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diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-12-mail-overview-design.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-12-mail-overview-design.md index e5f2fa2..a691d79 100644 --- a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-12-mail-overview-design.md +++ b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-12-mail-overview-design.md @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ new mail and falls as mail is read, with no polling in either case. | `mail-overview/shell.qml` | keepalive window, IpcHandler, the drawer | | `mail-overview/Accounts.qml` | parses the config, runs notmuch, exposes the model | | `mail-overview/Theme.qml` | the existing copy, unchanged | +| `mail-overview/Button.qml` | the existing copy from vm-manager, plus an enabled state | | `mail-overview/waybar-mail.sh` | continuous mode watcher script | | `mail-overview/README.md` | component notes | @@ -161,17 +162,24 @@ Left click toggles the drawer over IPC. Right click runs the sync script. ## The drawer -A `PanelWindow` anchored top and right on the primary monitor, with -`exclusionMode` set to respect other surfaces' exclusive zones while claiming -none of its own. Waybar sets an exclusive zone, so the compositor places the -drawer below it without this component knowing waybar's height. Anchoring -right puts it under the icon, which sits in `modules-right`, with no -coordinate arithmetic to go stale when the module list changes. - -Width is fixed at roughly 460px, height follows the content. - -A distinct layershell namespace, `qs-mail`, so a Hyprland layer rule can blur -it. Without the rule it renders flat translucent. +A fullscreen `PanelWindow` on the primary monitor holding a dimmed backdrop, +with the drawer itself a 460px wide rounded rectangle anchored to the +overlay's top right corner and sized to its content. That is the idiom both +other panels in this repo use, and it is what gives click-outside-to-close and +a focusable item for Escape. + +It differs from those two in one property: `exclusionMode` is `Normal` rather +than `Ignore`. Waybar claims an exclusive zone at the top of this screen +(measured at 42px), so respecting it places the whole overlay below the bar +without this component carrying the bar's height as a constant to drift. The +backdrop therefore starts below waybar, leaving the bar visible and un-dimmed. +Anchoring the drawer right puts it under the icon, which sits in +`modules-right`, with no coordinate arithmetic to go stale when the module +list changes. + +A distinct layershell namespace, `quickshell-mail`, matching the +`quickshell-*` names the other components use, so a Hyprland layer rule can +blur it. Without the rule it renders flat translucent. Escape closes it. The focus is set on the inner content item, not on the window: key events reach a focused item, and `Keys.onEscapePressed` on a @@ -235,8 +243,11 @@ inotify watch on top of the timer. ## Error handling -- notmuch missing, or the database locked: the count shows a dash, never a - zero. A zero that is actually a failure reads as "no new mail", which is the +- notmuch exits 0 even for a malformed query, printing something that is not + a count, so every count is validated as a non-negative integer and the exit + status is not the test. +- notmuch missing, the database locked, or a count that fails validation: the + count shows a dash, never a zero. A zero that is actually a failure reads as "no new mail", which is the same class of mistake as reporting a libvirt host side figure as guest memory. - config unreadable, or no `[account.*]` sections: the panel says so in one |