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Overview and search

Overview combines shell controls with workspace previews supplied by the compositor. Use the selectors below in your theme file.

Selector What it targets
.overview-search The search text input.
.overview-results The search results panel.
.overview-muted Placeholder, status, and other secondary text.
.overview-error Error text in the footer.
.overview-search { border: 1px solid #08a9d8; }
.overview-error { color: #f0767c; }
Selector What it targets
.overview-card-selected The current workspace card.
.overview-card-idle An adjacent workspace card.
.overview-control Overview button controls, including navigation.
.overview-tray The minimized-window tray on a workspace card.
.overview-window-icon An icon in the minimized-window tray.

Cards use compositor-provided previews. CSS can style shell elements around those previews, but does not recolor the window contents or rearrange compositor geometry.

The bundled stylesheet contains older workspace-dot selectors, but the current Overview composition does not assign those classes. They are therefore not listed here as usable controls.

Source: Overview composition.