From 1cdec5d6877c79ef53e13f7220dc5701a34eb515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:40:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] launcher v2: add visibility guards

---
 quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml            | 7 +++++++
 quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml      | 5 +++++
 quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml | 1 +
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml b/quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml
index b608996a..1077f387 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/AppUsageHistoryData.qml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Singleton {
     id: root
 
     property var appUsageRanking: {}
+    property bool _saving: false
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
         loadSettings();
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ Singleton {
         }
 
         appUsageRanking = currentRanking;
+        _saving = true;
         saveSettings();
+        _saving = false;
     }
 
     function getRankedApps() {
@@ -97,7 +100,9 @@ Singleton {
 
         if (hasChanges) {
             appUsageRanking = currentRanking;
+            _saving = true;
             saveSettings();
+            _saving = false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -109,6 +114,8 @@ Singleton {
         blockWrites: true
         watchChanges: true
         onLoaded: {
+            if (root._saving)
+                return;
             parseSettings(settingsFile.text());
         }
         onLoadFailed: error => {}
diff --git a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml
index 0a266f95..57d16114 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Item {
     property string activePluginId: ""
     property var collapsedSections: ({})
     property bool keyboardNavigationActive: false
+    property bool active: false
     property var _modeSectionsCache: ({})
     property bool _queryDrivenSearch: false
     property bool _diskCacheConsumed: false
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ Item {
     Connections {
         target: AppSearchService
         function onCacheVersionChanged() {
+            if (!active)
+                return;
             _clearModeCache();
             if (!searchQuery && searchMode === "all")
                 performSearch();
@@ -61,6 +64,8 @@ Item {
     Connections {
         target: PluginService
         function onRequestLauncherUpdate(pluginId) {
+            if (!active)
+                return;
             if (activePluginId === pluginId) {
                 if (activePluginCategories.length <= 1)
                     loadPluginCategories(pluginId);
diff --git a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml
index 2fd8d409..1444cbbd 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/LauncherContent.qml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ FocusScope {
 
     Controller {
         id: controller
+        active: root.parentModal?.spotlightOpen ?? true
         viewModeContext: root.viewModeContext
 
         onItemExecuted: {