From 246b6c44b0357783fe447855a600c5cf2f473dea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Tri=E1=BB=87u=20Kha?= <trieukha.lakapple@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 04:11:06 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(dock): Dock flickering when having cursor floating by the
 side (#1897)

---
 quickshell/Modules/Dock/Dock.qml | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/Modules/Dock/Dock.qml b/quickshell/Modules/Dock/Dock.qml
index 4d37385b..a116fc6e 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modules/Dock/Dock.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modules/Dock/Dock.qml
@@ -447,9 +447,8 @@ Variants {
 
                 height: {
                     if (dock.isVertical) {
-                        if (!dock.reveal)
-                            return Math.min(Math.max(dockBackground.height + 64, 200), screenHeight * 0.5);
-                        return Math.min(dockBackground.height + 8 + dock.borderThickness, maxDockHeight);
+                        // Keep the taller hit area regardless of the reveal state to prevent shrinking loop
+                        return Math.min(Math.max(dockBackground.height + 64, 200), screenHeight * 0.5);
                     }
                     return dock.reveal ? px(dock.effectiveBarHeight + SettingsData.dockSpacing + SettingsData.dockBottomGap + SettingsData.dockMargin) : 1;
                 }
@@ -457,8 +456,7 @@ Variants {
                     if (dock.isVertical) {
                         return dock.reveal ? px(dock.effectiveBarHeight + SettingsData.dockSpacing + SettingsData.dockBottomGap + SettingsData.dockMargin) : 1;
                     }
-                    if (!dock.reveal)
-                        return Math.min(Math.max(dockBackground.width + 64, 200), screenWidth * 0.5);
+                    // Keep the wider hit area regardless of the reveal state to prevent shrinking loop
                     return Math.min(dockBackground.width + 8 + dock.borderThickness, maxDockWidth);
                 }
                 anchors {