app-launcher to just launcher

default/hypr/apps/omarchy-shell.lua

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 -- Keep the bar instant: no layer-shell fade/slide animation.
 hl.layer_rule({ match = { namespace = "omarchy-bar" }, no_anim = true, animation = "none" })
 
--- App launcher, image selector, emoji picker, and clipboard overlays should also pop without animation.
-hl.layer_rule({ match = { namespace = "^(omarchy-menu|omarchy-app-launcher|omarchy-image-selector|omarchy-emoji-picker|omarchy-clipboard-picker)$" }, no_anim = true, animation = "none" })
+-- Launcher, image selector, emoji picker, and clipboard overlays should also pop without animation.
+hl.layer_rule({ match = { namespace = "^(omarchy-menu|omarchy-launcher|omarchy-image-selector|omarchy-emoji-picker|omarchy-clipboard-picker)$" }, no_anim = true, animation = "none" })
 
 -- Bar settings floats centered with a sensible default size instead of
 -- tiling — it's a transient dialog, not a workspace surface.

default/hypr/bindings/utilities.lua

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-o.bind("SUPER + SPACE", "Launch apps", "omarchy-shell shell toggle omarchy.app-launcher \"{}\"")
+o.bind("SUPER + SPACE", "Launch apps", "omarchy-shell shell toggle omarchy.launcher \"{}\"")
 o.bind("SUPER + CTRL + E", "Emoji picker", "omarchy-shell shell toggle omarchy.emoji-picker \"{}\"")
 o.bind("SUPER + CTRL + C", "Capture menu", "omarchy-shell menu toggle capture")
 o.bind("SUPER + CTRL + O", "Toggle menu", "omarchy-shell menu toggle toggle")

default/omarchy-skill/SKILL.md

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Omarchy is built on:
 | **Arch Linux** | Base OS | `/etc/`, `~/.config/` |
 | **Hyprland** | Wayland compositor/WM | `~/.config/hypr/` |
 | **Omarchy shell** | Status bar + notifications (Quickshell) | `~/.config/omarchy/shell.json` |
-| **App launcher** | Quickshell app launcher | `~/.config/omarchy/shell.json` |
+| **Launcher** | Quickshell launcher | `~/.config/omarchy/shell.json` |
 | **Alacritty/Foot/Kitty/Ghostty** | Terminals | `~/.config/<terminal>/` |
 | **Omarchy OSD** | On-screen display | Quickshell plugin |
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ cp ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf.bak.$(date +%s)
 # 4. Apply changes
 # - Hyprland: auto-reloads on save, but MUST validate with `hyprctl reload` and `hyprctl configerrors`
 # - Omarchy shell: shell.json hot-reloads; use `omarchy-restart-shell` for plugin/widget code changes
-# - App launcher: restart with `omarchy restart shell`
+# - Launcher: restart with `omarchy restart shell`
 # - Terminals: MUST restart with `omarchy restart terminal`
 ```
 

default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   //   checked        shell condition; append ✓ when it succeeds
 
   // Root Menu
-  "apps": {"icon":"󰀻","label":"Apps","aliases":["app","applications"],"keywords":"launch launcher quickshell","action":"omarchy-shell shell summon omarchy.app-launcher '{}'"},
+  "apps": {"icon":"󰀻","label":"Apps","aliases":["app","applications"],"keywords":"launch launcher quickshell","action":"omarchy-shell shell summon omarchy.launcher '{}'"},
   "learn": {"icon":"󰧑","label":"Learn","keywords":"manual docs help reference"},
   "trigger": {"icon":"󱓞","label":"Trigger","keywords":"actions capture share toggle hardware reminder"},
   "style": {"icon":"","label":"Style","keywords":"theme background font bar quickshell hyprland appearance"},

default/themed/shell.toml.tpl

@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ border           = "{{ accent }}"
 border-alpha     = 1.0
 countdown        = "{{ accent }}"
 
-[app-launcher]
-# Same six tokens as [menu], applied to the app launcher overlay. Alpha
+[launcher]
+# Same six tokens as [menu], applied to the launcher overlay. Alpha
 # companions go from 0 (invisible) to 1 (opaque). scrim is the full-screen
 # dim layer behind the card; background is the card itself. Defaults
 # mirror [menu] with the card at 0.95 to preserve the legacy translucency.

docs/omarchy-shell.md

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The shell exposes these tokens to QML via two singletons in
 - `Color` — palette (`foreground`, `background`, `accent`, `urgent`)
   and per-surface roles (`Color.bar.*`, `Color.popups.*`,
   `Color.tooltip.*`, `Color.notifications.*`, `Color.menu.*`,
-  `Color.appLauncher.*`, `Color.imagePicker.*`, `Color.polkit.*`,
+  `Color.launcher.*`, `Color.imagePicker.*`, `Color.polkit.*`,
   `Color.lock.*`). The clipboard and emoji pickers share `Color.menu.*`.
 - `Style` — structural tokens (`cornerRadius`), shared interactive
   state tokens/helpers, spacing (`Style.spacing.*` / `Style.space(px)`),
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ and `selected`. State colors accept palette roles (`foreground`,
 `accent`, `urgent`, `background`) or hex strings; the default template
 ships hex values. Fill/border alphas are applied to that state's color.
 
-Surfaces like `[menu]`, `[app-launcher]`, and `[image-picker]` define
+Surfaces like `[menu]`, `[launcher]`, and `[image-picker]` define
 their own `selected-*` tokens and do **not** inherit from `[controls]`.
 `[controls]` only governs the shared button/dropdown chrome.
 

migrations/1779210892.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-echo "Remove Walker app-launcher services and Elephant providers"
+echo "Remove Walker launcher services and Elephant providers"
 
 pkill elephant 2>/dev/null || true
 systemctl --user disable --now elephant.service 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ sudo rm -f /etc/pacman.d/hooks/walker-restart.hook
 
 for bindings_file in ~/.config/hypr/bindings/utilities.lua ~/.config/hypr/bindings.lua; do
   if [[ -f $bindings_file ]]; then
-    sed -i 's#omarchy-launch-walker#omarchy-shell shell toggle omarchy.app-launcher \\"{}\\"#g' "$bindings_file"
+    sed -i 's#omarchy-launch-walker#omarchy-shell shell toggle omarchy.launcher \\"{}\\"#g' "$bindings_file"
   fi
 done
 

migrations/1779277899.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+echo "Rename app launcher shell plugin to launcher"
+
+config_files=(
+  "$HOME/.config/hypr/bindings/utilities.lua"
+  "$HOME/.config/hypr/bindings.lua"
+  "$HOME/.config/hypr/apps/omarchy-shell.lua"
+  "$HOME/.config/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc"
+  "$HOME/.config/omarchy/current/theme/shell.toml"
+)
+
+for config_file in "${config_files[@]}"; do
+  if [[ -f $config_file ]]; then
+    sed -i \
+      -e 's/omarchy\.app-launcher/omarchy.launcher/g' \
+      -e 's/omarchy-app-launcher/omarchy-launcher/g' \
+      -e 's/\[app-launcher\]/[launcher]/g' \
+      -e 's/app-launcher\./launcher./g' \
+      "$config_file"
+  fi
+done

shell/Commons/Color.qml

@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ QtObject {
     property color border: root.composed("notifications.border", "notifications.border-alpha", root.accent, 1.0)
     property color countdown: root.pick("notifications.countdown", root.accent)
   }
-  readonly property QtObject appLauncher: QtObject {
-    property color background: root.composed("app-launcher.background", "app-launcher.background-alpha", root.background, 1.0)
-    property color text: root.pick("app-launcher.text", root.foreground)
-    property color border: root.composed("app-launcher.border", "app-launcher.border-alpha", root.foreground, 1.0)
-    property color scrim: root.composed("app-launcher.scrim", "app-launcher.scrim-alpha", root.background, 0.5)
-    property color selectedBackground: root.composed("app-launcher.selected-background", "app-launcher.selected-background-alpha", root.foreground, 0.08)
-    property color selectedText: root.pick("app-launcher.selected-text", root.accent)
-    property color selectedBorder: root.composed("app-launcher.selected-border", "app-launcher.selected-border-alpha", root.foreground, 0.0)
+  readonly property QtObject launcher: QtObject {
+    property color background: root.composed("launcher.background", "launcher.background-alpha", root.background, 1.0)
+    property color text: root.pick("launcher.text", root.foreground)
+    property color border: root.composed("launcher.border", "launcher.border-alpha", root.foreground, 1.0)
+    property color scrim: root.composed("launcher.scrim", "launcher.scrim-alpha", root.background, 0.5)
+    property color selectedBackground: root.composed("launcher.selected-background", "launcher.selected-background-alpha", root.foreground, 0.08)
+    property color selectedText: root.pick("launcher.selected-text", root.accent)
+    property color selectedBorder: root.composed("launcher.selected-border", "launcher.selected-border-alpha", root.foreground, 0.0)
   }
   readonly property QtObject menu: QtObject {
     property color background: root.composed("menu.background", "menu.background-alpha", root.background, 1.0)

shell/README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ shell/
   plugins/
     bar/                 first-party plugins (see plugins/README.md)
     settings/
-    app-launcher/
+    launcher/
     image-picker/
     menu/
     notifications/

shell/plugins/README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ User-installed plugins live alongside these conceptually but on disk under
 |---------------|---------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
 | Bar           | `omarchy.bar`             | `bar`     | `bar/Bar.qml`                         |
 | Bar settings  | `omarchy.settings`        | `panel`   | `settings/SettingsPanel.qml`          |
-| App launcher  | `omarchy.app-launcher`    | `overlay` | `app-launcher/AppLauncher.qml`        |
+| Launcher      | `omarchy.launcher`        | `overlay` | `launcher/Launcher.qml`               |
 | Image picker  | `omarchy.image-picker`    | `overlay` | `image-picker/ImagePicker.qml`        |
 | Emoji picker  | `omarchy.emoji-picker`    | `overlay` | `emoji-picker/EmojiPicker.qml`        |
 | Clipboard mgr | `omarchy.clipboard-picker`| `overlay` | `clipboard-picker/ClipboardPicker.qml`|
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ Visual editor for the bar layout. Summoned by
 - dynamic per-widget settings forms that write inline back to the
   corresponding shell.json entry
 
-## App launcher
+## Launcher
 
-Quickshell-powered app launcher. It uses Quickshell's native
+Quickshell-powered launcher. It uses Quickshell's native
 `DesktopEntries` model for discovery/activation and renders inside the
 long-running shell with the legacy launcher card dimensions, colors, row
 spacing, icon sizing, and keyboard behavior. Summoned directly over shell IPC

shell/plugins/app-launcher/manifest.json

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "schemaVersion": 1,
-  "id": "omarchy.app-launcher",
-  "name": "App launcher",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Omarchy",
-  "description": "A Quickshell-powered application launcher",
-  "kinds": [
-    "overlay"
-  ],
-  "keepLoaded": true,
-  "entryPoints": {
-    "overlay": "AppLauncher.qml"
-  }
-}

shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml

@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ Item {
   property string launchOsdMessage: ""
   property var hiddenEntryIds: ({})
 
-  // Bound to the central [app-launcher] section in shell.toml via Color.qml.
+  // Bound to the central [launcher] section in shell.toml via Color.qml.
   // Each color already includes its alpha companion (composed in the
   // singleton), so consumers can drop them straight into a Rectangle.
-  property color background: Color.appLauncher.background
-  property color foreground: Color.appLauncher.text
-  property color border: Color.appLauncher.border
-  property color scrim: Color.appLauncher.scrim
-  property color selectedBackground: Color.appLauncher.selectedBackground
-  property color selectedText: Color.appLauncher.selectedText
-  property color selectedBorder: Color.appLauncher.selectedBorder
+  property color background: Color.launcher.background
+  property color foreground: Color.launcher.text
+  property color border: Color.launcher.border
+  property color scrim: Color.launcher.scrim
+  property color selectedBackground: Color.launcher.selectedBackground
+  property color selectedText: Color.launcher.selectedText
+  property color selectedBorder: Color.launcher.selectedBorder
   property string fontFamily: Quickshell.env("OMARCHY_MENU_FONT") || "monospace"
 
   property int cardWidth: 644
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Item {
   function dismiss() {
     root.opened = false
     if (root.shell && typeof root.shell.hide === "function")
-      root.shell.hide((root.manifest && root.manifest.id) || "omarchy.app-launcher")
+      root.shell.hide((root.manifest && root.manifest.id) || "omarchy.launcher")
   }
 
   function iconSource(icon) {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Item {
 
   function hiddenEntryScanCommand() {
     var desktop = [Quickshell.env("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP"), Quickshell.env("XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP"), Quickshell.env("DESKTOP_SESSION")].filter(function(v) { return String(v || "").length > 0 }).join(":")
-    var script = root.omarchyPath + "/shell/scripts/app-launcher-hidden-entries.sh"
+    var script = root.omarchyPath + "/shell/scripts/launcher-hidden-entries.sh"
     return Util.shellQuote(script) + " " + Util.shellQuote(desktop)
   }
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Item {
     visible: root.opened
     anchors { top: true; bottom: true; left: true; right: true }
     color: "transparent"
-    WlrLayershell.namespace: "omarchy-app-launcher"
+    WlrLayershell.namespace: "omarchy-launcher"
     WlrLayershell.layer: WlrLayer.Overlay
     WlrLayershell.keyboardFocus: WlrKeyboardFocus.Exclusive
     exclusionMode: ExclusionMode.Ignore

shell/plugins/launcher/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "id": "omarchy.launcher",
+  "name": "Launcher",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "author": "Omarchy",
+  "description": "A Quickshell-powered launcher",
+  "kinds": [
+    "overlay"
+  ],
+  "keepLoaded": true,
+  "entryPoints": {
+    "overlay": "Launcher.qml"
+  }
+}

shell/plugins/panels/Audio.qml

@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ for block in re.split(r"(?m)^Sink #", sys.stdin.read())[1:]:
   KeyboardPanel {
     id: panel
     anchorItem: button
-    owner: ctrl
+    owner: root
     bar: root.bar
     open: root.opened
     focusTarget: keyCatcher

shell/plugins/panels/Bluetooth.qml

@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Panel {
   KeyboardPanel {
     id: panel
     anchorItem: button
-    owner: ctrl
+    owner: root
     bar: root.bar
     open: root.opened
     focusTarget: keyCatcher

shell/plugins/panels/Monitor.qml

@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ Panel {
   KeyboardPanel {
     id: panel
     anchorItem: button
-    owner: ctrl
+    owner: root
     bar: root.bar
     open: root.opened
     focusTarget: keyCatcher

shell/plugins/panels/Network.qml

@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ fi
   KeyboardPanel {
     id: panel
     anchorItem: button
-    owner: ctrl
+    owner: root
     bar: root.bar
     open: root.opened
     focusTarget: keyCatcher

shell/plugins/panels/Power.qml

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ printf 'time\t%s\n' "$($OMARCHY_PATH/bin/omarchy-battery-remaining-time 2>/dev/n
   KeyboardPanel {
     id: panel
     anchorItem: button
-    owner: ctrl
+    owner: root
     bar: root.bar
     open: root.opened
     focusTarget: keyCatcher