1 files changed, 50 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shared/Status.qml b/shared/Status.qml
index dfb6b83..36853af 100644
--- a/shared/Status.qml
+++ b/shared/Status.qml
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ Singleton {
     readonly property string dir: Quickshell.env("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR") || "/tmp"
 
     readonly property bool dnd: dndFile.value
-    readonly property bool presentation: presFile.value
+    // Set by the game detector below, on its own file so it never fights the
+    // manual toggle: presentation is the OR, and a game ending clears only its
+    // half. A manual "on" therefore survives a game session.
+    readonly property bool gaming: gamingFile.value
+    readonly property bool presentation: presFile.value || gamingFile.value
     // Stored as "auto-lock disabled", so the missing-file default of off is
     // the wanted default of locking on. The row inverts it for the label.
     readonly property bool nolock: nolockFile.value
@@ -104,6 +108,12 @@ Singleton {
         else if (name === "nolock") root.setMode("nolock", !root.nolock);
     }
 
+    // The detector calls this every poll; a write on an unchanged value would
+    // still land as an atomic write and re-fire the FileView watch for nothing.
+    function setGaming(on) {
+        if (on !== root.gaming) gamingFile.write(on);
+    }
+
     // The timed disable re-enables itself. Runs only while a deadline is
     // pending, so no tick burns while the mode is off or permanently on.
     Timer {
@@ -162,6 +172,43 @@ Singleton {
         }
     }
 
+    // --- game detection ---------------------------------------------------
+    //
+    // A game is a fullscreen app that already holds the screen, and the idle
+    // lock, DND and breaktimer are all unwanted while it runs, so presentation
+    // is set automatically. This machine's games come from Steam and launch
+    // either under gamescope or directly, so both are tested and either one is
+    // enough.
+    //
+    // The steam pattern is bracketed so it cannot match this very command
+    // line: pgrep -f reads the whole argv, and the literal "steamapps/common"
+    // here would otherwise match the sh running the check and report a game
+    // forever. The character class makes the needle miss itself while still
+    // matching a real game path.
+    Process {
+        id: gameProc
+        command: ["sh", "-c",
+            "pgrep -x gamescope >/dev/null 2>&1 || pgrep -f 'steamapps/commo[n]' >/dev/null 2>&1"]
+        onExited: code => root.setGaming(code === 0)
+    }
+
+    // Process lifecycle is not a file to watch, so this polls. A game launch
+    // does not need sub-second latency to present; a missed start corrects on
+    // the next tick. triggeredOnStart covers a shell start while a game is
+    // already up.
+    Timer {
+        interval: 5000
+        repeat: true
+        running: true
+        triggeredOnStart: true
+        onTriggered: {
+            // Re-assigning running on an already-running Process is a no-op,
+            // so it is cleared first.
+            gameProc.running = false;
+            gameProc.running = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     // Wayland idle inhibit. The compositor advertises
     // zwp_idle_inhibit_manager_v1 and hypridle honours it, so no D-Bus path
     // is needed even though elogind runs here. nolock is the sole holder;
@@ -250,6 +297,8 @@ Singleton {
     ModeFile { id: dndFile; path: root.dir + "/status.dnd" }
     ModeFile { id: presFile; path: root.dir + "/status.presentation" }
     ModeFile { id: nolockFile; path: root.dir + "/status.nolock" }
+    // Written only by the game detector above, never by statusctl.
+    ModeFile { id: gamingFile; path: root.dir + "/status.gaming" }
 
     WordFile { id: btStateFile; path: root.dir + "/breaktimer.state" }
     WordFile { id: btPhaseFile; path: root.dir + "/breaktimer.phase" }