Apply accent-aware shell surface theming

Add a shared SurfaceColors helper and route shell, action drawer, popup,
and Folio surfaces through accent-aware background colors.

components/mobileshell/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ set_source_files_properties(
     qml/components/AppLaunch.qml
     qml/components/Constants.qml
     qml/components/Motion.qml
+    qml/components/SurfaceColors.qml
     qml/dataproviders/AudioInfo.qml
     qml/dataproviders/BatteryInfo.qml
     qml/dataproviders/BluetoothInfo.qml
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ ecm_target_qml_sources(mobileshellplugin SOURCES
     qml/components/ScreenEdgeDragEffect.qml
     qml/components/StartupFeedbackPanelFill.qml
     qml/components/StartupFeedbackWindows.qml
+    qml/components/SurfaceColors.qml
     qml/components/TextDropShadow.qml
     qml/components/VelocityCalculator.qml
 

components/mobileshell/qml/actiondrawer/private/ContentContainer.qml

@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ Item {
     // Background color
     Rectangle {
         anchors.fill: parent
-        color: Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.r,
+        color: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.withAlpha(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.18, 0.10), 0.9)
-                       Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.g,
-                       Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.b,
-                       0.9)
         Behavior on color { MobileShell.MotionColorAnimation { type: MobileShell.Motion.StandardDecel } }
         opacity: {
             let base = Math.max(0, Math.min(brightnessPressedValue, actionDrawer.offset / root.minimizedQuickSettingsOffset));

components/mobileshell/qml/actiondrawer/private/DetailPopup.qml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ QQC2.Popup {
     padding: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
 
     readonly property int popupAnimationDuration: MobileShell.Motion.duration(MobileShell.Motion.EffectsFast)
+    readonly property color surfaceColor: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.24, 0.12)
     property string currentPluginId: ""
     property Item __currentItem: null
 
@@ -81,11 +82,11 @@ QQC2.Popup {
     }
 
     background: Kirigami.ShadowedRectangle {
-        color: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
+        color: popup.surfaceColor
         radius: Kirigami.Units.cornerRadius
 
         border.color: Kirigami.ColorUtils.linearInterpolation(
-            Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, Kirigami.Theme.textColor, 0.2)
+            popup.surfaceColor, Kirigami.Theme.textColor, 0.2)
         border.width: 1
 
         shadow.size: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit

components/mobileshell/qml/actiondrawer/private/LandscapeContentContainer.qml

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Item {
                 id: actionDrawerSurfacePath
                 readonly property real cornerRadius: actionDrawerSurface.cornerRadius
 
-                fillColor: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
+                fillColor: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.32, 0.18)
                 strokeWidth: 0
                 startX: actionDrawerSurface.width
                 startY: 0

components/mobileshell/qml/actiondrawer/private/SystemTrayPopup.qml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ QQC2.Popup {
 
     readonly property int popupAnimationDuration: MobileShell.Motion.duration(MobileShell.Motion.EffectsFast)
     readonly property int trayItemCount: trayList.count
+    readonly property color surfaceColor: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.24, 0.12)
 
     function show() {
         popup.open();
@@ -38,11 +39,11 @@ QQC2.Popup {
     }
 
     background: Kirigami.ShadowedRectangle {
-        color: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
+        color: popup.surfaceColor
         radius: Kirigami.Units.cornerRadius
 
         border.color: Kirigami.ColorUtils.linearInterpolation(
-            Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, Kirigami.Theme.textColor, 0.2)
+            popup.surfaceColor, Kirigami.Theme.textColor, 0.2)
         border.width: 1
 
         shadow.size: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit

components/mobileshell/qml/components/MotionStateLayer.qml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Item {
     property bool active: false
     property bool stateLayerEnabled: true
     property color color: Kirigami.Theme.textColor
-    property color activeColor: Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor
+    property color activeColor: SurfaceColors.accent()
     property real hoverOpacity: 0.08
     property real pressedOpacity: 0.14
     property real activeOpacity: 0.12

components/mobileshell/qml/components/PanelBackground.qml

@@ -48,15 +48,24 @@ Item {
     // adjust color depending on panel type
     property color panelColor: {
         let tintPercent
+        let accentTintDark
+        let accentTintLight
         if (panelType === PanelBackground.PanelType.Popup) {
             tintPercent = 0.035
+            accentTintDark = 0.16
+            accentTintLight = 0.08
         } else if (panelType === PanelBackground.PanelType.Base || panelType === PanelBackground.PanelType.Stacked || panelType === PanelBackground.PanelType.Flat) {
             tintPercent = 0
+            accentTintDark = 0.18
+            accentTintLight = 0.10
         } else {
             tintPercent = 0.06
+            accentTintDark = 0.22
+            accentTintLight = 0.12
         }
 
-        return Kirigami.ColorUtils.tintWithAlpha(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, "white", tintPercent)
+        const baseColor = Kirigami.ColorUtils.tintWithAlpha(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, "white", tintPercent)
+        return SurfaceColors.accentSurface(baseColor, accentTintDark, accentTintLight)
     }
     // in some circumstances, panels can change there type
     // for example, popup notifition when opening the popup notifition drawer

components/mobileshell/qml/components/SurfaceColors.qml

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Marco Allegretti
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2
+
+pragma Singleton
+
+import QtQuick
+
+import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami
+import org.kde.plasma.private.mobileshell.shellsettingsplugin as ShellSettings
+
+QtObject {
+    function hasColor(color) {
+        return color && color.a > 0
+    }
+
+    function accent() {
+        if (hasColor(ShellSettings.Settings.accentColor)) {
+            return ShellSettings.Settings.accentColor
+        }
+        if ((ShellSettings.Settings.wallpaperThemeEnabled || ShellSettings.Settings.wallpaperAccentEnabled)
+                && hasColor(ShellSettings.Settings.wallpaperThemeColor)) {
+            return ShellSettings.Settings.wallpaperThemeColor
+        }
+        return Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor
+    }
+
+    function mix(base, overlay, ratio) {
+        return Qt.rgba(
+            base.r + (overlay.r - base.r) * ratio,
+            base.g + (overlay.g - base.g) * ratio,
+            base.b + (overlay.b - base.b) * ratio,
+            base.a + (overlay.a - base.a) * ratio)
+    }
+
+    function withAlpha(color, alpha) {
+        return Qt.rgba(color.r, color.g, color.b, alpha)
+    }
+
+    function accentSurface(base, darkRatio, lightRatio) {
+        if (!ShellSettings.Settings.wallpaperThemeEnabled && !ShellSettings.Settings.wallpaperAccentEnabled) {
+            return base
+        }
+
+        const darkSurface = Kirigami.ColorUtils.brightnessForColor(base) === Kirigami.ColorUtils.Dark
+        return mix(base, accent(), darkSurface ? darkRatio : lightRatio)
+    }
+}

components/mobileshell/qml/popups/notifications/NotificationPopupManager.qml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Window {
     Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Complementary
     Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
 
-    readonly property color backgroundColor: Qt.darker(Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.r, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.g, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.b, 0.95), 1.05)
+    readonly property color backgroundColor: Qt.darker(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.withAlpha(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.18, 0.10), 0.95), 1.05)
     color: popupDrawerOpened && visible ? backgroundColor : "transparent"
     Behavior on color {
         MobileShell.MotionColorAnimation {

components/mobileshell/qml/popups/volumeosd/VolumeOSD.qml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Window {
     LayerShell.Window.layer: LayerShell.Window.LayerOverlay
     LayerShell.Window.exclusionZone: -1
 
-    readonly property color backgroundColor: Qt.darker(Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.r, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.g, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.b, 0.95), 1.05)
+    readonly property color backgroundColor: Qt.darker(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.withAlpha(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.18, 0.10), 0.95), 1.05)
     readonly property int overlayAnimationDuration: Math.round(MobileShell.Motion.duration(MobileShell.Motion.SpatialSlow) * 1.25)
 
     Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Complementary

containments/homescreens/folio/qml/FavouritesBar.qml

@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ MouseArea {
             return Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.textColor.r, Kirigami.Theme.textColor.g, Kirigami.Theme.textColor.b, 0.18)
         }
         if (active) {
-            return Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor.r, Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor.g, Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor.b, hovered ? 0.18 : 0.12)
+            const accent = MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accent()
+            return Qt.rgba(accent.r, accent.g, accent.b, hovered ? 0.18 : 0.12)
         }
         if (hovered) {
             return Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.textColor.r, Kirigami.Theme.textColor.g, Kirigami.Theme.textColor.b, 0.08)
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ MouseArea {
             PC3.Label {
                 anchors.centerIn: parent
                 text: (leftDesktopBtn.index + 1).toString()
-                color: leftDesktopBtn.isCurrent ? Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor : Kirigami.Theme.textColor
+                color: leftDesktopBtn.isCurrent ? MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accent() : Kirigami.Theme.textColor
                 font.pixelSize: Math.round(parent.height * 0.3)
                 font.bold: leftDesktopBtn.isCurrent
             }
@@ -1487,7 +1488,7 @@ MouseArea {
 
         Rectangle {
             anchors.fill: parent
-            color: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
+            color: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.24, 0.12)
             border.color: Qt.rgba(
                 Kirigami.Theme.textColor.r,
                 Kirigami.Theme.textColor.g,
@@ -1544,9 +1545,7 @@ MouseArea {
                             anchors.fill: parent
                             radius: Kirigami.Units.cornerRadius
                             color: thumbEntry.containsMouse
-                                ? Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor.r,
+                                ? MobileShell.SurfaceColors.withAlpha(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accent(), 0.15)
-                                          Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor.g,
-                                          Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor.b, 0.15)
                                 : "transparent"
                         }
 
@@ -1790,7 +1789,7 @@ MouseArea {
                 width: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 3
                 height: Math.max(2, Math.round(Kirigami.Units.devicePixelRatio))
                 radius: height / 2
-                color: Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor
+                color: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accent()
                 opacity: taskDelegate.dynamicTilingMaximized ? 0.95 : 0
 
                 Behavior on opacity {
@@ -1861,7 +1860,7 @@ MouseArea {
                         width: taskDelegate.model.IsActive === true ? Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 3 : Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 1.5
                         height: Math.max(2, Math.round(Kirigami.Units.devicePixelRatio))
                         radius: height / 2
-                        color: Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor
+                        color: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accent()
                         opacity: taskDelegate.model.IsActive === true ? 1.0 : 0.45
 
                         Behavior on width {

containments/homescreens/folio/qml/gaming/GameCenterOverlay.qml

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Window {
     readonly property string backButtonLabel: GamingShell.GamepadManager.buttonLabel(GamingShell.GamepadManager.ButtonB)
     readonly property string closeButtonLabel: GamingShell.GamepadManager.buttonLabel(GamingShell.GamepadManager.ButtonX)
     readonly property string exitButtonLabel: GamingShell.GamepadManager.buttonLabel(GamingShell.GamepadManager.ButtonY)
+
     readonly property string leftShoulderLabel: GamingShell.GamepadManager.buttonLabel(GamingShell.GamepadManager.ButtonLeftShoulder)
     readonly property string rightShoulderLabel: GamingShell.GamepadManager.buttonLabel(GamingShell.GamepadManager.ButtonRightShoulder)
     readonly property string quickSettingsButtonLabel: GamingShell.GamepadManager.buttonLabel(GamingShell.GamepadManager.ButtonBack)
@@ -481,9 +482,7 @@ Window {
         anchors.fill: parent
         Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
         Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Window
-        color: Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.r,
+        color: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.withAlpha(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.24, 0.12), 0.92)
-                       Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.g,
-                       Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.b, 0.92)
     }
 
     FocusScope {

containments/homescreens/folio/qml/gaming/GamingQuickSettings.qml

@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@ Item {
 
         Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
         Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Window
-        color: Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.r,
+        color: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.withAlpha(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.24, 0.12), 0.96)
-                       Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.g,
-                       Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.b, 0.96)
 
         // Subtle left border
         Rectangle {

containments/homescreens/folio/qml/main.qml

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ ContainmentItem {
         // Convergence: no scrim (popup has own background); mobile: dark scrim
         color: ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled
             ? "transparent"
-            : Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.r, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.g, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.b, 0.46)
+            : MobileShell.SurfaceColors.withAlpha(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.18, 0.10), 0.46)
 
         opacity: folio.HomeScreenState.appDrawerOpenProgress
     }
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ ContainmentItem {
         anchors.fill: parent
         Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
         Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Window
-        color: Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.r, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.g, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.b, 0.30)
+        color: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.withAlpha(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.18, 0.10), 0.30)
 
         opacity: folio.HomeScreenState.searchWidgetOpenProgress
     }
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ ContainmentItem {
         anchors.fill: parent
         Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
         Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Window
-        color: Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.r, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.g, Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor.b, 0.30)
+        color: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.withAlpha(MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.18, 0.10), 0.30)
 
         opacity: folio.HomeScreenState.settingsOpenProgress
     }
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ ContainmentItem {
         readonly property real rightFrameBulgeEdgeTopY: rightFrameBulgeApexY - rightFrameBulgeHalfLength
         readonly property real rightFrameBulgeEdgeBottomY: rightFrameBulgeApexY + rightFrameBulgeHalfLength
         readonly property real rightFrameBulgeTangent: rightFrameBulgeHalfLength * 0.55
-        readonly property color chromeColor: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
+        readonly property color chromeColor: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.32, 0.18)
         readonly property color edgeColor: Qt.rgba(Kirigami.Theme.textColor.r, Kirigami.Theme.textColor.g, Kirigami.Theme.textColor.b, 0.1)
         readonly property int dockAnimationDuration: MobileShell.Motion.duration(MobileShell.Motion.SpatialDefault)
 
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ ContainmentItem {
                 id: drawerSurfacePath
                 readonly property real cornerRadius: drawerSurface.cornerRadius
 
-                fillColor: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
+                fillColor: MobileShell.SurfaceColors.accentSurface(Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor, 0.32, 0.18)
                 strokeWidth: 0
                 startX: 0
                 startY: 0