Remove blue line on top of window when focused and not maximized

[SlowNicoFish]

Description

This issue has been here for as long as I've used Brave.
When i go out of a maximized window on Windows 10 the browser shows a blue line on top of
the window. It is a thin blue line (in my case) and seems to be changing colors based on my current Windows color.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Brave
2. Go out of maximized mode
3. See the colored line at the top

Actual result:

Expected result:

For the browser not to show this line, or at least make it an option

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced on Windows 10, meaning it's always there when the window is not maximized

Brave version (brave://version info)

Version 1.7.98 Chromium: 81.0.4044.113 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Version/Channel Information:

This can be reproduced on the official channel as well as the Dev channel

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
  No.
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards?
  No.
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?
  Yes

Miscellaneous Information:

OS: Windows 10

[rebron]

This is Windows OS behavior and works the same with other Windows apps and Chrome. You can choose a different color or no color in the Colors section of Windows OS . The blue line is more pronounced on dark theme vs light theme.

[SlowNicoFish]

Alright. I've seen some chromium browsers remove it such as Vivaldi and the new Edge. Is that doable?

[rmda]

I've seen this also removed on later builds of Edge and I can verify this issue occurs in Brave and Chrome. I'm using Windows 10 with a dark theme.

This is from Version 1.11.104 Chromium: 84.0.4147.105 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Edit:
Doesn't appear to repro in Chromium Version 86.0.4217.0 (Developer Build) (64-bit) FWIW

[bsclifton]

This is definitely an annoying one - and should be solvable. Will share any updates if I get a chance to investigate

[SlowNicoFish]

@bsclifton Did you found a solution this? It's quite annoying!

[LUC18fknU7P]

Can reproduce

Name	Value
Brave	1.17.75 Chromium: 87.0.4280.88 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision	89e2380a3e36c3464b5dd1302349b1382549290d-refs/branch-heads/4280@{# 1761}
OS	Windows 10 OS Version 2004 (Build 19041.630)

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[SlowNicoFish]

Is there any update on this issue? Chrome, vivaldi and edge does not have this 🤔

[LUC18fknU7P]

Is there any update on this issue? Chrome, vivaldi and edge does not have this 🤔

Can also confirm still happens to this day. Super annoying...

[Maledis87]

Is there any update on this issue? Chrome, vivaldi and edge does not have this 🤔

Also, this is an issue with me as well. Really annoying that this is the only app that does this.

[LUC18fknU7P]

@rebron Could we get an update? Super frustrating..

[vanquishings]

Has been and continues to be an issue for me. Would love a fix.

[LUC18fknU7P]

Has been and continues to be an issue for me. Would love a fix.

Same here. @bsclifton any updates? This has to be fixable somehow

[rebron]

Looks like this will be a Windows 10 issue. I'm not seeing a blue line with Windows 11.

[LUC18fknU7P]

Looks like this will be a Windows 10 issue. I'm not seeing a blue line with Windows 11.

I think this issue should still be tackled, its really irritating and I'd imagine most of the world will stay on Windows 10 for a long time before upgrading (including me)

[rebron]

@LUC18fknU7P We're looking at a fix. When it's an upstream bug https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=950362 we have to see how it's being addressed there. That's part of the reason for the delay on certain issues like this one.

[LUC18fknU7P]

@LUC18fknU7P We're looking at a fix. When it's an upstream bug https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=950362 we have to see how it's being addressed there. That's part of the reason for the delay on certain issues like this one.

@rebron
That issue seems to be closed as fixed?
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/67ad9ea9d720b7e9bad80b43a325df9a49a0cc28

did this fix not go to the upstream? Maybe I'm missing something here

[simonhong]

@LUC18fknU7P As we modified related code for our own theme, we still have this issue.
I'm looking at upstream's fix.

[GeetaSarvadnya]

Verification passed on

Brave | 1.31.82 Chromium: 95.0.4638.40 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | e3e7c76ba0284b16087cf4cf3153abfaef6470c7-refs/branch-heads/4638@{#624}
OS | Windows 10 Version 21H1 (Build 19043.1266)

• Reproduced the issue in 1.30.89 version

Dark theme	Light theme

• Issue is fixed and working fine in 1.31.x

Dark theme	Light theme