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Cannot delete bar when 2 bars exist and one is an island

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A pull request for this has already been merged.

  • #3943 by @hthienloc — merged

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
66/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start in the bar settings UI and trace the condition that controls whether the delete button is shown when one bar is an island and there are two bars. Reproduce by setting one bar to island mode and adding a second bar; done when the delete button remains available for the second bar regardless of bar mode.

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Description

bug
Compositor

Hyprland

Distribution

Arch Linux

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No response

Select your Installation Method

Source

Was this your original Installation method?

Yes

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dms doctor -vC
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DMS Doctor Report

System

  • [ok] Operating System: Arch Linux
    • ID: arch, Version: rolling, Arch: amd64
  • [ok] Architecture: amd64
  • [ok] Display Server: Wayland
    • WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1

Versions

  • [ok] DMS CLI: dms v2.0.0-45-g6f36e49c6
    • /usr/bin/dms
  • [ok] Quickshell: Quickshell 0.3.2 (revision 2b4501a282689792b62e94f3fb30d8f512324fe6, distributed by AUR (package: quickshell-git))
    • /usr/bin/qs
  • [ok] DMS Shell: v2.0.0
    • /run/user/1000/dms-shell/768e2545fc5476c5

Installation

  • [ok] DMS Configuration: Found
    • /run/user/1000/dms-shell/768e2545fc5476c5
  • [ok] shell.qml: Present
    • /run/user/1000/dms-shell/768e2545fc5476c5/shell.qml
  • [info] Install Type: Unknown
    • /run/user/1000/dms-shell/768e2545fc5476c5

Compositor

  • [ok] Hyprland: 0.56.2
    • /usr/bin/hyprland
  • [ok] niri: 26.04
    • /usr/bin/niri
  • [info] Active: Hyprland
  • [ok] Background Blur: Supported
    • Compositor supports ext-background-effect-v1

Quickshell Features

  • [ok] Polkit: Available
    • Authentication prompts
  • [ok] IdleMonitor: Available
    • Idle detection
  • [ok] IdleInhibitor: Available
    • Prevent idle/sleep
  • [ok] ShortcutInhibitor: Available
    • Allow shortcut management (niri, Aqueous)
  • [ok] BackgroundBlur: Available
    • Background blur API support in Quickshell

Optional Features

  • [ok] accountsservice: Available
    • User accounts
  • [ok] power-profiles-daemon: Available
    • Power profile management
  • [ok] logind: Available
    • Session management
  • [ok] cups-pk-helper: Available
    • Printer management
  • [ok] I2C/DDC: 1 monitor(s) detected
    • External monitor brightness control
  • [ok] qt6-imageformats: Installed (4 formats)
    • Formats: WebP, TIFF, GIF, ICNS (/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats:/usr/lib/qt/plugins/imageformats:/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/imageformats)
  • [ok] kimageformats: Installed (4 formats)
    • Formats: AVIF, HEIF, JXL, EXR (/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats:/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/imageformats)
  • [ok] Terminal: kitty
  • [ok] Network: NetworkManager
    • NetworkManager present. Using NM API.
  • [ok] matugen: Installed
    • Dynamic theming
  • [ok] cava: Installed
    • Audio visualizer
  • [info] khal: Not installed
    • Calendar events
  • [ok] danksearch: Installed
    • File search
  • [ok] dankcalendar: Installed
    • Calendar app
  • [info] fprintd: Not installed
    • Fingerprint auth
  • [ok] adw-gtk3: Installed
    • GTK3 dynamic theming (system copy, applied on next theme apply)

Config Files

  • [ok] settings.json: Present
    • /home/danicatgames/.config/dms/settings.json
  • [ok] clsettings.json: Present
    • /home/danicatgames/.config/dms/clsettings.json
  • [ok] plugin_settings.json: Present
    • /home/danicatgames/.config/dms/plugin_settings.json
  • [ok] session.json: Present
    • /home/danicatgames/.local/state/dms/session.json
  • [ok] dms-colors.json: Present
    • /home/danicatgames/.cache/dms/dms-colors.json

Services

  • [ok] dms.service: enabled, active
  • [ok] greetd: enabled
  • [ok] xdg-desktop-portal: Settings portal reachable

Environment

  • [info] QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME: qt6ct
  • [ok] qt6ct plugin (Qt6): Installed
    • /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/libqt6ct.so
  • [info] QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME_QT6: qt6ct
  • [info] QS_ICON_THEME: Not set
  • [info] XDG_MENU_PREFIX: Not set

Fonts

  • [ok] Normal Font: Noto Sans
    • Available via fontconfig
  • [ok] Monospace Font: JetBrainsMono NF
    • Available via fontconfig
  • [ok] Display Font: Noto Sans
    • Available via fontconfig

Summary: 0 error(s), 0 warning(s), 42 ok

Description

When 2 bars exist, and one of them is an island, there is no delete button to delete one of the bars. The delete button reappears when more than 2 non-island bars exist, or when the non-island bar is toggled to another bar type (frame/island) the delete button also appears and stays even when toggling back to the standard mode.

Expected Behavior

The delete button should always appear regardless of what mode the bars are using.

Steps to Reproduce

Have only one bar set to island mode, then add a second bar. Observe the delete button for the second bar disappearing/reappearing depending on the amount of bars and bar settings.

Error Messages/Logs

No response

Screenshots/Recordings

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9f8743f1-c3f8-431e-8182-f8e4ceb3c1ef

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