[Update] bulk update

gui/.config/hypr/hyde.conf

@@ -27,9 +27,18 @@
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 # $QUICKAPPS = # used for quick app launcher
-# $BROWSER = firefox # default browser, if commented out , will use the default browser
+# Leaving this to HyDE means Super+B runs its `$default.BROWSER`, which is
+# `hyde-launch.sh --fall firefox web-browser` — and the 26.x update deprecated that script, so
+# every press fired a "hyde-launch.sh is deprecated, please use hyde-shell open instead"
+# notification. Naming the browser directly skips the wrapper entirely. This is the primary
+# browser only; Super+Shift+B (librewolf) and Super+Ctrl+B (firefox) are set in keybindings.conf.
+# `hyde-shell open web-browser` is the modern HyDE equivalent if the xdg default should decide.
+$BROWSER = zen-browser # matches the xdg default (zen.desktop)
 # $EDITOR = code # default editor, if commented out , will use the default editor
-# $EXPLORER= dolphin # default file manager, if commented out , will use the default file manager
+# Same deprecation as $BROWSER above: HyDE's default is `hyde-launch.sh --fall dolphin
+# file-manager`, and Super+E in keybindings.conf uses it. $EDITOR is deliberately left to HyDE —
+# no active bind reads it (Super+C runs `$TERMINAL nvim`), so there is nothing to fix there.
+$EXPLORER = dolphin # matches the xdg default (org.kde.dolphin.desktop)
 # $TERMINAL = kitty # default terminal, if commented out , will use the org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal
 # $LOCKSCREEN=hyprlock # default lockscreen, you can use any lockscreen you want, eg swaylock
 # $IDLE=hypridle # default idle manager, you can use any idle manager you want,eg swayidle
@@ -43,14 +52,21 @@
 # $start.XDG_PORTAL_RESET=$scrPath/resetxdgportal.sh
 # $start.DBUS_SHARE_PICKER=dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd --all                                              # for XDPH
 # $start.SYSTEMD_SHARE_PICKER=systemctl --user import-environment QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP # for XDPH
-# $start.BAR=waybar
+# Empty = unset, so HyDE's default `exec-once = $start.BAR` (a bare `waybar`, using HyDE's
+# generated config.jsonc/style.css) does not launch a second bar. The bar we actually want is
+# launched from userprefs.conf with the custom layout/style.
+$start.BAR=
 # $start.NOTIFICATIONS=swaync # dunst
 # $start.APPTRAY_BLUETOOTH=blueman-applet
-# $start.WALLPAPER=$scrPath/swwwallpaper.sh
+# $start.WALLPAPER=$scrPath/wallpaper.sh --global # 26.x: backend-agnostic (awww); swwwallpaper.sh is gone
 # $start.TEXT_CLIPBOARD=wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist store
 # $start.IMAGE_CLIPBOARD=wl-paste --type image --watch cliphist store
 # $start.BATTERY_NOTIFY=$scrPath/batterynotify.sh
-# $start.NETWORK_MANAGER=nm-applet --indicator
+# Kept explicitly at the default: nm-applet's tray icon is the one place with a quick
+# connect/disconnect MENU (wifi list, VPN) — the bar's `network` module only shows state
+# and bandwidth. Tela renders it as a blue circle (its scalable/devices icon); that's the
+# theme working, not a bug. Was briefly unset 2026-08-14 — wrong call, the menu was wanted.
+$start.NETWORK_MANAGER=nm-applet --indicator
 # $start.REMOVABLE_MEDIA=udiskie --no-automount --smart-tray
 # $start.AUTH_DIALOGUE=$scrPath/polkitkdeauth.sh
 # $start.IDLE_DAEMON=$IDLE
@@ -104,7 +120,11 @@
 
 
 #$GTK_THEME=Wallbash-Gtk
-#$ICON_THEME=Tela-circle-dracula
+# dots-icons = repo-tracked overlay theme (gui/.local/share/icons/dots-icons) that inherits
+# Tela-circle-dracula and only swaps the tray/status icons for Tela's monochrome panel set at
+# every size — without it, waybar on a fractionally-scaled monitor requests 2x sizes and gets
+# the colored-circle variants (the blue nm-applet blob). Everything else still comes from Tela.
+$ICON_THEME=dots-icons
 #$COLOR_SCHEME=prefer-dark
 
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