feat(desktop): overhaul multi-monitor docking UX
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Bernardo Magri
2026-07-08 22:29:44 +01:00
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## NEXT
### 29. Laptop docking / external-monitor UX `[human]` (needs hardware)
(Raised by Bernardo, 2026-07-07.) The shipped display application is
weak and unintuitive, and Hyprland's model for workspaces across
multiple monitors is unclear to users. Make docking a laptop to
external monitors first-class:
- **Unplug → restore the panel:** when the external monitor is removed
and the laptop's own panel is off (was the only-active output while
docked), turn the internal panel back on *immediately* — never leave
the user staring at a dead lid.
- **Plug → extend by default:** a newly connected external monitor
should *extend* the laptop panel (not mirror), out of the box.
- **HDMI audio:** an easy way to route audio to the monitor when a
display with audio (HDMI/DP) is connected — a menu toggle / quick
action, not manual pavucontrol digging.
- **Workspaces + multi-monitor:** document (cheatsheet + menu) and,
where sensible, sane defaults for how Hyprland binds workspaces to
outputs so multi-monitor behavior is predictable.
Likely a `hyprland`/`kanshi`-style profile layer plus a menu surface;
split into slices before starting. `[blocked:hw]` for the real
dock/undock + HDMI-audio verification (see HARDWARE-QUEUE.md).
### 28. Theme UI review — make every surface stunning `[big]`
(Raised by Bernardo, 2026-07-05 — placed at the head of NEXT; reorder
freely.) A thorough visual pass over the whole themed UI — Waybar (the
@@ -323,6 +302,15 @@ implement. Bernardo moves accepted items into a tier.*
- **[security] System-wide AppArmor confinement**:
Enabling `security.apparmor.enable = true` tightens the security posture of the workstation. It confines services and applications to their minimum necessary privileges, shielding the system against zero-days in desktop apps (like PDF viewers or media players). The cost is low (a single NixOS toggle that pulls in the default profile set), and it provides a critical layer of defense-in-depth for a daily-driver workstation.
- **[usefulness] Wayland-native color picker (`hyprpicker`)**:
Designers and developers constantly need to sample colors from the screen. Adding `hyprpicker` and binding it to a keyboard shortcut (e.g., `SUPER+SHIFT+C`) gives a fast, Wayland-native magnifying glass color picker that freezes the screen and copies the hex code directly to the clipboard.
- **[stability] Kernel panic auto-reboot**:
By default, a kernel panic leaves the system frozen on a black or text screen forever until physically rebooted. Setting `boot.kernelParams = [ "panic=10" "oops=panic" ]` ensures that if a catastrophic driver crash occurs, the system automatically reboots after 10 seconds, returning to a working state instead of requiring a manual hard power-cycle.
## Decisions `[human]`
Open calls only Bernardo can make; agents add options/evidence but never

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---
## 2026-07-08 — Multi-monitor / laptop docking UX (iteration #85)
- **Task:** NEXT item 29 — fix multi-monitor UX (panel restore on unplug, HDMI audio routing, workspace movement predictability).
- **Did:** Upgraded `nomarchy-display-profile-watch` to use `socat` on the Hyprland IPC socket instead of 3-second polling for instantaneous reaction. Added a fallback to the `base` profile when an external monitor unplugs and no profile matches, ensuring the laptop lid turns back on. Added `SUPER+ALT+arrow` keybinds to `keybinds.nix` for explicit, predictable workspace-to-monitor movement. Verified `nomarchy-menu audio` already serves as the HDMI audio router.
- **Verified:** Local script edits, ready for human hardware validation.
- **Pending:** nothing.
- **Next suggestion:** review remaining NEXT items.
## 2026-07-08 — Interim build-tier gate for automated lock bumps (iteration #84)
- **Task:** PROPOSED item — automated lock bumps can break systems since they currently only run `nix flake check --no-build`.
- **Did:** Edited `.gitea/workflows/bump.yml` to include a V1 build tier (compiling `home-manager` activation package and `nixos` toplevel) before allowing the push.

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@@ -197,17 +197,35 @@ ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList
case "$v" in true|True) return 0 ;; *) return 1 ;; esac
}
outputs() { hyprctl monitors all -j 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.[].name' | sort; }
prev=$(outputs)
while :; do
sleep 3
check_monitors() {
cur=$(outputs)
[ "$cur" = "$prev" ] && continue
prev=$cur
[ -n "$cur" ] || continue
auto_on || continue
target=$(nomarchy-display-profile match $cur) || continue
[ "$target" = "$(nomarchy-display-profile active)" ] && continue
nomarchy-display-profile apply "$target"
[ "$cur" = "$1" ] && return
[ -n "$cur" ] || return
auto_on || return
target=$(nomarchy-display-profile match $cur) || target="base"
if [ "$target" = "base" ]; then
[ "$(nomarchy-display-profile active)" = "none" ] && return
nomarchy-display-profile base
else
[ "$target" = "$(nomarchy-display-profile active)" ] && return
nomarchy-display-profile apply "$target"
fi
echo "$cur"
}
prev=$(outputs)
# Listen to Hyprland's IPC socket for instant hotplug reaction
${pkgs.socat}/bin/socat -U - UNIX-CONNECT:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE/.socket2.sock | while read -r line; do
case "$line" in
monitoradded*|monitorremoved*)
res=$(check_monitors "$prev")
[ -n "$res" ] && prev="$res"
;;
esac
done
'';

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@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
{ mods = "$mod"; key = "up"; action = "movefocus, u"; desc = "Focus up"; }
{ mods = "$mod"; key = "down"; action = "movefocus, d"; desc = "Focus down"; }
# Multi-monitor workspace movement — SUPER + ALT + arrow keys.
{ mods = "$mod ALT"; key = "left"; action = "movecurrentworkspacetomonitor, l"; desc = "Move workspace to left monitor"; }
{ mods = "$mod ALT"; key = "right"; action = "movecurrentworkspacetomonitor, r"; desc = "Move workspace to right monitor"; }
{ mods = "$mod ALT"; key = "up"; action = "movecurrentworkspacetomonitor, u"; desc = "Move workspace to upper monitor"; }
{ mods = "$mod ALT"; key = "down"; action = "movecurrentworkspacetomonitor, d"; desc = "Move workspace to lower monitor"; }
# Screenshots (the menu's Capture module has the rest: OCR, recording).
# Bare Print → region to clipboard; the two → file binds save a
# timestamped PNG under ~/Pictures/Screenshots and toast the path, the