From 919dc4afc0c420ffe27094b66ba39f129fc234fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernardo Magri Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:10:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?docs(backlog):=20promote=20tray=20icon=20parity?= =?UTF-8?q?=20=E2=86=92=20NEXT=20#89?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bernardo accepted the EasyEffects tray-icon pitch and widened it: all SNI apps (Signal/Telegram/ZapZap flatpaks too) should read monochrome in the bar. Three slices: bus inventory (IconName vs IconPixmap), HM shadow-icon override layer for name-based items, per-app knobs for pixmap ones. PROPOSED pitch folded in. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 --- agent/BACKLOG.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/agent/BACKLOG.md b/agent/BACKLOG.md index ad87910..6e741a0 100644 --- a/agent/BACKLOG.md +++ b/agent/BACKLOG.md @@ -55,6 +55,33 @@ runtime-computed `resume_offset` into the boot cmdline, and the dev box runs exactly this layout (`/proc/cmdline` verified) but isn't Nomarchy. Steps in HARDWARE-QUEUE. Close #76 on PASS. +### 89. Tray icon parity — themed overrides for SNI apps (Bernardo 2026-07-11) +The bar is monochrome; third-party tray icons aren't. EasyEffects 8's Qt +SNI publishes IconName `com.github.wwmm.easyeffects` → Papirus full-color +blue (T14s V3, 2026-07-11); Signal / Telegram / ZapZap (all flatpaks on +the T14s) likely worse. Goal: every tray icon reads like part of the bar. + +Slices: +1. **Inventory (V3-ish, cheap):** run each target app, read + `org.kde.StatusNotifierItem` `IconName` / `IconPixmap` / `IconThemePath` + off the bus (method proven 2026-07-11: watcher's + `RegisteredStatusNotifierItems` + `busctl get-property`). Name-based → + overridable via icon lookup; pixmap-based → *not* themable from outside + (needs a per-app knob/patch). Record the split in the item. +2. **Override layer:** an HM-managed shadow icon dir that wins the XDG + lookup for the session icon theme (e.g. `xdg.dataFile + "icons//…"` shadowing the store copy, or a + `Nomarchy-tray` theme inheriting the active set — pick whichever + survives theme whole-swaps; icons must follow the active theme per + THEME-DESIGN, not hardcode one palette). Ship monochrome SVGs for the + name-based offenders found in slice 1. Waybar restart re-resolves. +3. **Pixmap apps:** document (or wire, where a setting exists) per-app + monochrome/tray options; what can't be fixed goes in the item's + record, not silent scope creep. + +V-path: V1 eval + icon file lands in the right lookup dir; V3 screenshot +of the tray on a real session (headless VM has no flatpak chat apps). + ## LATER - **Wallpapers artifact split** (ROADMAP § Faster switches — decided, @@ -118,17 +145,6 @@ high-ROI, etc.) live in the journal + ROADMAP — not here.* fixture. Control-center / MOTD already mention these; the gap is the silent first *graphical* session for people who never open those. -- **EasyEffects 8 tray icon breaks bar aesthetics** (2026-07-11, T14s - V3) — EasyEffects 8 (Qt SNI rewrite) publishes IconName - `com.github.wwmm.easyeffects`, which resolves to Papirus's full-color - blue icon in Waybar's tray; EE 7 showed a symbolic glyph that matched - the monochrome bar. Options: ship a monochrome override SVG shadowing - the id in `$XDG_DATA_HOME/icons//…` (must follow the - theme's icon set per THEME-DESIGN), or upstream a `-symbolic` - IconName. Cost: small for a single-icon override, but it's per-icon - whack-a-mole — worth deciding a general "tray icon parity" policy - (nm-applet/udiskie currently pass only by luck of their icon sets). - - **Fingerprint *or* password, in parallel** (2026-07-11, Bernardo) — `fingerprint.pam` gives pam_fprintd's sequential UX: sudo waits on the reader, password only after failure/timeout. Bernardo wants