diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index e76b598..e5005da 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -772,14 +772,17 @@ in
                     }
                 }
 
-                // ── PillSlider: slim rounded track + fill with a full-height
+                // ── PillSlider: rounded track + fill + knob with a full-height
                 // invisible hit area. `value` is 0..1; `moved(v)` fires on drag.
+                // Knob diameter derives from the track, so the small app-stream
+                // variants scale with just a trackH override.
                 component PillSlider: Item {
                     property real value: 0
                     property color fillColor: Theme.base0D
-                    property real trackH: 6
+                    property real trackH: 8
+                    readonly property real knobD: trackH + 8
                     signal moved(real v)
-                    height: 20
+                    height: 22
                     Rectangle {
                         anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                         width: parent.width
@@ -795,6 +798,15 @@ in
                         color: parent.fillColor
                         Behavior on width { NumberAnimation { duration: 80 } }
                     }
+                    Rectangle {
+                        width: parent.knobD
+                        height: parent.knobD
+                        radius: parent.knobD / 2
+                        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+                        x: Math.max(0, Math.min(parent.width - parent.knobD, parent.value * parent.width - parent.knobD / 2))
+                        color: Theme.base06
+                        Behavior on x { NumberAnimation { duration: 80 } }
+                    }
                     MouseArea {
                         anchors.fill: parent
                         function set(mouse) { parent.moved(Math.max(0, Math.min(1, mouse.x / width))); }
@@ -1458,22 +1470,11 @@ in
                             }
                         }
                     }
-                }
-
-                // ── Bottom cluster: status icons, tray, power button. Anchored
-                // to the bottom edge so the gap above it — between here and the
-                // workspace dots — stays free as the OSD slot.
-                Column {
-                    id: barBottom
-                    anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
-                    anchors.bottomMargin: 12
-                    anchors.horizontalCenter: barBgRect.horizontalCenter
-                    spacing: 16
 
                     // Server monitor: one persistent SSH streaming `top -b`
                     // from the mediaserver (2s ticks, parsed line by line —
                     // no per-poll reconnects) plus a streaming ping to the
-                    // router. Glance = CPU/RAM mini meters + ping ms; click
+                    // router. Glance = CPU/RAM numbers + ping ms; click
                     // opens the btop-style dropdown.
                     Item {
                         id: srvWidget
@@ -1612,6 +1613,17 @@ in
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                }
+
+                // ── Bottom cluster: status icons, tray, power button. Anchored
+                // to the bottom edge so the gap above it — between here and the
+                // workspace dots — stays free as the OSD slot.
+                Column {
+                    id: barBottom
+                    anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
+                    anchors.bottomMargin: 12
+                    anchors.horizontalCenter: barBgRect.horizontalCenter
+                    spacing: 16
 
                     // Volume
                     Item {
@@ -2532,7 +2544,6 @@ in
                                 SText { width: 42; text: "cpu"; color: Theme.base04; anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter }
                                 PillSlider {
                                     width: parent.width - 42 - 76 - 20
-                                    height: 22; trackH: 6
                                     anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                                     value: srvWidget.cpu / 100
                                     fillColor: srvWidget.cpu >= 90 ? Theme.base08 : Theme.base0D
@@ -2552,7 +2563,6 @@ in
                                 SText { width: 42; text: "ram"; color: Theme.base04; anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter }
                                 PillSlider {
                                     width: parent.width - 42 - 76 - 20
-                                    height: 22; trackH: 6
                                     anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                                     value: srvWidget.memTotal > 0 ? srvWidget.memUsed / srvWidget.memTotal : 0
                                     fillColor: Theme.base0C