dotfiles/quickshell/hyprchrome/widgets/HyprChromeBar.qml

@@ -100,12 +100,15 @@ Scope {
       x: window.margin
       y: window.margin
       width: window.width - window.margin * 2
-      spacing: 8
+      spacing: 0
 
       HostPanel {
         id: hostPanel
 
         expanded: root.expanded
+        // Vitals butts against its right edge; the left end of the row is free.
+        rightChamfer: false
+
         toggleOnClick: false
         Layout.preferredWidth: 350
         Layout.fillHeight: true
@@ -115,6 +118,10 @@ Scope {
         id: vitalsPanel
 
         expanded: root.expanded
+        // Host on the left, the spacer on the right — and a spacer is not a
+        // panel, so that edge keeps its cut.
+        leftChamfer: false
+
         toggleOnClick: false
         Layout.preferredWidth: 500
         Layout.fillHeight: true

dotfiles/quickshell/hyprchrome/widgets/panels/BarPanel.qml

@@ -118,6 +118,23 @@ Item {
     // which turns the outline inside out for the last frames of a collapse.
     readonly property real activeChamfer: Math.max(2, Math.min(panel.chamfer, panel.height / 2 - 1))
 
+    // The silhouette has exactly two cut corners: top-right and bottom-left.
+    // Turn one off where another panel butts against that side, so a row laid
+    // out with no spacing reads as one continuous strip instead of a line of
+    // separate tiles. A cut corner costs its side nothing when disabled — the
+    // edge simply runs square into the neighbour.
+    property bool rightChamfer: true   // top-right cut
+    property bool leftChamfer: true    // bottom-left cut
+
+    readonly property real rightCut: panel.rightChamfer ? panel.activeChamfer : 0
+    readonly property real leftCut: panel.leftChamfer ? panel.activeChamfer : 0
+
+    // The seam where two panels meet is drawn a step heavier and in accent, so
+    // a chamfer-less join reads as a deliberate connector rather than as two
+    // outlines that happen to touch.
+    property int outlineWidth: 1
+    readonly property int connectorWidth: panel.outlineWidth + 2
+
     Shape {
         id: panelShape
         anchors.fill: parent
@@ -127,16 +144,34 @@ Item {
         ShapePath {
             fillColor: Theme.surface
             strokeColor: Theme.hair
-            strokeWidth: 1
+            strokeWidth: panel.outlineWidth
             startX: 0; startY: panel.offsetY
-            PathLine { x: panelShape.width - panel.activeChamfer; y: panel.offsetY }
+            PathLine { x: panelShape.width - panel.rightCut; y: panel.offsetY }
-            PathLine { x: panelShape.width; y: panel.activeChamfer }
+            PathLine { x: panelShape.width; y: panel.rightChamfer ? panel.activeChamfer : panel.offsetY }
             PathLine { x: panelShape.width; y: panelShape.height }
-            PathLine { x: panel.activeChamfer; y: panelShape.height }
+            PathLine { x: panel.leftCut; y: panelShape.height }
-            PathLine { x: 0; y: panelShape.height - panel.activeChamfer }
+            PathLine { x: 0; y: panelShape.height - panel.leftCut }
             PathLine { x: 0; y: panel.offsetY }
         }
 
+        // Connecting edges — drawn only on a side whose chamfer is off, which is
+        // exactly where a neighbour butts against this panel.
+        ShapePath {
+            fillColor: "transparent"
+            strokeColor: Theme.accent
+            strokeWidth: panel.rightChamfer ? 0 : panel.connectorWidth
+            startX: panelShape.width; startY: panel.offsetY
+            PathLine { x: panelShape.width; y: panelShape.height }
+        }
+
+        ShapePath {
+            fillColor: "transparent"
+            strokeColor: Theme.accent
+            strokeWidth: panel.leftChamfer ? 0 : panel.connectorWidth
+            startX: 0; startY: panel.offsetY
+            PathLine { x: 0; y: panelShape.height }
+        }
+
         // Upper left accent line
         ShapePath {
 
@@ -154,8 +189,8 @@ Item {
             fillColor: Theme.accent
             strokeWidth: 0
             startX: panelShape.width; startY: panelShape.height
-            PathLine { x: panelShape.width - Math.min(49, panelShape.width / 3); y: panelShape.height }
+            PathLine { x: panelShape.width - panel.accentLineWidth; y: panelShape.height }
-            PathLine { x: panelShape.width - Math.min(49, panelShape.width / 3); y: panelShape.height - panel.accentLineThickness }
+            PathLine { x: panelShape.width - panel.accentLineWidth; y: panelShape.height - panel.accentLineThickness }
             PathLine { x: panelShape.width; y: panelShape.height - panel.accentLineThickness }
             PathLine { x: panelShape.width; y: panelShape.height }
         }