Use launcher hides list

applications/hidden/avahi-discover.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/bssh.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/btop.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/bvnc.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/cmake-gui.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/cups.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/dropbox.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/electron34.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/electron36.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/electron37.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/fcitx5-configtool.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/fcitx5-wayland-launcher.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/foot-server.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/footclient.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/java-java-openjdk.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/jconsole-java-openjdk.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/jshell-java-openjdk.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/kbd-layout-viewer5.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/kcm_fcitx5.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/kcm_kaccounts.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/kvantummanager.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/libreoffice-base.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/libreoffice-draw.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/libreoffice-math.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/libreoffice-startcenter.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/libreoffice-xsltfilter.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/limine-snapper-restore.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/lstopo.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/org.fcitx.Fcitx5.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/org.fcitx.fcitx5-config-qt.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/org.fcitx.fcitx5-migrator.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/org.fcitx.fcitx5-qt5-gui-wrapper.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/org.fcitx.fcitx5-qt6-gui-wrapper.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/qv4l2.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/qvidcap.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/uuctl.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/xgps.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

applications/hidden/xgpsspeed.desktop

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Hidden=true

bin/omarchy-refresh-applications

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null
 # Copy .desktop declarations
 mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
 cp ~/.local/share/omarchy/applications/*.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
-cp ~/.local/share/omarchy/applications/hidden/*.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
 
 if omarchy-cmd-present alacritty; then
   cp ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/alacritty/alacritty.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

default/omarchy/launcher.hides

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+avahi-discover
+bssh
+btop
+bvnc
+cmake-gui
+cups
+dropbox
+electron34
+electron36
+electron37
+fcitx5-configtool
+fcitx5-wayland-launcher
+foot-server
+footclient
+java-java-openjdk
+jconsole-java-openjdk
+jshell-java-openjdk
+kbd-layout-viewer5
+kcm_fcitx5
+kcm_kaccounts
+kvantummanager
+libreoffice-base
+libreoffice-draw
+libreoffice-math
+libreoffice-startcenter
+libreoffice-xsltfilter
+limine-snapper-restore
+lstopo
+org.fcitx.Fcitx5
+org.fcitx.fcitx5-config-qt
+org.fcitx.fcitx5-migrator
+org.fcitx.fcitx5-qt5-gui-wrapper
+org.fcitx.fcitx5-qt6-gui-wrapper
+qv4l2
+qvidcap
+uuctl
+xgps
+xgpsspeed

migrations/1759093827.sh

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-echo "Adding hidden entries for electron apps"
-
-cp $OMARCHY_PATH/applications/hidden/electron*.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

migrations/1759694076.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-echo "Hide OpenJDK applications from app launcher"
-
-cp $OMARCHY_PATH/applications/hidden/*openjdk.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
-

migrations/1771651931.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-echo "Hide limine-snapper-restore from app launcher"
-
-mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
-cp "$OMARCHY_PATH/applications/hidden/limine-snapper-restore.desktop" ~/.local/share/applications/

migrations/1779357523.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+echo "Move launcher hides from hidden desktop overrides to launcher.hides"
+
+remove_legacy_hidden_override() {
+  local file=$1
+  local line
+  local found_section=false
+  local found_hidden=false
+
+  [[ -f $file ]] || return
+
+  while IFS= read -r line || [[ -n $line ]]; do
+    line=${line%$'\r'}
+    [[ -z $line ]] && continue
+
+    case $line in
+      "[Desktop Entry]")
+        found_section=true
+        ;;
+      "Hidden=true")
+        found_hidden=true
+        ;;
+      *)
+        return
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done < "$file"
+
+  if [[ $found_section == "true" && $found_hidden == "true" ]]; then
+    rm -f "$file"
+  fi
+}
+
+for app in \
+  avahi-discover \
+  bssh \
+  btop \
+  bvnc \
+  cmake-gui \
+  cups \
+  dropbox \
+  electron34 \
+  electron36 \
+  electron37 \
+  fcitx5-configtool \
+  fcitx5-wayland-launcher \
+  foot-server \
+  footclient \
+  java-java-openjdk \
+  jconsole-java-openjdk \
+  jshell-java-openjdk \
+  kbd-layout-viewer5 \
+  kcm_fcitx5 \
+  kcm_kaccounts \
+  kvantummanager \
+  libreoffice-base \
+  libreoffice-draw \
+  libreoffice-math \
+  libreoffice-startcenter \
+  libreoffice-xsltfilter \
+  limine-snapper-restore \
+  lstopo \
+  org.fcitx.Fcitx5 \
+  org.fcitx.fcitx5-config-qt \
+  org.fcitx.fcitx5-migrator \
+  org.fcitx.fcitx5-qt5-gui-wrapper \
+  org.fcitx.fcitx5-qt6-gui-wrapper \
+  qv4l2 \
+  qvidcap \
+  uuctl \
+  xgps \
+  xgpsspeed; do
+  remove_legacy_hidden_override "$HOME/.local/share/applications/$app.desktop"
+done
+
+update-desktop-database "$HOME/.local/share/applications" &>/dev/null || true

shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Item {
   property var launchActiveToplevel: null
   property bool launchOsdOpen: false
   property string launchOsdMessage: ""
-  property var hiddenEntryIds: ({})
+  property var configuredHiddenEntryIds: ({})
+  property var desktopHiddenEntryIds: ({})
 
   // Bound to the central [launcher] section in shell.toml via Color.qml.
   // Each color already includes its alpha companion (composed in the
@@ -111,17 +112,34 @@ Item {
 
   function isHiddenEntry(entry) {
     var id = String((entry && entry.id) || "")
-    return root.hiddenEntryIds[id] === true
+    return root.configuredHiddenEntryIds[id] === true || root.desktopHiddenEntryIds[id] === true
   }
 
-  function loadHiddenEntries(rawText) {
+  function normalizeDesktopId(id) {
+    var value = String(id || "").trim()
+    if (value.slice(-8) === ".desktop") value = value.slice(0, -8)
+    return value
+  }
+
+  function loadConfiguredHides(rawText) {
     var next = ({})
     var lines = String(rawText || "").split(/\n/)
     for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
-      var id = lines[i].trim()
+      var id = root.normalizeDesktopId(lines[i])
       if (id.length > 0) next[id] = true
     }
-    root.hiddenEntryIds = next
+    root.configuredHiddenEntryIds = next
+    if (root.opened) root.rebuildDisplay()
+  }
+
+  function loadDesktopHiddenEntries(rawText) {
+    var next = ({})
+    var lines = String(rawText || "").split(/\n/)
+    for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+      var id = root.normalizeDesktopId(lines[i])
+      if (id.length > 0) next[id] = true
+    }
+    root.desktopHiddenEntryIds = next
     if (root.opened) root.rebuildDisplay()
   }
 
@@ -269,7 +287,7 @@ Item {
     command: ["bash", "-lc", root.hiddenEntryScanCommand()]
     stdout: SplitParser { onRead: function(line) { hiddenEntryOutput.text += line + "\n" } }
     onStarted: hiddenEntryOutput.text = ""
-    onExited: root.loadHiddenEntries(hiddenEntryOutput.text)
+    onExited: root.loadDesktopHiddenEntries(hiddenEntryOutput.text)
   }
 
   QtObject {
@@ -277,6 +295,16 @@ Item {
     property string text: ""
   }
 
+  FileView {
+    id: launcherHidesFile
+    path: root.omarchyPath + "/default/omarchy/launcher.hides"
+    watchChanges: true
+    printErrors: false
+    onLoaded: root.loadConfiguredHides(text())
+    onFileChanged: root.loadConfiguredHides(text())
+    onLoadFailed: root.loadConfiguredHides("")
+  }
+
   Connections {
     target: ToplevelManager.toplevels
     function onValuesChanged() { root.maybeFinishLaunchFeedback() }