From 6d7268eb654e246700004ac426875a0d92db388e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:12:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Support clipboard shortcuts in shell panels

---
 default/hypr/bindings/clipboard.lua          | 12 +++++-------
 test/shell.d/hyprland-default-config-test.sh |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/default/hypr/bindings/clipboard.lua b/default/hypr/bindings/clipboard.lua
index 10a2f6df..0e10fdfe 100644
--- a/default/hypr/bindings/clipboard.lua
+++ b/default/hypr/bindings/clipboard.lua
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
--- Work around Hyprland send_shortcut sometimes leaving synthetic key state stuck/repeating.
--- https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/discussions/14099
+-- Send through the virtual keyboard so universal clipboard shortcuts reach
+-- both normal windows and focused layer-shell surfaces such as Omarchy panels.
+-- Hyprland's send_key_state with window = "activewindow" cannot target layers.
 local function send_shortcut_once(mods, key)
   return function()
-    hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.send_key_state({ mods = mods, key = key, state = "down", window = "activewindow" }))
-
-    hl.timer(function()
-      hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.send_key_state({ mods = mods, key = key, state = "up", window = "activewindow" }))
-    end, { timeout = 50, type = "oneshot" })
+    local modifier = mods:lower()
+    hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.exec_cmd("wtype -M " .. modifier .. " -k " .. key:lower() .. " -m " .. modifier))
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/test/shell.d/hyprland-default-config-test.sh b/test/shell.d/hyprland-default-config-test.sh
index eef81760..c0bf70b7 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/hyprland-default-config-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/hyprland-default-config-test.sh
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ grep -Fq $'SUPER + RETURN	Terminal' <<<"$fresh_output" || fail "default applicat
 grep -Fq $'SUPER + SHIFT + A	ChatGPT' <<<"$fresh_output" || fail "default application bindings include preinstalled web apps"
 pass "default application bindings load from package defaults"
 
+grep -F 'hl.dsp.exec_cmd("wtype -M " .. modifier .. " -k " .. key:lower() .. " -m " .. modifier)' "$ROOT/default/hypr/bindings/clipboard.lua" >/dev/null ||
+  fail "universal clipboard shortcuts use the virtual keyboard"
+pass "universal clipboard shortcuts reach focused layer-shell fields"
+
+if grep -F 'hl.dsp.send_key_state' "$ROOT/default/hypr/bindings/clipboard.lua" >/dev/null; then
+  fail "universal clipboard shortcuts do not target only normal windows"
+fi
+pass "universal clipboard shortcuts do not exclude layer-shell fields"
+
 removed_home="$tmpdir/removed-home"
 mkdir -p "$removed_home/.local/state/omarchy"
 touch "$removed_home/.local/state/omarchy/preinstalls-removed"