made wallpaper settable with xdg config

install.sh

@@ -103,5 +103,21 @@ download \
   "$SCRIPT_DIR/colors/icons/correct.svg" \
   "correct.svg"
 
+# ----------------------------
+# Example Wallpaper
+# ----------------------------
+echo
+info "Preparing wallpaper..."
+
+WALLPAPER_DIR=$(scripts/wallpaper_dir.sh)
+
+# 5. Ensure it exists
+mkdir -p "$WALLPAPER_DIR"
+
+info "Copying example Wallpaper..."
+
+# 6. Copy example wallpaper
+cp $SCRIPT_DIR/colors/example_background.png "$WALLPAPER_DIR/japan_old_emperor_stream_with_bridge.png"
+
 echo
 ok "All assets prepared successfully."

modules/wlogout/WLogout.qml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Quickshell.Io
 import Quickshell.Wayland
 
 import "../../colors"
+import "../../states/wallpaperdir" as Global
 
 Variants {
 	id: root
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ Variants {
 			Keys.onPressed: event => {
 				if (event.key == Qt.Key_Escape) {
 					console.log("Pressed Escape, closing Wallpaper Picker")
+					console.log("Wallpaper Dir:", Global.WallpaperState.wallpaperDir)
 					wlogoutLoader.active = false
 				} else {
 					for (let i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
@@ -51,16 +53,17 @@ Variants {
 
 		Rectangle {
 			anchors.fill: parent
+
 			Image {
 				anchors.fill: parent
-				source: Quickshell.env("HOME") + "/Pictures/Wallpapers/Static/blurred.jpg"
+				source: Global.WallpaperState.wallpaperDir + "/Static/blurred.jpg"
 				fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
 			}
 
 			MouseArea {
 				anchors.fill: parent
 				onClicked: {
-					console.log("Pressed Escape, closing Wallpaper Picker")
+					console.log("clicked ???, closing Wallpaper Picker")
 					wlogoutLoader.active = false
 				}
 				GridLayout {

modules/wlogout/WlogoutLoader.qml

@@ -3,14 +3,32 @@ import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Hyprland
 import Quickshell.Io
 
+import "../../states/wallpaper" as Global
+
 
 Item {  // container, invisible
     id: wlLoader
 
+    Process {
+        id: getWallpaper
+        command: ["sh", "-c", Quickshell.env("HOME") + "/.config/quickshell/scripts/wallpaper_dir.sh"]
+        stdout: StdioCollector {
+            onStreamFinished: function() {
+                console.log("getWallpaper: " + this.text)
+
+                Global.WallpaperState.wallpaperDir = this.text.trim()
+
+                wlogoutLoader.active = true
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     Loader {
         id: wlogoutLoader
         active: false
-        sourceComponent: Wlogout { id: wLogout }
+        sourceComponent: Wlogout {
+            id: wLogout
+        }
     }
 
     GlobalShortcut {
@@ -19,7 +37,8 @@ Item {  // container, invisible
 
         onPressed: {
             console.log("Pressed Meta+Shift+W (Hyprland global shortcut)")
-            wlogoutLoader.active = !wlogoutLoader.active
+            getWallpaper.running = true
+            // wlogoutLoader.active = !wlogoutLoader.active
         }
     }
 

modules/wp/WallpaperPicker.qml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Quickshell.Hyprland
 import Quickshell.Io
 import Qt.labs.folderlistmodel
 import "../../colors"
+import "../../states/wallpaperdir" as Global
 
 PanelWindow {
     id: picker

modules/wp/generate-wallpaper-thumbs.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)"
+
 # Folder with full-size wallpapers
-WALLPAPER_DIR="$HOME/Pictures/Wallpapers"
+WALLPAPER_DIR=$("$SCRIPT_DIR/../../scripts/wallpaper_dir.sh")
+
+echo "$WALLPAPER_DIR"
 
 # Folder to store thumbnails
 THUMB_DIR="$HOME/.cache/wallpaper-thumbs"
+echo "$THUMB_DIR"
 
 if [ ! -d $THUMB_DIR ]; then
   mkdir -p $THUMB_DIR;
@@ -66,12 +71,14 @@ for img in "$WALLPAPER_DIR"/*.{jpg,jpeg,png}; do
         continue
     fi
 
-    num+=1
+    ((num++))
 
     # Generate thumbnail using ImageMagick
     if [ -x "/usr/bin/magick" ]; then
         magick "$img" -resize "${MAX_DIM}x${MAX_DIM}" "$thumb"
-        rm $temp_image_name
+        if [ -f "$temp_image_name" ]; then
+            rm "$temp_image_name"
+        fi
     else
         if [ -f "$temp_image_name" ] && [ "$temp_image_name" -nt "$img" ]; then
             continue

modules/wp/set-wallpaper.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)"
+
+# Folder with full-size wallpapers
+WALLPAPER_DIR=$("$SCRIPT_DIR/../../scripts/wallpaper_dir.sh")
+if [ -z "$WALLPAPER_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to determine wallpaper directory. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # Path to the image is the first argument
 IMAGE="$1"
 image_name=$(basename "$IMAGE")
-image="$HOME/Pictures/Wallpapers/$image_name"
+image="$WALLPAPER_DIR/$image_name"
 
 echo "start"
 
@@ -45,6 +54,7 @@ elif [ -x "/usr/bin/hyprpaper" ]; then
     sed -i "3s|path = .*|path = ${image}|" ~/.config/hypr/hyprpaper.conf
 
     hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r 'sort_by(.id) | .[].name' | while IFS= read -r display; do
+        echo "hyprctl hyprpaper wallpaper $display, $image"
         hyprctl hyprpaper wallpaper "$display, $image"
     done
 fi
@@ -74,9 +84,9 @@ if [ -x "/usr/bin/sddm" ]; then
 else
     cp $image $blurred_wp
 fi
-if [ -x "/usr/bin/sddm" ] && [ -d "/usr/share/backgrounds" ]; then
+# if [ -x "/usr/bin/sddm" ] && [ -d "/usr/share/backgrounds" ]; then
-    sddm_background="/usr/share/backgrounds/background.jpg"
+#     sddm_background="/usr/share/backgrounds/background.jpg"
-    cp "$image" "$sddm_background"
+#     cp "$image" "$sddm_background"
-fi
+# fi
 
 echo "test"

scripts/wallpaper_dir.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Setting wallpaper_dir
+
+WALLPAPER_DIR="${XDG_PICTURES_DIR:-}"
+
+# 2. If empty, use xdg-user-dir (most reliable)
+if [ -z "$WALLPAPER_DIR" ]; then
+    if command -v xdg-user-dir >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        WALLPAPER_DIR="$(xdg-user-dir PICTURES 2>/dev/null)"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# 3. Final fallback (hardcoded default)
+if [ -z "$WALLPAPER_DIR" ] || [ ! -d "$WALLPAPER_DIR" ]; then
+    WALLPAPER_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
+fi
+
+# 4. Your wallpaper subfolder
+WALLPAPER_DIR="$WALLPAPER_DIR/Wallpapers"
+
+echo $WALLPAPER_DIR

states/wallpaperdir/WallpaperState.qml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pragma Singleton
+import QtQuick
+import Quickshell
+
+QtObject {
+    property string wallpaperDir: Quickshell.env("HOME") + "/Pictures/Wallpapers"
+}

states/wallpaperdir/qmldir

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+singleton WallpaperState WallpaperState.qml