Try this.  Nothing looks horrible to me on either macOS or Linux/GTK.  If you still don't like it, would you send a screenshot so I understand what you're seeing?

-Stephane

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> wrote:
>     While we're at this, should we implement the equivalent of
>     tab-line-close-highlight in tab-bar?  I can do that before I share the
>     next patch.
>
> I went ahead and mousified the close buttons, too, like tab-line does.

Sorry, the close buttons now look horrible.

Could you try to keep the previous style that
slightly raised the close button's border on hover?