dotfiles/.config/rice
Sarthak ddf9321901 control panel: real padding, seat grab, key hints
- GtkBox set_border_width shrinks the widget's own background, so the card was
  inset 30px while its contents sat flush against the card edge. Padding is css
  now: 12px transparent gutter outside, 20px inside. Measured on a virtual
  display rather than guessed.
- the panel grabs the seat on map, like rofi, so it keeps keyboard and pointer
  focus wherever the cursor is; the grab is released on close
- every control shows its key in the bottom-right: n b v d p w for the tiles,
  a c s t for the row beneath, l o z r q for power, m/i to mute, arrows for
  volume

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Cn3dHfbgNYdbZvzb1b3GQt
2026-09-04 08:46:40 +05:30
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particles Sakura Line: retheme the whole desktop from the wallpaper 2026-09-04 00:19:36 +05:30
st Sakura Line: retheme the whole desktop from the wallpaper 2026-09-04 00:19:36 +05:30
install.sh gtk: force the dark variant, autostart particles 2026-09-04 00:33:39 +05:30
packages.txt replace the rofi control centre with a real GTK panel 2026-09-04 01:12:49 +05:30
README.md control panel: real padding, seat grab, key hints 2026-09-04 08:46:40 +05:30

Sakura Line

bspwm rice. Palette sampled from ~/.config/bspwm/wallpaper/wallpaper.jpg.

Replicate on a fresh machine

bash <(curl -fsSL https://git.srtk.in/sarthak/dotfiles/raw/branch/main/.config/rice/install.sh)

Or, if the dotfiles are already cloned:

~/.config/rice/install.sh            # full run
~/.config/rice/install.sh --dry-run  # show what it would do, change nothing

Arch is the first-class target. Debian/Ubuntu and Fedora are best-effort — the desktop, build and theming steps work; the AUR extras are skipped.

The script is safe to re-run. Anything in $HOME that would be overwritten by the dotfiles checkout is moved to ~/.rice-backup-<timestamp>/ first.

What it sets up

WM bspwm + sxhkd
Bar polybar (translucent, rounded)
Compositor picom (rounded corners, vsync)
Launcher rofi, centred, with icons
Notifications dunst
Terminal st, built from st/config.h here (upstream gitignores it)
Wallpaper layer particles, built from particles/ here
Toolkits GTK2/3/4 via gtk.css overrides, Qt via qt6ct

Control centre

super + x, or the gear at the right of the bar, opens one centred GTK panel that drives everything. Press it again to close. It is a real window, so the sliders are live and stepping back between views never redraws the panel:

Network Wi-Fi on/off, rescan, pick a network (password prompt inline)
Bluetooth power on/off, scan, connect/disconnect paired devices
Audio live volume and microphone sliders; click the icon to mute
VPN WireGuard up/down via systemctl wg-quick@…
Notifications do-not-disturb toggle
Clipboard / Screenshot / Bar greenclip, flameshot, hide the bar
Wallpaper / Particles shuffle, toggle the particle layer
Power lock, log out, suspend, reboot, shut down

Escape steps back from a subview; Escape on the main view closes it. The panel grabs the seat like rofi does, so it keeps focus wherever the pointer is.

Panel keys

Each control shows its key in the bottom-right corner.

n network b bluetooth v vpn d do-not-disturb
p particles w wallpaper a audio c clipboard
s screenshot t toggle bar m mute i mute mic
l lock o log out z suspend r reboot
q shut down ←/→ volume Esc back / close

Keybindings

super + Return terminal (st)
super + w app launcher (rofi drun)
super + x control centre
super + v clipboard history
super + b toggle the bar
super + alt + p screenshot (flameshot)
super + q close window
super + f fullscreen
super + space float/tile
super + Escape reload sxhkd

Palette

role hex from
bg #0f0d17 twilight shadow
fg #e9eefb cool white
accent #92b9ea sky
red #cf6a80 blossom
green #8fae74 grass
yellow #d8a87c train stripe
magenta #b483c0 plum blossom
cyan #8ab6c4 station house

Changing the wallpaper does not re-derive these — they are written into each app's config.

Layout

.config/rice/
├── install.sh        one-shot bootstrap
├── packages.txt      package list ("aur:" prefix = needs an AUR helper)
├── st/config.h       st build config
└── particles/        wallpaper-layer particle field (source + Makefile)