cbrst/nixNoctalia
The desktop shell: bar, launcher, notifications, idle handling, and lock screen.
Noctalia is the desktop shell that
runs on top of Niri. The NixOS
desktop module enables it and its
greeter; the Home Manager module in
modules/home/noctalia/
writes its settings and palette.
Theming
configs/config.toml is rendered with the shared monospace font, and
configs/palette.json with both palettes of the active
theme family, so the shell follows the
same light and dark colours as everything else.
Bar
A translucent, rounded, shadowed bar with widgets placed directly rather than in capsules:
- Centre: clock and weather.
- End: an accordion group holding the audio visualiser and media controls, then the system tray, a network toolkit widget, status, Taildrop, notifications, clipboard, volume, and the session menu.
Panels
Mod+Space opens the launcher and Mod+V the clipboard history. The
control panel includes network, status, and Taildrop controls. Media keys drive
Noctalia's volume and media actions, and its on-screen display shows the result.
Idle and lock
After 5 minutes of inactivity the session locks; after 20 minutes it suspends.
The lock screen shows a login box with a Caps Lock warning. libnotify is
installed so applications and scripts can send notifications.
Wallpaper from Nautilus
The Nautilus extension adds "Set as Noctalia Wallpaper" to the context menu of images.
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