rs
index 4f1a8f0f..65e0d413 100644
--- a/src/ui/diff_overlay.rs
+++ b/src/ui/diff_overlay.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,17 @@ impl Tty7App {
                 .inset_0()
                 // Blocks mouse from reaching the terminal underneath.
                 .occlude()
-                .bg(cx.theme().background)
+                // Same gradient/opacity-aware paint as the root and the settings
+                // overlay, so a gradient or image theme doesn't snap to a flat
+                // color here. On a translucent theme this second layer compounds
+                // the alpha a little — deliberate: the overlay must occlude the
+                // terminal behind it to stay readable.
+                .bg(
+                    match cx.try_global::<crate::ui::presets::ActiveBackground>() {
+                        Some(bg) => crate::ui::theme::window_background(bg),
+                        None => cx.theme().background.into(),
+                    },
+                )
                 .text_color(cx.theme().foreground)
                 .track_focus(&overlay.focus_handle)
                 .on_key_down(cx.listener(|this, ev: &KeyDownEvent, window, cx| {
diff --git a/src/ui/settings.rs b/src/ui/settings.rs
index 9beed4a8..12960419 100644
--- a/src/ui/settings.rs
+++ b/src/ui/settings.rs
@@ -1263,9 +1263,9 @@ impl Tty7App {
             .into_any_element();
         let blur_switch = Switch::new("window-blur")
             .checked(blur)
-            .on_click(cx.listener(|this, on: &bool, window, cx| {
-                this.set_window_blur(*on, window, cx)
-            }))
+            .on_click(
+                cx.listener(|this, on: &bool, window, cx| this.set_window_blur(*on, window, cx)),
+            )
             .into_any_element();
 
         v_flex()
@@ -1341,7 +1341,11 @@ impl Tty7App {
                 .w(px(240.))
                 .child(
                     Button::new("pick-theme-image")
-                        .label(if image.is_some() { "Change…" } else { "Choose…" })
+                        .label(if image.is_some() {
+                            "Change…"
+                        } else {
+                            "Choose…"
+                        })
                         .small()
                         .on_click(cx.listener(|this, _, _w, cx| this.pick_theme_image(cx))),
                 )
diff --git a/src/ui/theme.rs b/src/ui/theme.rs
index 8fb837d2..eee5e9e2 100644
--- a/src/ui/theme.rs
+++ b/src/ui/theme.rs
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_theme(mut window: Option<&mut Window>, cx: &mut App) {
     // Window opacity / blur: the global config override wins when set (so a
     // chosen translucency survives theme switches); otherwise the theme's own
     // values apply. Only an opacity below 1.0 makes the window translucent.
-    let opacity = config
-        .window_opacity
-        .or(theme.opacity)
-        .filter(|o| *o < 1.0);
+    let opacity = config.window_opacity.or(theme.opacity).filter(|o| *o < 1.0);
     let blur = config.window_blur.unwrap_or(theme.blur);
     // Force the native macOS chrome (traffic lights, system menus, scrollbars)
     // into the theme's own light/dark mode regardless of the OS setting.