Each layout entry is now an object — {id, ...inline settings} — instead
of a (name, separate modules map) pair. Multiple instances of the same
widget are trivially supported (spacer is the main beneficiary). Settings
travel with the entry, so reordering keeps them attached.
shell.qml:
- normalizeLayout converts string entries to {id} and drops invalid ones
- ModuleSlot binds to a full entry; moduleName and moduleSettings derive
from it via entryId/entrySettings helpers
- centerAnchor lookup walks layoutEntries directly
- builtinBarConfig defaults use the object form
- README + bar-defaults.json updated to the new schema
bar-settings/ (new Quickshell config):
- Top toolbar with Reset / Save and Position / centerAnchor dropdowns
- Three section editors (left/center/right) with current widgets shown
as cards: name + description + move up/down/settings/remove buttons
- '+ Add widget' menu per section, sorted alphabetically by display name
(only spacer can repeat; everything else is one per bar)
- Per-widget settings dialog (FloatingWindow) loads an inline schema for
widgets in the catalog. Initial schemas: spacer (size), calendar
(formats), brightness (step)
- FileView { atomicWrites } writes to ~/.config/omarchy/bar.json on Save
omarchy-launch-bar-settings + hypr window rules pin the settings window
to a 760px floating square. controlCenter gains a 'Customize bar…' button
that launches it.
Single bar button (md-tune-vertical glyph) that opens a popup with the
controls most users reach for repeatedly throughout the day:
- Volume slider + mute toggle (Pipewire defaultAudioSink)
- Brightness slider (brightnessctl, coalesced via writeTimer)
- 2x2 tile grid: Do Not Disturb (makoctl mode), Night Light (omarchy-
toggle-nightlight, temperature probed), Keep Awake (hypridle pid
detection), Theme (current symlink + opens omarchy menu themes)
- Power-profile row (Saver / Balanced / Performance), hidden when
power-profiles-daemon is not installed
Polled every 3s via Process + StdioCollector pairs gated by !running
busy checks. Default layout adds it before powerMenu on the right.
- activeWindow: shows the focused toplevel title from Quickshell.Wayland
ToplevelManager. Left-click activates, middle-click closes, right-click
killactive. Hidden in vertical bars to avoid title rotation noise.
- nightLight: toggles omarchy-toggle-nightlight; status detected via
pgrep hyprsunset. Hides when hyprsunset isn't installed.
- keyboardLayout: shows current xkb layout short code, click cycles via
hyprctl switchxkblayout. Refreshes on Hyprland activelayout events.
- lockKeys: caps/num/scroll lock indicators read from /sys/class/leds.
Uses plain A/1/S letters; hides each indicator when off.
- spacer: configurable blank space (size) for layout tuning.
Defaults add activeWindow to the left section and nightLight to the
right section between audioPanel and brightness.
- Replace nerd font glyphs that were stripped during the initial widget
writes with verified codepoints sourced from the JetBrains Mono Nerd
Font cmap (cpu-64-bit, scale-balance, notification-clear-all, etc).
- systemStats now switches to a Column layout when the bar is vertical
so the widget no longer overflows a 28px-wide side bar.
- Remove notificationCenter from defaults: it registers a notification
server and would collide with the mako daemon Omarchy autostarts.
- PopupCard owns the popout coordinator lifecycle and delegates close to
its widget owner when provided; calendar and media now pass owner.
- brightness debounces brightnessctl writes through a coalescing timer
to avoid spawning a process per slider tick.
- audioPanel tracks unfiltered Pipewire sinks/streams via PwObjectTracker
so audio metadata becomes available before filtering.
- ModuleSlot re-injects bar/moduleName/settings whenever the bar config
serial changes so widget settings update live with bar.json.
- Guard null bar references in workspacesPro and systemStats components
that are constructed before bar injection.
Introduces a widgets/ directory of first-party QML modules and a common/
helpers library. Widgets auto-load by name from
default/quickshell/bar/widgets/<name>.qml — no edits to shell.qml needed
for additions beyond the firstPartyWidgets registry.
New widgets (all orientation-aware, top/bottom/left/right):
- media: MPRIS now-playing with scrolling label, cover art popup,
play/pause/skip controls
- audioPanel: master volume slider, output device picker, per-app mixer
- networkPanel: Wi-Fi scan + connect, current connection details
- bluetoothPanel: paired device list, connect/disconnect, battery
- calendar: month grid popup keyed to today
- notificationCenter: live notification feed, DND toggle, clear all
- brightness: slider popup with scroll-to-adjust
- powerProfile: power-saver/balanced/performance picker (UPower)
- systemStats: inline CPU + RAM sparklines, expanded popup with btop
- weatherFlyout: weather popup with refresh and full report
- workspacesPro: animated focus indicator that slides between workspaces
- powerMenu: lock/suspend/log out/reboot/shutdown popup
- idleInhibitor: coffee-cup toggle wired to omarchy-toggle-idle
- microphone: mic state + mute toggle + scroll volume
Common helpers (default/quickshell/bar/common/):
- WidgetButton: hover/press scale animation, tooltip integration
- PopupCard: orientation-aware anchor + slide-in opacity transition
- Slider: drag/wheel-able linear slider with knob hover bump
- PillButton: rounded action button with icon + label
Bar root gains requestPopout/releasePopout so only one popup is open at
a time across widgets.
Updates bar-defaults.json to ship the new widgets out of the box while
keeping the legacy modules available.
Ryan Hughes