Add support for configuring transparent sidebar (#77)

Co-authored-by: Codico <>

README.md

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ The **day** style will be used if:
 | tokyonight_transparent              | `false`   | Enable this to disable setting the background color                                                                                                             |
 | tokyonight_hide_inactive_statusline | `false`   | Enabling this option, will hide inactive statuslines and replace them with a thin border instead. Should work with the standard **StatusLine** and **LuaLine**. |
 | tokyonight_sidebars                 | `{}`      | Set a darker background on sidebar-like windows. For example: `["qf", "vista_kind", "terminal", "packer"]`                                                      |
+| tokyonight_transparent_sidebar      | `false`   | Sidebar like windows like `NvimTree` get a transparent background
 | tokyonight_dark_sidebar             | `true`    | Sidebar like windows like `NvimTree` get a darker background                                                                                                    |
 | tokyonight_dark_float               | `true`    | Float windows like the lsp diagnostics windows get a darker background.                                                                                         |
 | tokyonight_colors                   | `{}`      | You can override specific color groups to use other groups or a hex color                                                                                       |

lua/tokyonight/colors.lua

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function M.setup(config)
   colors.bg_statusline = colors.bg_dark
 
   -- Sidebar and Floats are configurable
-  colors.bg_sidebar = config.darkSidebar and colors.bg_dark or colors.bg
+  colors.bg_sidebar = (config.transparentSidebar and colors.none) or config.darkSidebar and colors.bg_dark or colors.bg
   colors.bg_float = config.darkFloat and colors.bg_dark or colors.bg
 
   colors.bg_visual = util.darken(colors.blue0, 0.7)

lua/tokyonight/config.lua

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ config = {
   dev = opt("dev", false),
   darkFloat = opt("dark_float", true),
   darkSidebar = opt("dark_sidebar", true),
+  transparentSidebar = opt("transparent_sidebar", false),
   transform_colors = false,
   lualineBold = opt("lualine_bold", false),
 }