noctalia: add local wvkbd osk bar plugin + ui tweaks

home/niri.nix

@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ in
           matches = [
             { app-id = "dev.noctalia.Noctalia.Settings"; }
           ];
-          opacity = 0.85;
+          opacity = 0.9;
+          draw-border-with-background = false;
           open-floating = true;
           default-column-width = {
             proportion = 0.5;
@@ -344,10 +345,6 @@ in
             y = 20;
             relative-to = "top";
           };
-          background-effect = {
-            blur = true;
-            xray = true;
-          };
         }
 
         # Steam notifications

home/noctalia-plugins/osk/plugin.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+id = "local/osk"
+name = "wvkbd Toggle"
+version = "0.2.0"
+min_noctalia = "5.0.0"
+author = "local"
+description = "Bar button to toggle the wvkbd on-screen keyboard with style options."
+icon = "keyboard"
+
+[[widget]]
+id = "toggle"
+entry = "toggle.luau"
+
+  # Geometry & alpha
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key = "height"
+  type = "int"
+  label = "Landscape height (px)"
+  default = 200
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key = "rounding"
+  type = "int"
+  label = "Corner rounding (px)"
+  default = 10
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key = "alpha"
+  type = "int"
+  label = "Alpha (0-255)"
+  default = 236
+  min = 0
+  max = 255
+
+  # Colors — raw wvkbd format: rrggbb or rrggbbaa (no leading #)
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key = "bg"
+  type = "string"
+  label = "Background color (rrggbb|aa)"
+  default = ""
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key = "fg"
+  type = "string"
+  label = "Key color (rrggbb|aa)"
+  default = ""
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key = "press"
+  type = "string"
+  label = "Pressed key color (rrggbb|aa)"
+  default = ""
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key = "text"
+  type = "string"
+  label = "Key text color (rrggbb|aa)"
+  default = ""
+
+  # Layers & behavior
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key = "layers"
+  type = "string"
+  label = "Layers (comma-separated, e.g. full,emoji)"
+  default = ""
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key = "non_exclusive"
+  type = "bool"
+  label = "Non-exclusive (float over windows)"
+  default = false

home/noctalia-plugins/osk/toggle.luau

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+local BIN = "wvkbd-mobintl"
+
+-- Build the wvkbd flag string from the widget's style settings.
+local function buildArgs()
+  local args = {}
+
+  local function add(value, flag)
+    if value ~= nil and value ~= "" then
+      table.insert(args, flag .. " " .. tostring(value))
+    end
+  end
+
+  add(barWidget.getConfig("height"), "-L")
+  add(barWidget.getConfig("rounding"), "-R")
+  add(barWidget.getConfig("alpha"), "--alpha")
+  add(barWidget.getConfig("bg"), "--bg")
+  add(barWidget.getConfig("fg"), "--fg")
+  add(barWidget.getConfig("press"), "--press")
+  add(barWidget.getConfig("text"), "--text")
+  add(barWidget.getConfig("layers"), "-l")
+
+  if barWidget.getConfig("non_exclusive") == true then
+    table.insert(args, "--non-exclusive")
+  end
+
+  return table.concat(args, " ")
+end
+
+function update()
+  noctalia.setUpdateInterval(60000)
+  barWidget.setGlyph("keyboard")
+  barWidget.setTooltip("Toggle wvkbd on-screen keyboard")
+end
+
+function onClick()
+  local launch = BIN .. " " .. buildArgs()
+  noctalia.runAsync("pkill -x " .. BIN .. " || setsid " .. launch)
+end

home/noctalia.nix

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ in
           transparency_mode = "glass"; # solid | soft | glass;
 
           # open all panels attached to the bar, near the click position
-          launcher_placement = "floating";
+          launcher_placement = "center";
           clipboard_placement = "attached";
           control_center_placement = "attached";
           wallpaper_placement = "attached";
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ in
           capsule_opacity = 1.0;
 
           start = [
+            "osk"
             "launcher"
-            #Todo osd keyboard
             "spacer"
             "sysmon"
             "media"
@@ -297,6 +297,13 @@ in
           title_scroll = "on_hover";
           hide_when_no_media = true;
         };
+        osk = {
+          type = "local/osk:toggle";
+        };
+      };
+
+      plugins = {
+        enabled = [ "local/osk" ];
       };
 
       theme = {
@@ -337,4 +344,6 @@ in
 
     };
   };
+
+  xdg.dataFile."noctalia/plugins/osk".source = ./noctalia-plugins/osk;
 }