From e9e5040bf35f489005b28f8c8ca09034e31dd066 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Hughes <ryan@heyoodle.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 04:04:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Refresh idle indicator on bar IPC

---
 shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml                   | 3 +++
 shell/plugins/bar/widgets/idleInhibitor.qml | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml b/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
index 1baaf84e..c6ce3630 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ Item {
   readonly property bool vertical: position === "left" || position === "right"
   readonly property int barSize: vertical ? 28 : 26
 
+  signal indicatorsRefreshRequested()
+
   function normalizePosition(value) {
     var next = String(value || "").trim()
     return /^(top|bottom|left|right)$/.test(next) ? next : "top"
@@ -417,6 +419,7 @@ Item {
   function refreshIndicators() {
     refreshScreenRecording()
     runProcess(notificationSilencingProc)
+    indicatorsRefreshRequested()
   }
 
   function workspaceById(id) {
diff --git a/shell/plugins/bar/widgets/idleInhibitor.qml b/shell/plugins/bar/widgets/idleInhibitor.qml
index 234c0a28..111049c0 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/bar/widgets/idleInhibitor.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/bar/widgets/idleInhibitor.qml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Item {
 
   Component.onCompleted: refresh()
 
+  Connections {
+    target: root.bar
+    ignoreUnknownSignals: true
+    function onIndicatorsRefreshRequested() { root.refresh() }
+  }
+
   Process {
     id: statusProc
     command: ["bash", "-lc", "pgrep -x hypridle >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo running || echo stopped"]