Add color tokens for app-launcher

default/themed/shell.toml.tpl

@@ -88,6 +88,21 @@ text       = "{{ foreground }}"
 border     = "{{ accent }}"
 countdown  = "{{ accent }}"
 
+[app-launcher]
+# Same six tokens as [menu], applied to the app launcher overlay. Alpha
+# companions go from 0 (invisible) to 1 (opaque). Defaults mirror [menu]:
+# subtle foreground-tinted fill on the selected row, no visible border,
+# accent-colored text.
+background                = "{{ background }}"
+text                      = "{{ foreground }}"
+border                    = "{{ foreground }}"
+border-alpha              = 1.0
+selected-background       = "{{ foreground }}"
+selected-background-alpha = 0.08
+selected-text             = "{{ accent }}"
+selected-border           = "{{ foreground }}"
+selected-border-alpha     = 0.25
+
 [menu]
 # Cards, rows, and selected-row treatment. Alpha companions (where present)
 # go from 0 (invisible) to 1 (opaque). Defaults mirror the panel keyboard

shell/Commons/Color.qml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import Quickshell.Io
 // Single source of truth for shell color surfaces. Top-level tokens
 // (foreground/background/accent/urgent) come from the theme's colors.toml.
 // Per-surface roles (Color.bar.*, Color.popups.*, Color.tooltip.*,
-// Color.notifications.*, Color.menu.*, Color.imagePicker.*) come from
-// shell.toml, which is generated
+// Color.notifications.*, Color.menu.*, Color.appLauncher.*,
+// Color.imagePicker.*) come from shell.toml, which is generated
 // per theme from default/themed/shell.toml.tpl (or shipped directly by a
 // theme to override). Surfaces that don't appear in shell.toml fall back to
 // the foundational palette, so themes can ship partial overrides.
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ QtObject {
     property color border: root.pick("notifications.border", root.accent)
     property color countdown: root.pick("notifications.countdown", root.accent)
   }
+  readonly property QtObject appLauncher: QtObject {
+    property color background: root.pick("app-launcher.background", root.background)
+    property color text: root.pick("app-launcher.text", root.foreground)
+    property color border: root.pick("app-launcher.border", root.foreground)
+    property real borderAlpha: root.pickAlpha("app-launcher.border-alpha", 1.0)
+    property color selectedBackground: root.pick("app-launcher.selected-background", root.foreground)
+    property real selectedBackgroundAlpha: root.pickAlpha("app-launcher.selected-background-alpha", 0.08)
+    property color selectedText: root.pick("app-launcher.selected-text", root.accent)
+    property color selectedBorder: root.pick("app-launcher.selected-border", root.foreground)
+    property real selectedBorderAlpha: root.pickAlpha("app-launcher.selected-border-alpha", 0.0)
+  }
   readonly property QtObject menu: QtObject {
     property color background: root.pick("menu.background", root.background)
     property color text: root.pick("menu.text", root.foreground)

shell/plugins/app-launcher/AppLauncher.qml

@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@ Item {
   property bool hoverArmed: false
   property var filteredEntries: []
 
-  property color accent: Color.menu.selected
-  property color background: Color.menu.background
-  property color foreground: Color.menu.text
-  property color border: foreground
+  // Bound to the central [app-launcher] section in shell.toml via Color.qml.
+  // Each surface color composes with its alpha companion at render time.
+  property color background: Color.appLauncher.background
+  property color foreground: Color.appLauncher.text
+  property color border: Color.alpha(Color.appLauncher.border, Color.appLauncher.borderAlpha)
+  property color selectedBackground: Color.alpha(Color.appLauncher.selectedBackground, Color.appLauncher.selectedBackgroundAlpha)
+  property color selectedText: Color.appLauncher.selectedText
+  property color selectedBorder: Color.alpha(Color.appLauncher.selectedBorder, Color.appLauncher.selectedBorderAlpha)
   property string fontFamily: Quickshell.env("OMARCHY_MENU_FONT") || "monospace"
 
   property int cardWidth: 644
@@ -351,7 +355,9 @@ Item {
               width: ListView.view.width
               height: root.rowHeight
               radius: 0
-              color: row.hasCursor ? root.withAlpha(root.foreground, 0.07) : "transparent"
+              color: row.hasCursor ? root.selectedBackground : "transparent"
+              border.color: row.hasCursor ? root.selectedBorder : "transparent"
+              border.width: (row.hasCursor && Color.appLauncher.selectedBorderAlpha > 0) ? Math.max(1, Style.normalBorderWidth) : 0
 
               Item {
                 id: iconSlot
@@ -376,7 +382,7 @@ Item {
                   anchors.centerIn: parent
                   visible: appIcon.status === Image.Error
                   text: "?"
-                  color: row.hasCursor ? root.accent : root.foreground
+                  color: row.hasCursor ? root.selectedText : root.foreground
                   font.family: root.fontFamily
                   font.pixelSize: 18
                 }
@@ -389,7 +395,7 @@ Item {
                 anchors.rightMargin: 14
                 anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                 text: row.name
-                color: row.hasCursor ? root.accent : root.foreground
+                color: row.hasCursor ? root.selectedText : root.foreground
                 font.family: root.fontFamily
                 font.pixelSize: 18
                 elide: Text.ElideRight