diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/cef/exporter.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/cef/exporter.rs
index 071a97737..e74fb25ed 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/cef/exporter.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/cef/exporter.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ fn default_version() -> &'static str {
   })
 }
 
+/// Patched CEF builds hosted on CrabNebula CDN
+const DEFAULT_CDN_URL: &str = "https://cdn.crabnebula.app/download/crabnebula/cef-patched/latest";
+
 fn default_download_url() -> &'static str {
   static DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
   DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL
-    .get_or_init(download_cef::default_download_url)
+    .get_or_init(|| std::env::var("CEF_DOWNLOAD_URL").unwrap_or(DEFAULT_CDN_URL.to_owned()))
     .as_str()
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/tauri-runtime-cef/src/cef_impl.rs b/crates/tauri-runtime-cef/src/cef_impl.rs
index f5da2f820..9c28a077a 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-runtime-cef/src/cef_impl.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-runtime-cef/src/cef_impl.rs
@@ -2557,7 +2557,10 @@ fn create_browser_window<T: UserEvent>(
     bounds.y = position.y;
   }
 
-  let window_info = cef::WindowInfo::default();
+  let window_info = cef::WindowInfo {
+    bounds,
+    ..Default::default()
+  };
 
   let Some(browser) = browser_host_create_browser_sync(
     Some(&window_info),
@@ -2895,21 +2898,8 @@ pub(crate) fn create_webview<T: UserEvent>(
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     let window_handle = ensure_valid_content_view(window_handle);
 
-    let window_info = cef::WindowInfo {
-      bounds: bounds.clone().unwrap_or(cef::Rect::default()),
-      #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-      parent_view: window_handle,
-      #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-      hidden: 0,
-      #[cfg(windows)]
-      parent_window: window_handle,
-      #[cfg(windows)]
-      style: {
-        use windows::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::*;
-        (WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | WS_TABSTOP | WS_VISIBLE).0
-      },
-      ..Default::default()
-    };
+    let window_info = cef::WindowInfo::default()
+      .set_as_child(window_handle, bounds.as_ref().unwrap_or(&Rect::default()));
 
     let Some(browser) = browser_host_create_browser_sync(
       Some(&window_info),
@@ -3048,6 +3038,13 @@ fn browser_settings_from_webview_attributes(
     } else {
       sys::cef_state_t::STATE_DISABLED
     }),
+    background_color: if let Some(color) = webview_attributes.background_color {
+      color_to_cef_argb(color)
+    } else if webview_attributes.transparent {
+      0x00000000
+    } else {
+      0xFFFFFFFF
+    },
     ..Default::default()
   }
 }