Launcher: should respect the same design as other panels

- mTertiary for hover
- no special gradient
- classic thin border

Commons/Icons.qml

@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ Singleton {
     try {
       if (iconName && typeof Quickshell !== 'undefined' && Quickshell.iconPath) {
         const p = Quickshell.iconPath(iconName, fallback)
-        if (p && p !== "") return p
+        if (p && p !== "")
+          return p
       }
     } catch (e) {
+
       // ignore and fall back
     }
     try {
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ Singleton {
   // Resolve icon path for a DesktopEntries appId - safe on missing entries
   function iconForAppId(appId, fallbackName) {
     const fallback = fallbackName || "application-x-executable"
-    if (!appId) return iconFromName(fallback, fallback)
+    if (!appId)
+      return iconFromName(fallback, fallback)
     try {
       if (typeof DesktopEntries === 'undefined' || !DesktopEntries.byId)
         return iconFromName(fallback, fallback)
@@ -38,5 +41,3 @@ Singleton {
     }
   }
 }
-
-

Modules/IPC/IPCManager.qml

@@ -33,11 +33,20 @@ Item {
     }
   }
 
+  // For backward compatibility, should be removed soon(tmc)
   IpcHandler {
     target: "appLauncher"
 
     function toggle() {
-      appLauncherPanel.toggle(Quickshell.screens[0])
+      launcherPanel.toggle(Quickshell.screens[0])
+    }
+  }
+
+  IpcHandler {
+    target: "launcher"
+
+    function toggle() {
+      launcherPanel.toggle(Quickshell.screens[0])
     }
   }
 

Modules/Launcher/Launcher.qml

@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ NPanel {
     }
 
     // Handle direct math expressions after ">"
-    if (query.startsWith(">") && query.length > 1 && (!Settings.data.appLauncher.enableClipboardHistory || !query.startsWith(">clip")) && !query.startsWith(">calc")) {
+    if (query.startsWith(">") && query.length > 1 && (!Settings.data.appLauncher.enableClipboardHistory
+                                                      || !query.startsWith(">clip")) && !query.startsWith(">calc")) {
       const mathResults = calculator.processQuery(query, "direct")
       if (mathResults.length > 0) {
         return mathResults
@@ -210,18 +211,7 @@ NPanel {
 
   // Main content container
   panelContent: Rectangle {
-
-    // Subtle gradient background
-    gradient: Gradient {
-      GradientStop {
-        position: 0.0
-        color: Qt.lighter(Color.mSurface, 1.02)
-      }
-      GradientStop {
-        position: 1.0
-        color: Qt.darker(Color.mSurface, 1.1)
-      }
-    }
+    color: Color.transparent
 
     ColumnLayout {
       anchors.fill: parent
@@ -235,7 +225,7 @@ NPanel {
         Layout.bottomMargin: Style.marginM * scaling
         radius: Style.radiusM * scaling
         color: Color.mSurface
-        border.color: searchInput.activeFocus ? Color.mPrimary : Color.mOutline
+        border.color: searchInput.activeFocus ? Color.mTertiary : Color.mOutline
         border.width: Math.max(1, searchInput.activeFocus ? Style.borderM * scaling : Style.borderS * scaling)
 
         Item {
@@ -356,130 +346,136 @@ NPanel {
             positionViewAtIndex(currentIndex, ListView.Contain)
           }
         }
-        ScrollBar.vertical: ScrollBar { policy: ScrollBar.AsNeeded }
+        ScrollBar.vertical: ScrollBar {
+          policy: ScrollBar.AsNeeded
+        }
 
         delegate: Rectangle {
-            width: appsList.width - Style.marginS * scaling
-            height: 65 * scaling
-            radius: Style.radiusM * scaling
-            property bool isSelected: index === selectedIndex
-            color: (appCardArea.containsMouse || isSelected) ? Qt.darker(Color.mPrimary, 1.1) : Color.mSurface
-            border.color: (appCardArea.containsMouse || isSelected) ? Color.mPrimary : Color.transparent
-            border.width: Math.max(1, (appCardArea.containsMouse || isSelected) ? Style.borderM * scaling : 0)
+          width: appsList.width - Style.marginS * scaling
+          height: 65 * scaling
+          radius: Style.radiusM * scaling
+          property bool isSelected: index === selectedIndex
+          color: (appCardArea.containsMouse || isSelected) ? Color.mTertiary : Color.mSurface
 
-            Behavior on color {
-              ColorAnimation {
-                duration: Style.animationFast
-              }
+          Behavior on color {
+            ColorAnimation {
+              duration: Style.animationFast
             }
+          }
 
-            Behavior on border.color {
-              ColorAnimation {
-                duration: Style.animationFast
-              }
+          Behavior on border.color {
+            ColorAnimation {
+              duration: Style.animationFast
             }
+          }
 
-            Behavior on border.width {
-              NumberAnimation {
-                duration: Style.animationFast
-              }
+          Behavior on border.width {
+            NumberAnimation {
+              duration: Style.animationFast
             }
+          }
 
-            RowLayout {
-              anchors.fill: parent
-              anchors.margins: Style.marginM * scaling
-              spacing: Style.marginM * scaling
+          RowLayout {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            anchors.margins: Style.marginM * scaling
+            spacing: Style.marginM * scaling
+
+            // App/clipboard icon with background
+            Rectangle {
+              Layout.preferredWidth: Style.baseWidgetSize * 1.25 * scaling
+              Layout.preferredHeight: Style.baseWidgetSize * 1.25 * scaling
+              radius: Style.radiusS * scaling
+              color: appCardArea.containsMouse ? Qt.darker(Color.mPrimary, 1.1) : Color.mSurfaceVariant
+              property bool iconLoaded: (modelData.isCalculator || modelData.isClipboard || modelData.isCommand)
+                                        || (iconImg.status === Image.Ready && iconImg.source !== ""
+                                            && iconImg.status !== Image.Error && iconImg.source !== "")
+              visible: !searchText.startsWith(">calc")
+
+              // Clipboard image display (pull from cache)
+              Image {
+                id: clipboardImage
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                anchors.margins: Style.marginXS * scaling
+                visible: modelData.type === 'image'
+                source: modelData.type === 'image' ? (CliphistService.imageDataById[modelData.id] || "") : ""
+                fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
+                asynchronous: true
+                cache: true
+              }
+
+              IconImage {
+                id: iconImg
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                anchors.margins: Style.marginXS * scaling
+                asynchronous: true
+                source: modelData.isCalculator ? "" : modelData.isClipboard ? "" : modelData.isCommand ? modelData.icon : Icons.iconFromName(
+                                                                                                           modelData.icon,
+                                                                                                           "application-x-executable")
+                visible: (modelData.isCalculator || modelData.isClipboard || modelData.isCommand || parent.iconLoaded)
+                         && modelData.type !== 'image'
+              }
 
-              // App/clipboard icon with background
               Rectangle {
-                Layout.preferredWidth: Style.baseWidgetSize * 1.25 * scaling
-                Layout.preferredHeight: Style.baseWidgetSize * 1.25 * scaling
-                radius: Style.radiusS * scaling
-                color: appCardArea.containsMouse ? Qt.darker(Color.mPrimary, 1.1) : Color.mSurfaceVariant
-                property bool iconLoaded: (modelData.isCalculator || modelData.isClipboard || modelData.isCommand)
-                                          || (iconImg.status === Image.Ready && iconImg.source !== ""
-                                              && iconImg.status !== Image.Error && iconImg.source !== "")
-                visible: !searchText.startsWith(">calc")
-
-                // Clipboard image display (pull from cache)
-                Image {
-                  id: clipboardImage
-                  anchors.fill: parent
-                  anchors.margins: Style.marginXS * scaling
-                  visible: modelData.type === 'image'
-                  source: modelData.type === 'image' ? (CliphistService.imageDataById[modelData.id] || "") : ""
-                  fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
-                  asynchronous: true
-                  cache: true
-                }
-
-                IconImage {
-                  id: iconImg
-                  anchors.fill: parent
-                  anchors.margins: Style.marginXS * scaling
-                  asynchronous: true
-                  source: modelData.isCalculator ? "" : modelData.isClipboard ? "" : modelData.isCommand ? modelData.icon : Icons.iconFromName(modelData.icon, "application-x-executable")
-                  visible: (modelData.isCalculator || modelData.isClipboard || modelData.isCommand || parent.iconLoaded)
-                           && modelData.type !== 'image'
-                }
-
-                Rectangle {
-                  anchors.fill: parent
-                  anchors.margins: Style.marginXS * scaling
-                  radius: Style.radiusXS * scaling
-                  color: Color.mPrimary
-                  opacity: Style.opacityMedium
-                  visible: !parent.iconLoaded
-                }
-
-                NText {
-                  anchors.centerIn: parent
-                  visible: !parent.iconLoaded && !(modelData.isCalculator || modelData.isClipboard || modelData.isCommand)
-                  text: modelData.name ? modelData.name.charAt(0).toUpperCase() : "?"
-                  font.pointSize: Style.fontSizeXXL * scaling
-                  font.weight: Style.fontWeightBold
-                  color: Color.mPrimary
-                }
-
-                Behavior on color { ColorAnimation { duration: Style.animationFast } }
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                anchors.margins: Style.marginXS * scaling
+                radius: Style.radiusXS * scaling
+                color: Color.mPrimary
+                opacity: Style.opacityMedium
+                visible: !parent.iconLoaded
               }
 
-              // App info
-              ColumnLayout {
+              NText {
+                anchors.centerIn: parent
+                visible: !parent.iconLoaded && !(modelData.isCalculator || modelData.isClipboard || modelData.isCommand)
+                text: modelData.name ? modelData.name.charAt(0).toUpperCase() : "?"
+                font.pointSize: Style.fontSizeXXL * scaling
+                font.weight: Style.fontWeightBold
+                color: Color.mPrimary
+              }
+
+              Behavior on color {
+                ColorAnimation {
+                  duration: Style.animationFast
+                }
+              }
+            }
+
+            // App info
+            ColumnLayout {
+              Layout.fillWidth: true
+              spacing: Style.marginXXS * scaling
+
+              NText {
+                text: modelData.name || "Unknown"
+                font.pointSize: Style.fontSizeL * scaling
+                font.weight: Style.fontWeightBold
+                color: (appCardArea.containsMouse || isSelected) ? Color.mOnPrimary : Color.mOnSurface
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
-                spacing: Style.marginXXS * scaling
+              }
 
-                NText {
-                  text: modelData.name || "Unknown"
-                  font.pointSize: Style.fontSizeL * scaling
-                  font.weight: Style.fontWeightBold
-                  color: (appCardArea.containsMouse || isSelected) ? Color.mOnPrimary : Color.mOnSurface
-                  elide: Text.ElideRight
-                  Layout.fillWidth: true
-                }
-
-                NText {
-                  text: modelData.isCalculator ? (modelData.expr + " = " + modelData.result) : modelData.isClipboard ? modelData.content : modelData.isCommand ? modelData.content : (modelData.genericName || modelData.comment || "")
-                  font.pointSize: Style.fontSizeM * scaling
-                  color: (appCardArea.containsMouse || isSelected) ? Color.mOnPrimary : Color.mOnSurface
-                  elide: Text.ElideRight
-                  Layout.fillWidth: true
-                  visible: text !== ""
-                }
+              NText {
+                text: modelData.isCalculator ? (modelData.expr + " = " + modelData.result) : modelData.isClipboard ? modelData.content : modelData.isCommand ? modelData.content : (modelData.genericName || modelData.comment || "")
+                font.pointSize: Style.fontSizeM * scaling
+                color: (appCardArea.containsMouse || isSelected) ? Color.mOnPrimary : Color.mOnSurface
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+                visible: text !== ""
               }
             }
+          }
 
-            MouseArea {
-              id: appCardArea
-              anchors.fill: parent
-              hoverEnabled: true
-              cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
+          MouseArea {
+            id: appCardArea
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            hoverEnabled: true
+            cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
 
-              onClicked: {
-                selectedIndex = index
-                activateSelected()
-              }
+            onClicked: {
+              selectedIndex = index
+              activateSelected()
             }
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -495,7 +491,11 @@ NPanel {
 
       // Results count
       NText {
-        text: searchText.startsWith(">clip") ? (Settings.data.appLauncher.enableClipboardHistory ? `${filteredEntries.length} clipboard item${filteredEntries.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''}` : `Clipboard history is disabled`) : searchText.startsWith(">calc") ? `${filteredEntries.length} result${filteredEntries.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''}` : `${filteredEntries.length} application${filteredEntries.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`
+        text: searchText.startsWith(
+                ">clip") ? (Settings.data.appLauncher.enableClipboardHistory ? `${filteredEntries.length} clipboard item${filteredEntries.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''}` : `Clipboard history is disabled`) : searchText.startsWith(
+                             ">calc") ? `${filteredEntries.length} result${filteredEntries.length
+                                        !== 1 ? 's' : ''}` : `${filteredEntries.length} application${filteredEntries.length
+                                                !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`
         font.pointSize: Style.fontSizeXS * scaling
         color: Color.mOnSurface
         horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter

shell.qml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ShellRoot {
   Dock {}
 
   Launcher {
-    id: appLauncherPanel
+    id: launcherPanel
   }
 
   SidePanel {