diff --git a/assets/css/frontend/nav.css b/assets/css/frontend/nav.css
index ed2c72ab..314cf4c5 100644
--- a/assets/css/frontend/nav.css
+++ b/assets/css/frontend/nav.css
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@
 .navbar-top a.newadd-btns.navbar-cta,
 .navbar-top a.navbar-newposts.navbar-cta,
 .navbar-top a.payvip-icon.navbar-cta,
-.navbar-top .navbar-vip a.navbar-cta {
+.navbar-top .navbar-vip a.navbar-cta,
+.navbar-top .navbar-form.navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta,
+.navbar-top .navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta {
   font-size: 0.8em !important;
   padding: 0.3em 1em !important;
   margin: 0 0.4em !important;
@@ -172,7 +174,9 @@
 .navbar-top a.navbar-cta.but > .fas,
 .navbar-top a.newadd-btns.navbar-cta > i,
 .navbar-top a.navbar-newposts.navbar-cta > i,
-.navbar-top a.payvip-icon.navbar-cta > i {
+.navbar-top a.payvip-icon.navbar-cta > i,
+.navbar-top .navbar-form.navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle > i,
+.navbar-top .navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle > i {
   margin: 0 0.25em 0 0 !important;
   line-height: 1 !important;
   position: static !important;
diff --git a/assets/css/frontend/nav/header-menu-buttons.css b/assets/css/frontend/nav/header-menu-buttons.css
index 1eaaabf7..20dc884f 100644
--- a/assets/css/frontend/nav/header-menu-buttons.css
+++ b/assets/css/frontend/nav/header-menu-buttons.css
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 .navbar-top .navbar-form.navbar-vip a.payvip-icon,
 .navbar-top a.newadd-btns.navbar-cta,
 .navbar-top a.navbar-newposts.but.navbar-cta,
-.navbar-top a.payvip-icon.navbar-cta {
+.navbar-top a.payvip-icon.navbar-cta,
+.navbar-top .navbar-form.navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta,
+.navbar-top .navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta {
+
   display: inline-flex !important;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
@@ -61,6 +64,24 @@
   background: var(--color-primary, #2f6df6);
 }
 
+/* Multi-type toggle lives outside .navbar-but-cluster on live zibll DOM.
+ * Paint classes (jb-*) set --this-bg on the toggle; force them to show. */
+.navbar-top .navbar-form.navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta,
+.navbar-top .navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta {
+  color: #fff !important;
+  background: var(--this-bg, var(--color-primary, #2f6df6)) !important;
+  border-radius: var(--navbar-cta-radius, 50px);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.navbar-top .navbar-form.navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta > i,
+.navbar-top .navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta > i,
+.navbar-top .navbar-form.navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta .navbar-cta-text,
+.navbar-top .navbar-but .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta .navbar-cta-text {
+  color: inherit !important;
+  margin: 0 !important;
+  line-height: 1.44 !important;
+}
+
 .navbar-but-cluster {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
@@ -188,7 +209,10 @@ div.newadd-btns.hover-show {
 .navbar-but-cluster .newadd-btns > .newadd-btns__toggle,
 .navbar-but-cluster button.newadd-btns__toggle,
 .navbar-but-cluster a.newadd-btns__toggle,
-.navbar-but-cluster .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta {
+.navbar-but-cluster .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta,
+.navbar-top .navbar-form.navbar-but .newadd-btns > .newadd-btns__toggle,
+.navbar-top .navbar-but .newadd-btns > .newadd-btns__toggle,
+.navbar-top .newadd-btns__toggle.navbar-cta {
   display: inline-flex !important;
   align-items: center !important;
   justify-content: center !important;
diff --git a/inc/helpers/aksrt-header-menu-buttons.php b/inc/helpers/aksrt-header-menu-buttons.php
index cec3c1e9..934867f0 100644
--- a/inc/helpers/aksrt-header-menu-buttons.php
+++ b/inc/helpers/aksrt-header-menu-buttons.php
@@ -201,11 +201,13 @@ if (!function_exists('aksrt_render_new_add_btns')) :
 				. '</a>';
 		}
 
-		// zibll: span.newadd-btns.hover-show > label + .hover-show-con.dropdown-menu.drop-newadd
+		// zibll: span.newadd-btns.hover-show > toggle chip + .hover-show-con.drop-newadd
+		// Paint classes (jb-*, but, radius) MUST live on the toggle — wrapper is layout-only
+		// (background forced transparent). Bare navbar-but has no .navbar-but-cluster shell.
 		// data-aksrt-newadd: JS may portal menu to body so chip width cannot track menu.
-		$html  = '<span class="' . esc_attr(trim(implode(' ', $wrap_tokens) . ' hover-show ' . $cta_class)) . '" data-aksrt-newadd="1">';
-		$html .= '<span class="newadd-btns__toggle navbar-cta">' . $label_html
-			. ' <i class="fas fa-caret-down" aria-hidden="true"></i></span>';
+		$html  = '<span class="' . esc_attr(trim(implode(' ', $wrap_tokens) . ' hover-show')) . '" data-aksrt-newadd="1">';
+		$html .= '<span class="newadd-btns__toggle navbar-cta ' . esc_attr($cta_class) . '">' . $label_html
+			. '<i class="fas fa-caret-down" aria-hidden="true"></i></span>';
 		$html .= '<div class="hover-show-con dropdown-menu drop-newadd" role="menu">';
 		foreach ($actions as $a) {
 			$html .= '<a rel="nofollow" class="btn-newadd newadd-btns__item" role="menuitem" href="' . esc_url($a['url']) . '">';