From 40a255283083301b9503e1cbb9f0ea7db83e069a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bora Gülerman <49169566+eratoriele@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:26:10 +0300
Subject: launcher: add favorite apps (#946)

* launcher: add favorite apps

Favorite apps always appear above non-favorite apps
Accepts regex, same logic as #920
Added the same regex logic to hidden apps
Added util file may need to be relocated

* addressed requested changes

* fix: Renamed newly added util singleton

Also added a null check to favorite icon loader in AppItem.qml

* controlCenter/launcherPane: added favorite apps

added icons to the app list to indicate if they are favorited/hidden
marking as favorite/hidden is desabled if the other is selected

* favouriteApps: renamed from favorite to favourite

Also disabled favorite/hidden switch for entries added as regex

* appDb: added notify and emit to favoriteApps

* controlCentre/Launcher: Fixed bug with favourite switch not enabling itself when no hiddenApps exist

Added a comment to explain the enabled state of the switches
icon loader is now a single loader rather than two, hidden icon has
priority

* spelling mistakes

* fixed warning

* formatting fixes
---
 plugin/src/Caelestia/appdb.hpp | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

(limited to 'plugin/src/Caelestia/appdb.hpp')

diff --git a/plugin/src/Caelestia/appdb.hpp b/plugin/src/Caelestia/appdb.hpp
index 5f9b960..ce5f270 100644
--- a/plugin/src/Caelestia/appdb.hpp
+++ b/plugin/src/Caelestia/appdb.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <qobject.h>
 #include <qqmlintegration.h>
 #include <qqmllist.h>
+#include <qregularexpression.h>
 #include <qtimer.h>
 
 namespace caelestia {
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ class AppDb : public QObject {
     Q_PROPERTY(QString uuid READ uuid CONSTANT)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString path READ path WRITE setPath NOTIFY pathChanged REQUIRED)
     Q_PROPERTY(QObjectList entries READ entries WRITE setEntries NOTIFY entriesChanged REQUIRED)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QStringList favouriteApps READ favouriteApps WRITE setFavouriteApps NOTIFY favouriteAppsChanged REQUIRED)
     Q_PROPERTY(QQmlListProperty<caelestia::AppEntry> apps READ apps NOTIFY appsChanged)
 
 public:
@@ -79,6 +81,9 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] QObjectList entries() const;
     void setEntries(const QObjectList& entries);
 
+    [[nodiscard]] QStringList favouriteApps() const;
+    void setFavouriteApps(const QStringList& favApps);
+
     [[nodiscard]] QQmlListProperty<AppEntry> apps();
 
     Q_INVOKABLE void incrementFrequency(const QString& id);
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ public:
 signals:
     void pathChanged();
     void entriesChanged();
+    void favouriteAppsChanged();
     void appsChanged();
 
 private:
@@ -94,10 +100,14 @@ private:
     const QString m_uuid;
     QString m_path;
     QObjectList m_entries;
+    QStringList m_favouriteApps;                    // unedited string list from qml
+    QList<QRegularExpression> m_favouriteAppsRegex; // pre-regexified m_favouriteApps list
     QHash<QString, AppEntry*> m_apps;
     mutable QList<AppEntry*> m_sortedApps;
 
+    QString regexifyString(const QString& original) const;
     QList<AppEntry*>& getSortedApps() const;
+    bool isFavourite(const AppEntry* app) const;
     quint32 getFrequency(const QString& id) const;
     void updateAppFrequencies();
     void updateApps();
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