Tabs less compact after update, wasted space, dead space

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Since my latest update (see version below), tabs appearance is worse than before.

Expected:

  • Tabs clickable and visible area reaches from screen top to the screen/window to the bottom of the tabs bar.
  • Tabs bar height is minimal, just enough for the favicon and label, and some minimal padding within a tab.
  • Horizontal padding in each tab is minimal so that there is more space for the text, especially if many tabs are open.

Actual:

  • Dead space above the tabs.
  • Unnecessary padding or space below each tab. With the theme
  • Unreasonably big side padding in each tab, leaving very little space for the tab label.

I think before the update I used some kind of setting to achieve compact tabs, but this seems to no longer work. I also don’t remember the name of the setting.

Version 1.68.137 Chromium: 127.0.6533.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)
OS: Ubuntu, KDE Plasma 5.27.11, X11 graphics
Theme: Ratchet & Clank v2, but I observe similar problem with built-in themes.

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The only solution I found is disabling the Updated horizontal tabs design in brave://flags but it doesn’t work for me. The UI is still the updated one and while I am only very much bothered by the width, I am horribly annoyed with the dead space. It’s time wasting as I can’t click the tab from the topmost pixel. Should anyone with a solution read this, please help and should a dev see this, please help.