Squashed commit of the following:

commit 051b7576f7
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 16:38:45 2026 -0500

    Height for realz

commit 7784488a61
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 16:34:09 2026 -0500

    Fix height and truncate text/URLs

commit 31b328d428
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 16:25:57 2026 -0500

    notifications: handle URL encoding in markdown2html

commit dbb04f74a2
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 16:10:20 2026 -0500

    notifications: more comprehensive decoder

commit b29c7192c2
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 15:51:37 2026 -0500

    notifications: html unescape

commit 8a48fa11ec
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 15:04:33 2026 -0500

    Add expressive curve on init toast

commit ee124f5e04
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 15:02:16 2026 -0500

    Expressive curves on swipe & btn height

commit 0fce904635
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 13:40:02 2026 -0500

    Provide bottom button clearance

commit 00d3829999
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 13:24:31 2026 -0500

    notifications: cleanup popup display logic

commit fd05768059
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 01:00:55 2026 -0500

    Add Privacy Mode
    - Smoother notification expansions
    - Shadow & Privacy Toggles

commit 0dba11d845
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Feb 14 22:48:46 2026 -0500

    Further M3 enhancements

commit 949c216964
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Feb 14 19:59:38 2026 -0500

    Right-Click to set Rules on Notifications directly

commit 62bc25782c
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 21:44:27 2026 -0500

    notifications: fix compact spacing, reveal header bar, add bottom center
    position, pointing hand cursor fix

commit ed495d4396
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 20:25:40 2026 -0500

    Tighten init toast

commit ebe38322a0
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 20:09:59 2026 -0500

    Update more m3 baselines & spacing

commit b1735bb701
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 14:10:05 2026 -0500

    Expand rules on-Click

commit 9f13546b4d
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 12:59:29 2026 -0500

    Add Notification Rules
    - Additional right-click ops
    - Allow for 3rd boy line on init notification popup

commit be133b73c7
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 10:10:03 2026 -0500

    Truncate long title in groups

commit 4fc275bead
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 12 23:27:34 2026 -0500

    notification: expand/collapse animation adjustment

commit 00e6172a68
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 12 22:50:11 2026 -0500

    Fix global warnings

commit 0772f6deb7
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 12 22:46:40 2026 -0500

    Tweak expansion duration

commit 0ffeed3ff0
Author: purian23 <purian23@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 12 22:16:16 2026 -0500

    notifications: Update Material 3 baselines
    - New right-click to mute option
    - New independent Notification Animation settings

quickshell/Widgets/DankDropdown.qml

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ Item {
 
     signal valueChanged(string value)
 
+    function closeDropdownMenu() {
+        dropdownMenu.close();
+    }
+
     width: compactMode ? dropdownWidth : parent.width
     implicitHeight: compactMode ? 40 : Math.max(60, labelColumn.implicitHeight + Theme.spacingM)
 
@@ -409,7 +413,7 @@ Item {
                             onClicked: {
                                 root.currentValue = delegateRoot.modelData;
                                 root.valueChanged(delegateRoot.modelData);
-                                dropdownMenu.close();
+                                root.closeDropdownMenu();
                             }
                         }
                     }

quickshell/Widgets/DankPopout.qml

@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ Item {
     property real animationOffset: Theme.spacingL
     property list<real> animationEnterCurve: Theme.expressiveCurves.expressiveDefaultSpatial
     property list<real> animationExitCurve: Theme.expressiveCurves.emphasized
+    property bool suspendShadowWhileResizing: false
     property bool shouldBeVisible: false
     property var customKeyboardFocus: null
     property bool backgroundInteractive: true
     property bool contentHandlesKeys: false
+    property bool _resizeActive: false
 
     property real storedBarThickness: Theme.barHeight - 4
     property real storedBarSpacing: 4
@@ -185,6 +187,26 @@ Item {
     readonly property real alignedWidth: Theme.px(popupWidth, dpr)
     readonly property real alignedHeight: Theme.px(popupHeight, dpr)
 
+    onAlignedHeightChanged: {
+        if (!suspendShadowWhileResizing || !shouldBeVisible)
+            return;
+        _resizeActive = true;
+        resizeSettleTimer.restart();
+    }
+    onShouldBeVisibleChanged: {
+        if (!shouldBeVisible) {
+            _resizeActive = false;
+            resizeSettleTimer.stop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    Timer {
+        id: resizeSettleTimer
+        interval: 80
+        repeat: false
+        onTriggered: root._resizeActive = false
+    }
+
     readonly property real alignedX: Theme.snap((() => {
             const useAutoGaps = storedBarConfig?.popupGapsAuto !== undefined ? storedBarConfig.popupGapsAuto : true;
             const manualGapValue = storedBarConfig?.popupGapsManual !== undefined ? storedBarConfig.popupGapsManual : 4;
@@ -440,7 +462,7 @@ Item {
                 readonly property real effectiveShadowAlpha: Math.max(0, Math.min(1, shadowBaseAlpha * popupSurfaceAlpha))
                 readonly property int blurMax: 64
 
-                layer.enabled: Quickshell.env("DMS_DISABLE_LAYER") !== "true" && Quickshell.env("DMS_DISABLE_LAYER") !== "1"
+                layer.enabled: Quickshell.env("DMS_DISABLE_LAYER") !== "true" && Quickshell.env("DMS_DISABLE_LAYER") !== "1" && !(root.suspendShadowWhileResizing && root._resizeActive)
                 layer.smooth: false
                 layer.textureSize: root.dpr > 1 ? Qt.size(Math.ceil(width * root.dpr), Math.ceil(height * root.dpr)) : Qt.size(0, 0)