Background: revert to old version which fixed the RAM issue

Overview: only load if niri event-stream emits overview active

Assets/Matugen/Matugen.qml

@@ -9,76 +9,76 @@ import qs.Commons
 //  - Assets/Matugen/templates/
 //  - ~/.config/matugen/ (when enableUserTemplates is true)
 Singleton {
-    id: root
+  id: root
 
-    // Build the base TOML using current settings
-    function buildConfigToml() {
-        var lines = [];
-        lines.push("[config]");
-        var mode = Settings.data.colorSchemes.darkMode ? "dark" : "light";
-        // Always include noctalia colors output for the shell
-        lines.push("[templates.noctalia]");
-        lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/noctalia.json"');
-        lines.push('output_path = "' + Settings.configDir + 'colors.json"');
+  // Build the base TOML using current settings
+  function buildConfigToml() {
+    var lines = []
+    lines.push("[config]")
+    var mode = Settings.data.colorSchemes.darkMode ? "dark" : "light"
+    // Always include noctalia colors output for the shell
+    lines.push("[templates.noctalia]")
+    lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/noctalia.json"')
+    lines.push('output_path = "' + Settings.configDir + 'colors.json"')
 
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.gtk4) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.gtk4]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/gtk4.css"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css"');
-            lines.push("post_hook = 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-" + mode + "'");
-        }
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.gtk3) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.gtk3]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/gtk3.css"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css"');
-            lines.push("post_hook = 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-" + mode + "'");
-        }
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.qt6) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.qt6]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/qtct.conf"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/qt6ct/colors/noctalia.conf"');
-        }
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.qt5) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.qt5]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/qtct.conf"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/qt5ct/colors/noctalia.conf"');
-        }
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.kitty) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.kitty]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/kitty.conf"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/kitty/themes/noctalia.conf"');
-            lines.push("post_hook   = 'kitty +kitten themes --reload-in=all noctalia'");
-        }
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.ghostty) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.ghostty]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/ghostty.conf"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/ghostty/themes/noctalia"');
-            lines.push("post_hook = \"grep -q '^theme *= *' ~/.config/ghostty/config; and sed -i 's/^theme *= *.*/theme = noctalia/' ~/.config/ghostty/config; or echo 'theme = noctalia' >> ~/.config/ghostty/config; and pkill -SIGUSR2 ghostty\"");
-        }
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.foot) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.foot]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/foot.conf"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/foot/themes/noctalia"');
-            lines.push('post_hook = "sed -i /themes/d ~/.config/foot/foot.ini && echo include=~/.config/foot/themes/noctalia >> ~/.config/foot/foot.ini"');
-        }
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.fuzzel) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.fuzzel]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/fuzzel.conf"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/fuzzel/themes/noctalia"');
-            lines.push('post_hook = "sed -i /themes/d ~/.config/fuzzel/fuzzel.ini && echo include=~/.config/fuzzel/themes/noctalia >> ~/.config/fuzzel/fuzzel.ini"');
-        }
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.vesktop) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.vesktop]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/vesktop.css"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/vesktop/themes/noctalia.theme.css"');
-        }
-        if (Settings.data.matugen.pywalfox) {
-            lines.push("\n[templates.pywalfox]");
-            lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/pywalfox.json"');
-            lines.push('output_path = "~/.cache/wal/colors.json"');
-            lines.push('post_hook = "pywalfox update"');
-        }
-
-        return lines.join("\n") + "\n";
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.gtk4) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.gtk4]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/gtk4.css"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css"')
+      lines.push("post_hook = 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-" + mode + "'")
     }
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.gtk3) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.gtk3]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/gtk3.css"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css"')
+      lines.push("post_hook = 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-" + mode + "'")
+    }
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.qt6) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.qt6]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/qtct.conf"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/qt6ct/colors/noctalia.conf"')
+    }
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.qt5) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.qt5]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/qtct.conf"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/qt5ct/colors/noctalia.conf"')
+    }
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.kitty) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.kitty]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/kitty.conf"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/kitty/themes/noctalia.conf"')
+      lines.push("post_hook   = 'kitty +kitten themes --reload-in=all noctalia'")
+    }
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.ghostty) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.ghostty]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/ghostty.conf"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/ghostty/themes/noctalia"')
+      lines.push("post_hook = \"grep -q '^theme *= *' ~/.config/ghostty/config; and sed -i 's/^theme *= *.*/theme = noctalia/' ~/.config/ghostty/config; or echo 'theme = noctalia' >> ~/.config/ghostty/config; and pkill -SIGUSR2 ghostty\"")
+    }
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.foot) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.foot]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/foot.conf"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/foot/themes/noctalia"')
+      lines.push('post_hook = "sed -i /themes/d ~/.config/foot/foot.ini && echo include=~/.config/foot/themes/noctalia >> ~/.config/foot/foot.ini"')
+    }
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.fuzzel) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.fuzzel]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/fuzzel.conf"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/fuzzel/themes/noctalia"')
+      lines.push('post_hook = "sed -i /themes/d ~/.config/fuzzel/fuzzel.ini && echo include=~/.config/fuzzel/themes/noctalia >> ~/.config/fuzzel/fuzzel.ini"')
+    }
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.vesktop) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.vesktop]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/vesktop.css"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/vesktop/themes/noctalia.theme.css"')
+    }
+    if (Settings.data.matugen.pywalfox) {
+      lines.push("\n[templates.pywalfox]")
+      lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/pywalfox.json"')
+      lines.push('output_path = "~/.cache/wal/colors.json"')
+      lines.push('post_hook = "pywalfox update"')
+    }
+
+    return lines.join("\n") + "\n"
+  }
 }

Modules/Background/Background.qml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Variants {
 
     required property ShellScreen modelData
 
-    active: modelData && Settings.data.wallpaper.enabled
+    active: Settings.isLoaded && modelData && Settings.data.wallpaper.enabled
 
     sourceComponent: PanelWindow {
       id: root
@@ -41,10 +41,29 @@ Variants {
       property string futureWallpaper: ""
 
       // Fillmode default is "crop"
-      property real fillMode: WallpaperService.getFillModeUniform()
+      property real fillMode: 1.0
       property vector4d fillColor: Qt.vector4d(Settings.data.wallpaper.fillColor.r, Settings.data.wallpaper.fillColor.g, Settings.data.wallpaper.fillColor.b, 1.0)
 
-      Component.onCompleted: setWallpaperInitial()
+      // On startup, defer assigning wallpaper until the service cache is ready
+      function _startWallpaperOnceReady() {
+        if (!modelData) {
+          Qt.callLater(_startWallpaperOnceReady)
+          return
+        }
+
+        var cacheReady = WallpaperService && WallpaperService.currentWallpapers && Object.keys(WallpaperService.currentWallpapers).length > 0
+        if (!cacheReady) {
+          // Try again on the next tick until WallpaperService.init() populates cache
+          Qt.callLater(_startWallpaperOnceReady)
+          return
+        }
+
+        fillMode = WallpaperService.getFillModeUniform()
+        var path = WallpaperService.getWallpaper(modelData.name)
+        setWallpaperImmediate(path)
+      }
+
+      Component.onCompleted: _startWallpaperOnceReady()
 
       Connections {
         target: Settings.data.wallpaper
@@ -58,6 +77,7 @@ Variants {
         target: WallpaperService
         function onWallpaperChanged(screenName, path) {
           if (screenName === modelData.name) {
+
             // Update wallpaper display
             // Set wallpaper immediately on startup
             futureWallpaper = path
@@ -223,7 +243,9 @@ Variants {
         easing.type: Easing.InOutCubic
         onFinished: {
           // Swap images after transition completes
-          currentWallpaper.source = ""
+          if (currentWallpaper.source !== "") {
+            currentWallpaper.source = ""
+          }
           currentWallpaper.source = nextWallpaper.source
           nextWallpaper.source = ""
           transitionProgress = 0.0
@@ -233,20 +255,12 @@ Variants {
         }
       }
 
-      function setWallpaperInitial() {
-        // On startup, defer assigning wallpaper until the service cache is ready, retries every tick
-        if (!WallpaperService || !WallpaperService.isInitialized) {
-          Qt.callLater(setWallpaperInitial)
-          return
-        }
-
-        setWallpaperImmediate(WallpaperService.getWallpaper(modelData.name))
-      }
-
       function setWallpaperImmediate(source) {
         transitionAnimation.stop()
         transitionProgress = 0.0
-        currentWallpaper.source = ""
+        if (currentWallpaper.source !== "") {
+          currentWallpaper.source = ""
+        }
         currentWallpaper.source = source
         nextWallpaper.source = ""
       }
@@ -260,12 +274,8 @@ Variants {
           // We are interrupting a transition
           transitionAnimation.stop()
           transitionProgress = 0
-
-          const newCurrentSource = nextWallpaper.source
-          currentWallpaper.source = ""
+          currentWallpaper.source = nextWallpaper.source
           nextWallpaper.source = ""
-
-          currentWallpaper.source = newCurrentSource
         }
 
         nextWallpaper.source = source

Modules/Background/Overview.qml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Variants {
   delegate: Loader {
     required property ShellScreen modelData
 
-    active: CompositorService.isNiri && modelData && Settings.data.wallpaper.enabled
+    active: CompositorService.isNiri && CompositorService.niriOverviewActive && modelData && Settings.data.wallpaper.enabled
 
     property string wallpaper: ""
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Variants {
           }
         }
       }
-      
+
       Connections {
         target: WallpaperService
         function onIsInitializedChanged() {

Services/CompositorService.qml

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Singleton {
   property ListModel windows: ListModel {}
   property int focusedWindowIndex: -1
 
+  // Niri-specific properties
+  property bool niriOverviewActive: false
+
   // Generic events
   signal workspaceChanged
   signal activeWindowChanged
@@ -102,10 +105,20 @@ Singleton {
                                                 focusedWindowIndex = backend.focusedWindowIndex
                                               })
 
+    // Niri-specific property bindings
+    if (isNiri && backend.overviewActiveChanged) {
+      backend.overviewActiveChanged.connect(() => {
+                                              niriOverviewActive = backend.overviewActive
+                                            })
+    }
+
     // Initial sync
     syncWorkspaces()
     syncWindows()
     focusedWindowIndex = backend.focusedWindowIndex
+    if (isNiri && backend.overviewActive !== undefined) {
+      niriOverviewActive = backend.overviewActive
+    }
   }
 
   function syncWorkspaces() {

Services/NiriService.qml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Item {
   property ListModel workspaces: ListModel {}
   property var windows: []
   property int focusedWindowIndex: -1
+  property bool overviewActive: false
 
   // Signals that match the facade interface
   signal workspaceChanged
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ Item {
                     handleWindowFocusChanged(event.WindowFocusChanged)
                   } else if (event.WindowLayoutsChanged) {
                     handleWindowLayoutsChanged(event.WindowLayoutsChanged)
+                  } else if (event.OverviewOpenedOrClosed) {
+                    handleOverviewOpenedOrClosed(event.OverviewOpenedOrClosed)
                   }
                 } catch (e) {
                   Logger.error("NiriService", "Error parsing event stream:", e, data)
@@ -318,6 +321,15 @@ Item {
     }
   }
 
+  function handleOverviewOpenedOrClosed(eventData) {
+    try {
+      overviewActive = eventData.is_open
+      Logger.log("NiriService", "Overview opened or closed:", eventData.is_open)
+    } catch (e) {
+      Logger.error("NiriService", "Error handling OverviewOpenedOrClosed:", e)
+    }
+  }
+
   // Public functions
   function switchToWorkspace(workspaceId) {
     try {