From 190fd662ad60ada30d32496a7d15a6937835489b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Erdely <merdely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:07:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Implement more intuitive keybinds for Launcher (#2002)

With programs like rofi, pressing the tab key advances to the next item
in the list. This change makes the Launcher behave in the same way,
moving the action cycling to Ctrl+Tab (and Ctrl+Shift+Tab for reverse.
---
 quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/ActionPanel.qml   |  7 +++++--
 .../Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml      | 14 ++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/ActionPanel.qml b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/ActionPanel.qml
index c028252c..31ada32a 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/ActionPanel.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/ActionPanel.qml
@@ -207,9 +207,12 @@ Rectangle {
         selectedActionIndex = 0;
     }
 
-    function cycleAction() {
+    function cycleAction(reverse = false) {
         if (actions.length > 0) {
-            selectedActionIndex = (selectedActionIndex + 1) % actions.length;
+            if (! reverse)
+                selectedActionIndex = (selectedActionIndex + 1) % actions.length;
+            else
+                selectedActionIndex = (selectedActionIndex - 1) % actions.length;
             ensureSelectedVisible();
         }
     }
diff --git a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml
index 799c209c..d9213094 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml
@@ -200,13 +200,19 @@ FocusScope {
             event.accepted = false;
             return;
         case Qt.Key_Tab:
-            if (actionPanel.hasActions) {
+            if (hasCtrl && actionPanel.hasActions) {
                 actionPanel.expanded ? actionPanel.cycleAction() : actionPanel.show();
+                return;
             }
+            controller.selectNext();
             return;
         case Qt.Key_Backtab:
-            if (actionPanel.expanded)
-                actionPanel.hide();
+            if (hasCtrl && actionPanel.expanded) {
+                const reverse = true
+                actionPanel.expanded ? actionPanel.cycleAction(reverse) : actionPanel.show();
+                return;
+            }
+            controller.selectPrevious();
             return;
         case Qt.Key_Return:
         case Qt.Key_Enter:
@@ -388,7 +394,7 @@ FocusScope {
 
                 StyledText {
                     anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                    text: "Tab " + I18n.tr("actions")
+                    text: "Ctrl-Tab " + I18n.tr("actions")
                     font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeSmall - 1
                     color: Theme.surfaceVariantText
                     visible: actionPanel.hasActions