From 56b7ecb008dfb737a735bd257ececc77bd94d76c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:49:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] qs/common: fix path decoding fixes #2802 port 1.5

---
 quickshell/Common/Paths.qml | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/Common/Paths.qml b/quickshell/Common/Paths.qml
index 1e9784761..a0d690b68 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/Paths.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/Paths.qml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import qs.Services
 Singleton {
     id: root
 
+    readonly property var log: Log.scoped("Paths")
+
     readonly property url home: StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.HomeLocation)[0]
     readonly property url pictures: StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.PicturesLocation)[0]
     readonly property url xdgCache: StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.GenericCacheLocation)[0]
@@ -23,7 +25,13 @@ Singleton {
     Component.onCompleted: mkdir(imagecache)
 
     function stringify(path: url): string {
-        return path.toString().replace(/%20/g, " ");
+        const raw = path.toString();
+        try {
+            return decodeURIComponent(raw);
+        } catch (e) {
+            log.warn("failed to decode path:", raw, e);
+            return raw;
+        }
     }
 
     function expandTilde(path: string): string {