From c9b38023d5386f54077bc9eb3e04c615e2ae4184 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kangheng Liu <72962885+kanghengliu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:23:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(desktop): expose accept keyboard focus to desktop
 widgets (#2285)

Opt in by setting acceptsKeyboardFocus: true
---
 quickshell/Modules/Plugins/DesktopPluginWrapper.qml | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/Modules/Plugins/DesktopPluginWrapper.qml b/quickshell/Modules/Plugins/DesktopPluginWrapper.qml
index c7a5c766..c9f05249 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modules/Plugins/DesktopPluginWrapper.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modules/Plugins/DesktopPluginWrapper.qml
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ Item {
     property real minWidth: contentLoader.item?.minWidth ?? 100
     property real minHeight: contentLoader.item?.minHeight ?? 100
     property bool forceSquare: contentLoader.item?.forceSquare ?? false
+    property bool acceptsKeyboardFocus: contentLoader.item?.acceptsKeyboardFocus ?? false
     property bool isInteracting: dragArea.pressed || resizeArea.pressed
 
     property var _gridSettingsTrigger: SettingsData.desktopWidgetGridSettings
@@ -299,11 +300,14 @@ Item {
         }
         WlrLayershell.exclusionMode: ExclusionMode.Ignore
         WlrLayershell.keyboardFocus: {
-            if (!root.isInteracting)
-                return WlrKeyboardFocus.None;
-            if (CompositorService.useHyprlandFocusGrab)
+            if (root.isInteracting) {
+                if (CompositorService.useHyprlandFocusGrab)
+                    return WlrKeyboardFocus.OnDemand;
+                return WlrKeyboardFocus.Exclusive;
+            }
+            if (root.acceptsKeyboardFocus)
                 return WlrKeyboardFocus.OnDemand;
-            return WlrKeyboardFocus.Exclusive;
+            return WlrKeyboardFocus.None;
         }
 
         HyprlandFocusGrab {