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[FEATURE]: Desktop: allow tool-call rows to be visually de-emphasized in the transcript #57140
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Problem
In the desktop app transcript, non-conversational rows render at the same visual weight and color as the assistant's actual prose. A row like Used 1 Skill, a file read, or a command is as visually loud as the paragraph I am meant to read. Over a long session the transcript becomes mostly chrome, and the eye has no way to tell "read this" apart from "this is just machinery". There is a setting to reduce verbosity, but I want to keep it, just make skimming through unrelated sections easier.
Proposal
Add an appearance or transcript option to de-emphasize non-conversational rows. Any of these would solve it:
- Render tool-call and step rows with a lighter font weight and/or a muted theme token (
text.muted/text.faint) instead of matching assistant text. - Expose it as a setting, e.g.
appearance.transcript.secondaryWeight, or a simple "Dim tool calls" toggle in Settings -> Appearance.
Why this is not currently possible
Settings -> Appearance exposes theme, color scheme, and UI/code/terminal font fields, but nothing that affects transcript text hierarchy. Font weight is not configurable anywhere, and the theme format only carries colors (there is no weight token), so there is no workaround: a user can only scale all text or swap the entire palette.
Environment
- OpenCode Desktop: 2.0.32 (bundled CLI 2.0.32)
- OS: macOS (Darwin 25.6.0, arm64)
- Client: desktop app (
OPENCODE_CLIENT=desktop)
Related
- desktop: chat text ignores theme color (One Dark renders #f8f9fa instead of #abb2bf) #53567 desktop: chat text ignores theme color (also about desktop transcript text not following theme intent)
- Transcript: auto-collapse executed tool groups + show result in group ticker #54515 Transcript: auto-collapse executed tool groups + show result in group ticker (TUI-focused; reduces chrome instead of restyling it)
- app: custom themes from ~/.config/opencode/themes are not listed in the GUI theme picker #54235 app: custom themes from
~/.config/opencode/themesare not listed in the GUI theme picker - [FEATURE]:appearance.fontSize setting not applied to UI or terminal font size (v1.18.21 Linux) #44184
appearance.fontSizesetting not applied to UI or terminal font size
Activity
opencode-agent commentedon Oct 19, 2026
Thanks for the detailed write-up, @danielyuenhx! You're asking for a desktop Appearance option (for example a "Dim tool calls" toggle) that renders tool-call and step rows such as
Used 1 Skill, file reads and commands in a muted color or lighter weight. That way the assistant's prose stands out when you skim a long transcript, and you keep the current verbosity.At the moment the tool row titles use the same base text color as assistant text, and nothing in settings or the theme format changes that. The desktop app's extensions are built in, so there's no supported way to add your own CSS for it either. Maintainers will consider this.
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