From 9cf68537428fb9dd95e1e85e8fd2dd663cdbcab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damocles <damocles@darkest.space>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:08:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: auto-disable niri-dependent components when NIRI_SOCKET
 is absent

---
 modules/NiriIpc.qml     | 6 ++++--
 modules/WindowTitle.qml | 2 +-
 modules/Workspaces.qml  | 4 +++-
 shell.qml               | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/NiriIpc.qml b/modules/NiriIpc.qml
index b64fbb3..5d792e4 100644
--- a/modules/NiriIpc.qml
+++ b/modules/NiriIpc.qml
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ QtObject {
     signal windowFocusChanged(var windowId)
     signal windowOpenedOrChanged(var window)
 
+    readonly property bool available: Quickshell.env("NIRI_SOCKET") !== ""
+
     property string focusedTitle: ""
     property string focusedAppId: ""
     property bool overviewOpen: false
 
     property var _focusedProc: Process {
-        running: true
+        running: root.available
         command: ["niri", "msg", "--json", "focused-window"]
         stdout: StdioCollector {
             onStreamFinished: {
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ QtObject {
     }
 
     property var _eventStream: Process {
-        running: true
+        running: root.available
         command: ["niri", "msg", "--json", "event-stream"]
         stdout: SplitParser {
             splitMarker: "\n"
diff --git a/modules/WindowTitle.qml b/modules/WindowTitle.qml
index 8fdd0ad..7c9a897 100644
--- a/modules/WindowTitle.qml
+++ b/modules/WindowTitle.qml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import "." as M
 M.BarSection {
     id: root
     spacing: M.Theme.moduleSpacing
-    visible: M.Modules.windowTitle.enable && M.NiriIpc.focusedTitle !== ""
+    visible: M.Modules.windowTitle.enable && M.NiriIpc.available && M.NiriIpc.focusedTitle !== ""
 
     tooltip: M.NiriIpc.focusedAppId ? M.NiriIpc.focusedAppId + "\n" + M.NiriIpc.focusedTitle : M.NiriIpc.focusedTitle
 
diff --git a/modules/Workspaces.qml b/modules/Workspaces.qml
index bac38d2..b8d435a 100644
--- a/modules/Workspaces.qml
+++ b/modules/Workspaces.qml
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ Row {
     readonly property string _output: bar.screen?.name ?? ""
     readonly property var _workspaces: _allWorkspaces.filter(w => w.output === root._output)
 
+    visible: M.NiriIpc.available
+
     // Initial state
     Process {
         id: initProc
-        running: true
+        running: M.NiriIpc.available
         command: ["niri", "msg", "--json", "workspaces"]
         stdout: StdioCollector {
             onStreamFinished: {
diff --git a/shell.qml b/shell.qml
index 1431e85..81dd953 100644
--- a/shell.qml
+++ b/shell.qml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ShellRoot {
             }
 
             LazyLoader {
-                active: Modules.overviewBackdrop.enable
+                active: Modules.overviewBackdrop.enable && NiriIpc.available
                 OverviewBackdrop {
                     screen: scope.modelData
                 }