spotlight: optimize to keep loaded

quickshell/Common/DankModalWindow.qml

@@ -14,8 +14,31 @@ Singleton {
     property var activeModal: null
     property bool windowsVisible: false
     property var targetScreen: null
+    property var persistentModal: null
+
     readonly property bool hasActiveModal: activeModal !== null
+    readonly property bool hasPersistentModal: persistentModal !== null
+    readonly property bool isPersistentModalActive: hasActiveModal && activeModal === persistentModal
     readonly property bool shouldShowModal: hasActiveModal
+    readonly property bool shouldKeepWindowsAlive: hasPersistentModal
+
+    onPersistentModalChanged: {
+        if (!persistentModal)
+            return;
+        cachedModal = persistentModal;
+        cachedModalWidth = Theme.px(persistentModal.modalWidth, dpr);
+        cachedModalHeight = Theme.px(persistentModal.modalHeight, dpr);
+        cachedModalX = calculateX(persistentModal);
+        cachedModalY = calculateY(persistentModal);
+        cachedAnimationDuration = persistentModal.animationDuration ?? Theme.shortDuration;
+        cachedEnterCurve = persistentModal.animationEnterCurve ?? Theme.expressiveCurves.expressiveFastSpatial;
+        cachedExitCurve = persistentModal.animationExitCurve ?? Theme.expressiveCurves.expressiveFastSpatial;
+        cachedScaleCollapsed = persistentModal.animationScaleCollapsed ?? 0.96;
+        if (persistentModal.directContent) {
+            persistentModal.directContent.parent = directContentWrapper;
+            persistentModal.directContent.anchors.fill = directContentWrapper;
+        }
+    }
     readonly property var screen: backgroundWindow.screen
     readonly property real dpr: screen ? CompositorService.getScreenScale(screen) : 1
     readonly property real shadowBuffer: 5
@@ -161,7 +184,7 @@ Singleton {
 
     PanelWindow {
         id: backgroundWindow
-        visible: root.windowsVisible
+        visible: root.windowsVisible || root.shouldKeepWindowsAlive
         screen: root.targetScreen
         color: "transparent"
 
@@ -223,7 +246,7 @@ Singleton {
 
     PanelWindow {
         id: contentWindow
-        visible: root.windowsVisible
+        visible: root.windowsVisible || root.shouldKeepWindowsAlive
         screen: root.targetScreen
         color: "transparent"
 

quickshell/Modals/Spotlight/SpotlightModal.qml

@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ DankModal {
         target: "spotlight"
     }
 
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        DankModalWindow.persistentModal = spotlightModal;
+    }
+
     SpotlightContent {
         id: spotlightContentInstance