From 08c520e3dcfff9302ea12949d70c06baed194539 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Le <387282+stevenle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:43:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] feat(root-cms): add minimalBranding header option

---
 packages/root-cms/core/app.tsx         |  1 +
 packages/root-cms/core/plugin.ts       |  6 ++++++
 packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css |  4 ++++
 packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx | 27 ++++++++++++++++++--------
 packages/root-cms/ui/ui.tsx            |  1 +
 5 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/root-cms/core/app.tsx b/packages/root-cms/core/app.tsx
index 36a5fb50d..f326e5667 100644
--- a/packages/root-cms/core/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/root-cms/core/app.tsx
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export async function renderApp(
     rootConfig: {
       projectId: cmsConfig.id || 'default',
       projectName: cmsConfig.name || cmsConfig.id || '',
+      minimalBranding: cmsConfig.minimalBranding ?? false,
       domain: rootConfig.domain || 'https://example.com',
       base: rootConfig.base || '/',
       gci: gci,
diff --git a/packages/root-cms/core/plugin.ts b/packages/root-cms/core/plugin.ts
index 35698516e..4e70974ab 100644
--- a/packages/root-cms/core/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/root-cms/core/plugin.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ export type CMSPluginOptions = {
    */
   favicon?: string;
 
+  /**
+   * Enables minimal branding mode in the CMS header. This hides the Root CMS
+   * logo and displays the project name on the top-right.
+   */
+  minimalBranding?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Callback when an action occurs.
    */
diff --git a/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css b/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css
index 6bb4bc660..2cf5f072e 100644
--- a/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css
+++ b/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
   margin-left: 16px;
 }
 
+.Layout__top__project--minimal {
+  margin-left: auto;
+}
+
 .Layout__top__logo:hover {
   background-color: var(--button-background-hover);
 }
diff --git a/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx b/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx
index 4d78ed28b..ea12e45c2 100644
--- a/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx
+++ b/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx
@@ -45,16 +45,27 @@ export function Layout(props: LayoutProps) {
 }
 
 Layout.Top = () => {
-  const projectName =
-    window.__ROOT_CTX.rootConfig.projectName ||
-    window.__ROOT_CTX.rootConfig.projectId;
+  const rootConfig = window.__ROOT_CTX.rootConfig;
+  const projectName = rootConfig.projectName || rootConfig.projectId;
+  const minimalBranding = rootConfig.minimalBranding;
   return (
     <div className="Layout__top">
-      <a className="Layout__top__logo" href="/cms">
-        <RootCMSLogo />
-      </a>
-      <div className="Layout__top__version">v{packageJson.version}</div>
-      <div className="Layout__top__project">{projectName}</div>
+      {!minimalBranding && (
+        <>
+          <a className="Layout__top__logo" href="/cms">
+            <RootCMSLogo />
+          </a>
+          <div className="Layout__top__version">v{packageJson.version}</div>
+        </>
+      )}
+      <div
+        className={joinClassNames(
+          'Layout__top__project',
+          minimalBranding && 'Layout__top__project--minimal'
+        )}
+      >
+        {projectName}
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/root-cms/ui/ui.tsx b/packages/root-cms/ui/ui.tsx
index 8c1c78b65..6866b4295 100644
--- a/packages/root-cms/ui/ui.tsx
+++ b/packages/root-cms/ui/ui.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ declare global {
       rootConfig: {
         projectId: string;
         projectName: string;
+        minimalBranding: boolean;
         domain: string;
         base: string;
         gci: string | boolean;

From a04f96788c8ee2e2923721f8e58555e068999c59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Le <stevenle08@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:48:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] chore: update styles

---
 packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css |  3 +--
 packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx | 18 +++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css b/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css
index 2cf5f072e..f578b6d5f 100644
--- a/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css
+++ b/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.css
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
 }
 
 .Layout__top__logo {
-  font-size: 14px;
+  font-size: 15px;
   line-height: 1;
   font-weight: 700;
   text-decoration: none;
-  text-transform: uppercase;
   padding: 4px 10px;
   display: flex;
   gap: 4px;
diff --git a/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx b/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx
index ea12e45c2..1071af547 100644
--- a/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx
+++ b/packages/root-cms/ui/layout/Layout.tsx
@@ -50,22 +50,22 @@ Layout.Top = () => {
   const minimalBranding = rootConfig.minimalBranding;
   return (
     <div className="Layout__top">
-      {!minimalBranding && (
+      {!minimalBranding ? (
         <>
           <a className="Layout__top__logo" href="/cms">
             <RootCMSLogo />
           </a>
           <div className="Layout__top__version">v{packageJson.version}</div>
+          <div className="Layout__top__project">{projectName}</div>
+        </>
+      ) : (
+        <>
+          <a className="Layout__top__logo" href="/cms">
+            {projectName}
+          </a>
+          <div className="Layout__top__version">v{packageJson.version}</div>
         </>
       )}
-      <div
-        className={joinClassNames(
-          'Layout__top__project',
-          minimalBranding && 'Layout__top__project--minimal'
-        )}
-      >
-        {projectName}
-      </div>
     </div>
   );
 };

From ff13103afc43b1401b5c2ba754303286f2c0ff31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Le <stevenle08@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:49:21 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] chore: add changeset

---
 .changeset/light-grapes-march.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/light-grapes-march.md

diff --git a/.changeset/light-grapes-march.md b/.changeset/light-grapes-march.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ff68da27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/light-grapes-march.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@blinkk/root-cms': patch
+---
+
+feat: add minimalBranding option for cms (#915)