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How the window looks and how it closes is split between two places in settings. Obfuscation and closing are in System, the glass texture in Appearance.

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Blurring when you step away

Turn on Obfuscate screen and the whole screen blurs the moment the window loses focus. In the middle, a padlock appears together with You can turn off the obfuscation option in Settings > System > Obfuscate screen. Click the window again and it lifts right away. It covers rather than locks, so it only keeps the manuscript from being read over your shoulder while you turn your head for a moment at a cafe. It works on screens with a project open. It is off to begin with, and the value you turn on stays on this device only.

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Translucent window

Turn on Translucent window in the Window section of Appearance and a glass effect that lets the desktop show through takes hold. It works on macOS and Windows 11 and is on from the start. While it is on, an Opacity slider comes along to set how much of the desktop shows through. The glass lands on the sidebar and the title bar, and the body where you read the manuscript stays opaque. Grain and Accent tint below can be adjusted even with translucency off. They lay a film-grain texture over the window background and blend in a faint wash of the accent color. All four values take effect on screen the moment you touch them, and they are stored in your account, so the app opens looking the same on another device.
Scrolled to the “Window” section. The Translucent window switch is on, so the three slider rows below it — Opacity, Grain, and Accent tint — are all visible.
Scrolled to the “Window” section. The Translucent window switch is on, so the three slider rows below it — Opacity, Grain, and Accent tint — are all visible.

Turning on translucency brings the Opacity slider along with it.

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Staying in the tray after you close

Close to tray is on from the start. Close the window and the app stays in the tray, or in the menu bar on a Mac. Click that icon and two rows appear, Show and Quit. Turn this setting off and the app quits completely the moment you close the window. Keep window loaded on close is off. Left this way, closing actually destroys the window and pressing Show brings up a new one. Turn it on and the window is only hidden, so there is nothing to wait for when you reopen it, at the cost of holding on to that much memory. The rest of the System tab is covered in System and cache.