diff --git a/templates/devtest/gitea-ui.tmpl b/templates/devtest/gitea-ui.tmpl
index 342f8c2e9b..b3b68c4dba 100644
--- a/templates/devtest/gitea-ui.tmpl
+++ b/templates/devtest/gitea-ui.tmpl
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@
 		</div>
 	</div>
 
+	<div>
+		<h1>Buttons</h1>
+		<div class="ui buttons"><button class="ui button">1</button><button class="ui button">2</button><button class="ui button">3</button></div>
+		<div class="ui buttons"><button class="ui button active">1</button><button class="ui button">2</button><button class="ui button">3</button></div>
+		<div class="ui buttons"><button class="ui button">1</button><button class="ui button active">2</button><button class="ui button">3</button></div>
+		<div class="ui buttons"><button class="ui button">1</button><button class="ui button">2</button><button class="ui button active">3</button></div>
+	</div>
+
 	<div>
 		<h1>Tooltip</h1>
 		<div><span data-tooltip-content="test tooltip">text with tooltip</span></div>
diff --git a/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl b/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
index c7d5b276d2..0882ff4b27 100644
--- a/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		</div>
 		<div class="file-header-right file-actions gt-df gt-ac gt-fw">
 			{{if .HasSourceRenderedToggle}}
-				<div class="ui compact icon buttons two-toggle-buttons">
+				<div class="ui compact icon buttons">
 					<a href="{{$.Link}}?display=source" class="ui mini basic button {{if .IsDisplayingSource}}active{{end}}" data-tooltip-content="{{.locale.Tr "repo.file_view_source"}}">{{svg "octicon-code" 15}}</a>
 					<a href="{{$.Link}}" class="ui mini basic button {{if .IsDisplayingRendered}}active{{end}}" data-tooltip-content="{{.locale.Tr "repo.file_view_rendered"}}">{{svg "octicon-file" 15}}</a>
 				</div>
diff --git a/web_src/css/base.css b/web_src/css/base.css
index 9d7c12525e..cbd3336d26 100644
--- a/web_src/css/base.css
+++ b/web_src/css/base.css
@@ -485,8 +485,10 @@ a.label,
   border-color: var(--color-primary);
 }
 
-.ui.action.input .button {
+.ui.action.input .ui.ui.button {
   border-color: var(--color-input-border);
+  padding-top: 0; /* the ".action.input" is "flex + stretch", so let the buttons layout themselves */
+  padding-bottom: 0;
 }
 
 /* currently used for search bar dropdowns in repo search and explore code */
@@ -2015,25 +2017,19 @@ a.ui.basic.label:hover {
   border-color: var(--color-secondary);
 }
 
-.ui.attached.header .right .button {
-  padding: 8px 10px;
-  font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal);
-}
-
-/* reduce height of buttons with dropdown icon */
-.ui.attached.header .right .button:has(.dropdown.icon) {
-  padding-top: 7px;
-  padding-bottom: 7px;
-}
-
 /* fix misaligned right buttons on box headers */
-.ui.attached.header .right:not(.dropdown) {
+.ui.attached.header > .ui.right {
   position: absolute;
   right: 0.78571429rem;
   top: 0;
   bottom: 0;
   display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
+}
+
+.ui.attached.header > .ui.right > .button,
+.ui.attached.header > .ui.right > .dropdown > .button {
+  padding: 8px 10px;
+  font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal);
 }
 
 /* if a .top.attached.header is followed by a .segment, add some margin */
diff --git a/web_src/css/modules/button.css b/web_src/css/modules/button.css
index 373b815d5c..a6c3019b8d 100644
--- a/web_src/css/modules/button.css
+++ b/web_src/css/modules/button.css
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* this contains override styles for buttons and related elements */
 
+/* these styles changed the Fomantic UI's rules, Fomantic UI expects only "basic" buttons have borders */
 .ui.button,
 .ui.button:focus {
   background: var(--color-button);
@@ -52,26 +53,29 @@ a.btn:hover {
   color: inherit;
 }
 
-/* other button styles */
+/* By default, Fomantic UI doesn't support "bordered" buttons group, but Gitea would like to use it.
+And the default buttons always have borders now (not the same as Fomantic UI's default buttons, see above).
+It needs some tricks to tweak the left/right borders with active state */
+
+.ui.buttons .button {
+  border-right: none;
+}
 
 .ui.buttons .button:first-child {
   border-left: 1px solid var(--color-light-border);
 }
 
-.ui.buttons .button:first-child:has(+ .button.active) {
-  border-right: none !important;
+.ui.buttons .button:last-child {
+  border-right: 1px solid var(--color-light-border);
 }
 
-.ui.buttons .button + .button:not(.active) {
-  border-left: none;
-}
-
-.two-toggle-buttons .button:not(.active):first-of-type {
-  border-right: none;
-}
-
-.two-toggle-buttons .button.active:last-of-type {
+.ui.buttons .button.active {
   border-left: 1px solid var(--color-light-border);
+  border-right: 1px solid var(--color-light-border);
+}
+
+.ui.buttons .button.active + .button {
+  border-left: none;
 }
 
 .ui.labeled.button.disabled > .button,
diff --git a/web_src/css/repo.css b/web_src/css/repo.css
index cbf9fac76b..242682593e 100644
--- a/web_src/css/repo.css
+++ b/web_src/css/repo.css
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@
   justify-content: center;
 }
 
-.pdf-content:has(.pdf-fallback-button) {
-  height: 100px;
+.pdf-content .pdf-fallback-button {
+  margin: 50px auto;
 }
 
 .repository.file.list .non-diff-file-content .plain-text {
@@ -1054,11 +1054,6 @@
   margin: 0;
 }
 
-/* fix fomantic's border-radius via :first-child with hidden elements */
-.collapsible-comment-box:has(.gt-hidden) {
-  border-radius: var(--border-radius) !important;
-}
-
 .repository.view.issue .comment-list .code-comment .comment-header {
   background: transparent;
   border-bottom: 0 !important;
@@ -1637,14 +1632,10 @@
 }
 
 .repository .diff-box .header:not(.resolved-placeholder) .button {
-  padding: 8px 12px;
+  padding: 0 12px;
   flex: 0 0 auto;
   margin-right: 0;
-}
-
-.repository .diff-box .header:not(.resolved-placeholder) .button:has(svg) {
-  padding-top: 6px;
-  padding-bottom: 6px;
+  height: 30px;
 }
 
 .repository .diff-box .resolved-placeholder {