diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/design/settings.css b/desktop/frontend-next/src/design/settings.css
index d84e46039e..9ad3759130 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/design/settings.css
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/design/settings.css
@@ -436,3 +436,5 @@
 .prefs-pagetitle > .usual { flex-basis: 100%; margin: 0; color: var(--faint); font: var(--w-reg) var(--fs-meta)/1.4 var(--ui); }
 .srow-name { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
 .srow-meta > .apply:not([data-usual]) { display: none; }
+.prefs-strip { position: fixed; inset: 0 0 auto; height: var(--chrome-h, 39px); z-index: 50; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--page) 40%, transparent); -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(14px) saturate(.92); backdrop-filter: blur(14px) saturate(.92); pointer-events: none; }
+:root[data-fold~="scene"] .prefs-strip { display: none; }
diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.tsx b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.tsx
index baa07b57e7..46775b7172 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.tsx
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.tsx
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export function Settings({ hub, onError, port, networkPort, localWorkspacePort,
   useSettingLanding(root, landed, at, setLanded);
 
   return (
-    <SettingsLeaveContext.Provider value={navigation.register}><div
+    <SettingsLeaveContext.Provider value={navigation.register}><div className="prefs-strip" aria-hidden="true" /><div
       className="prefs"
       ref={root}
       tabIndex={-1}
diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/settings-actions.interaction.test.tsx b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/settings-actions.interaction.test.tsx
index 0d30a1b661..51305a714b 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/settings-actions.interaction.test.tsx
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/settings-actions.interaction.test.tsx
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ it("has one control in its corner, the one that closes it", async () => {
   await userEvent.click(buttons[0]!);
   await vi.waitFor(() => expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalled());
 });
+
+it("blurs the title bar behind it too, without taking its clicks", () => {
+  draw();
+  const strip = document.querySelector(".prefs-strip");
+  expect(strip?.getAttribute("aria-hidden")).toBe("true");
+  expect(strip?.nextElementSibling?.classList.contains("prefs")).toBe(true);
+});