From 73b4ecea5750da117d33b63a815321e211ee4113 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Allegretti <mightymarco4@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 11:43:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add hover highlight to status bar in convergence mode

Mouse users had no visual cue that clicking the status bar
toggles the action drawer. Add a subtle background highlight
on hover so the bar signals interactivity.
---
 components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml b/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
index 42f35cc4..ac46eb78 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
+++ b/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ Item {
         background: Rectangle {
             id: panelBackground
             color: backgroundColor
+
+            // Hover highlight in convergence mode to indicate the bar is clickable
+            Rectangle {
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                color: Qt.rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)
+                visible: ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled && statusBarHover.hovered
+            }
+
+            HoverHandler {
+                id: statusBarHover
+            }
         }
 
         contentItem: ColumnLayout {