From 1c42b4f3c8196d516ba08b46970f296f755b1aea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lemmy <studio@quadbyte.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:36:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] bar: added extra mouse areas in the corner that activate the
 closest widget.

---
 Modules/Bar/Bar.qml        | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Services/UI/BarService.qml | 15 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Modules/Bar/Bar.qml b/Modules/Bar/Bar.qml
index 93fab1807..7338bbeec 100644
--- a/Modules/Bar/Bar.qml
+++ b/Modules/Bar/Bar.qml
@@ -27,6 +27,34 @@ Item {
     });
   }
 
+  // Hot corner: trigger click on first widget in a section
+  function triggerFirstWidgetInSection(sectionName: string) {
+    var widgets = BarService.getWidgetsBySection(sectionName, screen?.name);
+    for (var i = 0; i < widgets.length; i++) {
+      var widget = widgets[i];
+      if (widget && widget.visible && widget.widgetId !== "Spacer") {
+        if (typeof widget.clicked === "function") {
+          widget.clicked();
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Hot corner: trigger click on last widget in a section
+  function triggerLastWidgetInSection(sectionName: string) {
+    var widgets = BarService.getWidgetsBySection(sectionName, screen?.name);
+    for (var i = widgets.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      var widget = widgets[i];
+      if (widget && widget.visible && widget.widgetId !== "Spacer") {
+        if (typeof widget.clicked === "function") {
+          widget.clicked();
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // Expose bar region for click-through mask
   readonly property var barRegion: barContentLoader.item?.children[0] || null
 
@@ -220,6 +248,24 @@ Item {
       anchors.fill: parent
       clip: true
 
+      // Top edge hot corner - triggers first widget in left (top) section
+      MouseArea {
+        width: parent.width
+        height: Style.marginM
+        x: 0
+        y: 0
+        onClicked: root.triggerFirstWidgetInSection("left")
+      }
+
+      // Bottom edge hot corner - triggers last widget in right (bottom) section
+      MouseArea {
+        width: parent.width
+        height: Style.marginM
+        x: 0
+        anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
+        onClicked: root.triggerLastWidgetInSection("right")
+      }
+
       // Top section (left widgets)
       ColumnLayout {
         x: Style.pixelAlignCenter(parent.width, width)
@@ -306,6 +352,24 @@ Item {
       anchors.fill: parent
       clip: true
 
+      // Left edge hot corner - triggers first widget in left section
+      MouseArea {
+        width: Style.marginS
+        height: parent.height
+        x: 0
+        y: 0
+        onClicked: root.triggerFirstWidgetInSection("left")
+      }
+
+      // Right edge hot corner - triggers last widget in right section
+      MouseArea {
+        width: Style.marginS
+        height: parent.height
+        anchors.right: parent.right
+        y: 0
+        onClicked: root.triggerLastWidgetInSection("right")
+      }
+
       // Left Section
       RowLayout {
         id: leftSection
diff --git a/Services/UI/BarService.qml b/Services/UI/BarService.qml
index 3da9ab385..dda7cd3fd 100644
--- a/Services/UI/BarService.qml
+++ b/Services/UI/BarService.qml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Singleton {
 
   // Get all widgets in a specific section
   function getWidgetsBySection(section, screenName = null) {
-    var widgets = [];
+    var widgetEntries = [];
 
     for (var key in widgetInstances) {
       var widget = widgetInstances[key];
@@ -159,19 +159,20 @@ Singleton {
         continue;
       if (widget.section === section) {
         if (!screenName || widget.screenName === screenName) {
-          widgets.push(widget.instance);
+          widgetEntries.push(widget);
         }
       }
     }
 
     // Sort by index to maintain order
-    widgets.sort(function (a, b) {
-      var aWidget = getWidgetWithMetadata(a.widgetId, a.screen?.name, a.section);
-      var bWidget = getWidgetWithMetadata(b.widgetId, b.screen?.name, b.section);
-      return (aWidget?.index || 0) - (bWidget?.index || 0);
+    widgetEntries.sort(function (a, b) {
+      return (a.index || 0) - (b.index || 0);
     });
 
-    return widgets;
+    // Return just the instances
+    return widgetEntries.map(function (w) {
+      return w.instance;
+    });
   }
 
   // Get all registered widgets (for debugging)