Problem: Parent MouseArea sat below bar content, so when the pointer hovered a child widget that handled hover, the parent did not see hover and barHovered became false, causing auto-hide to trigger unexpectedly.
Solution: Add a non-invasive HoverHandler on the bar container to drive barHovered, without stealing events from child widgets. Remove hover handling from the background MouseArea (kept for right-click).
Also respects auto-hide timers (cancel on enter; restart on exit).
- Keep bar as overlay while auto-hide is enabled (WlrLayershell.exclusionMode: Ignore) to avoid compositor relayouts and work-area changes.
- Add 1px edge "peek" PanelWindow overlay to reveal on hover;
- Animate bar with directional slide.
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