1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/desktop/shell.qml b/desktop/shell.qml
index abddf36..ed219e5 100644
--- a/desktop/shell.qml
+++ b/desktop/shell.qml
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@
 // GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Io
 import Quickshell.Wayland
 
 ShellRoot {
-    // Quickshell exits once no window is visible, and this shell's drawer is
-    // closed most of the time. A 1x1 transparent window with an empty mask
-    // holds the process open without drawing anything or catching a click.
-    // See AGENTS.md: without it the shell loads, reports no error, and quits.
+    // Quickshell exits once no window is visible, and the drawer is closed
+    // most of the time. See AGENTS.md.
     PanelWindow {
         visible: true
         implicitWidth: 1
@@ -26,4 +25,24 @@ ShellRoot {
         mask: Region {}
         WlrLayershell.keyboardFocus: WlrKeyboardFocus.None
     }
+
+    Drawer {
+        id: drawer
+        modules: []
+    }
+
+    // The waybar launcher and the deep-link keybinds all reach this:
+    //   qs -p <this dir> ipc call drawer toggle       -> the grid
+    //   qs -p <this dir> ipc call drawer open mail    -> the mail page
+    // Quickshell 0.3.1 IPC requires every declared argument to be present,
+    // and a parameter with a JS default registers as QVariant, which IPC
+    // rejects. So the page name cannot be optional: `open` always takes a
+    // page, and the page-less grid is `toggle`, the zero-argument shape the
+    // appearance shell uses for its routes and the waybar launcher calls.
+    IpcHandler {
+        target: "drawer"
+        function open(page: string) { drawer.show(page); }
+        function toggle() { drawer.toggle(""); }
+        function close() { drawer.close(); }
+    }
 }