diff --git a/docs/omarchy-shell.md b/docs/omarchy-shell.md
index d62ff7436df..16c8ac8d49d 100644
--- a/docs/omarchy-shell.md
+++ b/docs/omarchy-shell.md
@@ -161,7 +161,11 @@ Rules:
    First-party non-bar plugins are enabled unless listed in `disabledPlugins[]`.
 6. `barWidget.allowMultiple: true` in the manifest permits multiple instances.
 7. `idle.screensaver` and `idle.lock` are seconds since user idle began.
-8. `version: 1` is required.
+8. `background.transition` is `layout` (one wipe front across every
+   output, the default) or `output` (a wipe per output, each from its own
+   centre); `background.transitionDuration` pins the reveal in
+   milliseconds, and is derived from the output layout when unset.
+9. `version: 1` is required.
 
 `config/omarchy/shell.json` describes the fresh-install state. When no
 user `shell.json` exists, defaults are used verbatim. Once the user
diff --git a/shell/plugins/background/Background.qml b/shell/plugins/background/Background.qml
index dea93a4cf65..71d77afb172 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/background/Background.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/background/Background.qml
@@ -28,6 +28,95 @@ Item {
   property string pendingShellRaw: ""
   property real revealProgress: 1
 
+  readonly property real slant: -0.18
+
+  readonly property var backgroundConfig: shell && shell.shellConfig && shell.shellConfig.background
+    ? shell.shellConfig.background : ({})
+
+  // "layout" carries one front across every output; "output" restores a wipe
+  // per output, each opening at its own centre. Anything unset means "layout".
+  readonly property bool wipeAcrossLayout: String(backgroundConfig.transition || "layout") !== "output"
+
+  // A positive transitionDuration pins the reveal; anything else derives it.
+  readonly property int configuredDuration: Number(backgroundConfig.transitionDuration) > 0
+    ? Math.round(Number(backgroundConfig.transitionDuration))
+    : 0
+
+  // The wipe is one front travelling across the whole output layout rather
+  // than an independent wipe per output. It starts at the centre of the output
+  // the change was made on and continues onto the others according to where
+  // Hyprland places them, so a layout with a vertical offset or a gap between
+  // outputs is followed rather than ignored. originScreenName is snapshotted
+  // when a transition begins, so moving focus mid-wipe cannot drag the origin
+  // along with it.
+  property string originScreenName: ""
+
+  readonly property var originScreen: screenByName(originScreenName)
+  readonly property real originX: originScreen
+    ? originScreen.x + originScreen.width / 2
+    : layoutCenter(true)
+  readonly property real originY: originScreen
+    ? originScreen.y + originScreen.height / 2
+    : layoutCenter(false)
+
+  // How far the front must travel to clear every output, and how far it would
+  // have travelled to clear the origin output alone. Scaling the duration by
+  // the ratio keeps the edge moving at the speed it has on a single screen
+  // instead of racing across the whole layout in the same 420ms; the cap stops
+  // a wide layout from turning the wipe into a crawl.
+  readonly property real globalReach: reachOver(Quickshell.screens, originX, originY)
+  readonly property real originReach: reachOver(
+    originScreen ? [originScreen] : Quickshell.screens, originX, originY)
+  readonly property int revealDuration: {
+    if (configuredDuration > 0) return configuredDuration
+    if (!wipeAcrossLayout || originReach <= 0) return 420
+    return Math.min(900, Math.round(420 * (globalReach / originReach)))
+  }
+
+  function screenByName(name) {
+    if (!name) return null
+    var list = Quickshell.screens
+    for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+      if (String(list[i].name || "") === name) return list[i]
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  function layoutCenter(horizontal) {
+    var list = Quickshell.screens
+    if (!list.length) return 0
+    var low = horizontal ? list[0].x : list[0].y
+    var high = low + (horizontal ? list[0].width : list[0].height)
+    for (var i = 1; i < list.length; i++) {
+      var start = horizontal ? list[i].x : list[i].y
+      low = Math.min(low, start)
+      high = Math.max(high, start + (horizontal ? list[i].width : list[i].height))
+    }
+    return (low + high) / 2
+  }
+
+  // Largest horizontal distance from the slanted front line to any corner of
+  // the given outputs: how far spread has to grow to cover all of them.
+  function reachOver(screens, ox, oy) {
+    var furthest = 0
+    for (var i = 0; i < screens.length; i++) {
+      var s = screens[i]
+      var xs = [s.x, s.x + s.width]
+      var ys = [s.y, s.y + s.height]
+      for (var a = 0; a < 2; a++) {
+        for (var b = 0; b < 2; b++) {
+          furthest = Math.max(furthest, Math.abs(xs[a] - (ox + slant * (ys[b] - oy))))
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return furthest + 4
+  }
+
+  function focusedScreenName() {
+    var monitor = Hyprland.focusedMonitor
+    return monitor ? String(monitor.name || "") : ""
+  }
+
   // Injected by the first-party service loader; used to reach the lock and idle
   // services so playback can stop whenever nothing can see the wallpaper.
   property var shell: null
@@ -69,6 +158,7 @@ Item {
     currentBackground = finalPath
     backgroundVersion += 1
     revealStartedVersion = -1
+    originScreenName = focusedScreenName()
 
     revealAnimation.stop()
     finishingTransition = false
@@ -193,7 +283,7 @@ Item {
     property: "revealProgress"
     from: 0
     to: 1
-    duration: 420
+    duration: root.revealDuration
     easing.type: Easing.InOutCubic
     onFinished: {
       if (root.incomingBackground) {
@@ -244,11 +334,19 @@ Item {
 
       property bool maskReady: false
 
+      // Every output that has decoded the incoming image joins the wipe, even
+      // one that gets there after the animation has started. Each output
+      // decodes its own copy, so requiring revealProgress to still be 0 let
+      // whichever output decoded first claim the reveal and locked the rest
+      // out of it: they kept the old wallpaper and jumped to the new one when
+      // the transition ended. startReveal still restarts the animation only
+      // once per backgroundVersion, so a late output picks up the front where
+      // it already is.
       function maybeStartReveal() {
-        if (!root.incomingBackground || root.revealProgress !== 0 || maskReady) return
+        if (!root.incomingBackground || maskReady) return
         if (incomingFrame.status !== Image.Ready) return
         Qt.callLater(function() {
-          if (!root.incomingBackground || root.revealProgress !== 0 || maskReady) return
+          if (!root.incomingBackground || maskReady) return
           if (incomingFrame.status !== Image.Ready) return
           root.startReveal(panel)
         })
@@ -296,7 +394,7 @@ Item {
         layer.smooth: true
         layer.effect: MultiEffect {
           maskEnabled: true
-          maskSource: revealMask
+          maskSource: revealMaskSource
           maskThresholdMin: 0.5
           maskSpreadAtMin: 0.02
         }
@@ -314,17 +412,43 @@ Item {
         }
       }
 
+      // The mask has to stay in the render tree for the wipe to animate. An
+      // item kept out of it with visible: false can change its geometry
+      // without dirtying the window, so an output whose scene is otherwise
+      // static never schedules a frame: it held the old wallpaper for the
+      // whole transition and jumped when the reveal ended. hideSource keeps
+      // the mask off the screen while leaving it live, and the effect samples
+      // it from here instead of from the item's own layer.
+      ShaderEffectSource {
+        id: revealMaskSource
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        sourceItem: revealMask
+        live: true
+        hideSource: true
+        visible: false
+      }
+
       Item {
         id: revealMask
         anchors.fill: parent
-        visible: false
-        layer.enabled: true
 
-        readonly property real slant: -0.18
-        readonly property real centerTop: width / 2 - slant * height / 2
-        readonly property real centerBottom: width / 2 + slant * height / 2
-        readonly property real reach: width / 2 + Math.abs(slant) * height / 2 + 4
-        readonly property real spread: reach * root.revealProgress
+        // Local coordinates of the global front. The front at global y sits at
+        // originX + slant * (y - originY); dx and originDy carry this panel's
+        // offset within the layout, so an output away from the origin sees only
+        // the leading edge sweep in, at the y offset its position implies. For
+        // the origin output this reduces to the single-screen centre-out wipe.
+        readonly property real slant: root.slant
+        readonly property real dx: root.originX - (panel.screen ? panel.screen.x : 0)
+        readonly property real originDy: (panel.screen ? panel.screen.y : 0) - root.originY
+        readonly property real localReach: width / 2 + Math.abs(slant) * height / 2 + 4
+        readonly property real centerTop: root.wipeAcrossLayout
+          ? dx + slant * originDy
+          : width / 2 - slant * height / 2
+        readonly property real centerBottom: root.wipeAcrossLayout
+          ? dx + slant * (originDy + height)
+          : width / 2 + slant * height / 2
+        readonly property real spread: (root.wipeAcrossLayout ? root.globalReach : localReach)
+          * root.revealProgress
 
         Shape {
           anchors.fill: parent