From 189b7c84ce79238031a178c6deb254afc39eb91f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Rocha <rochacbruno@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 19:18:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ipc): dash and dankdash commands work without clock
 widget (#2392)

getPreferredBar("clockButtonRef") returns null when the clock widget
is removed from the bar. Fall back to getPreferredBar() (any bar) so
triggerDashTab can still open the popout with default positioning.
---
 quickshell/DMSShellIPC.qml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/DMSShellIPC.qml b/quickshell/DMSShellIPC.qml
index 101a4855..b45fa7d6 100644
--- a/quickshell/DMSShellIPC.qml
+++ b/quickshell/DMSShellIPC.qml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Item {
         }
 
         function open(tab: string): string {
-            const bar = root.getPreferredBar("clockButtonRef");
+            const bar = root.getPreferredBar("clockButtonRef") || root.getPreferredBar();
             if (!bar)
                 return "DASH_OPEN_FAILED";
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Item {
                 return "DASH_TOGGLE_SUCCESS";
             }
 
-            const bar = root.getPreferredBar("clockButtonRef");
+            const bar = root.getPreferredBar("clockButtonRef") || root.getPreferredBar();
             if (bar) {
                 if (!bar.triggerDashTab(resolveTabIndex(tab)))
                     return "DASH_TOGGLE_FAILED";
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ Item {
 
     IpcHandler {
         function wallpaper(): string {
-            const bar = root.getPreferredBar("clockButtonRef");
+            const bar = root.getPreferredBar("clockButtonRef") || root.getPreferredBar();
             if (bar) {
                 bar.triggerWallpaperBrowser();
                 return "SUCCESS: Toggled wallpaper browser";