Port fixes from wl-pick

Cargo.toml

@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 name = "wl-tab"
 version = "0.4.0"
 edition = "2024"
-description = "An alt-tab window switcher for sway: live window previews in a single row"
+description = "An simple alt-tab window switcher for sway"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://git.krzak.org/N0VA/wl-tab"
-readme = "README.md"
+readme = "README.adoc"
 keywords = ["wayland", "sway", "wlroots", "alt-tab", "switcher"]
 categories = ["command-line-utilities", "os::unix-apis"]
-# The floor is cosmic-text, which needs 1.89; let-chains here need 1.88.
 rust-version = "1.89"
 
 [dependencies]

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2026 Milad Alizadeh
+Copyright (c) 2026      N0\A
+Copyright (c) 2026-2026 Milad Alizadeh
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

README.adoc

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+= wl-tab
+A simple alt-tab switcher for sway
+
+Originally forked from https://github.com/mil-ad/wl-pick[wl-pick]

src/app.rs

@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ pub struct App {
 }
 
 /// Counters worth reporting with --verbose. Live capture is easy to get subtly
-/// wrong — a starved buffer pool or a clock that never ticks both look like
-/// "nothing updates" — so the numbers that distinguish those stay available.
+/// wrong - a starved buffer pool or a clock that never ticks both look like
+/// "nothing updates" - so the numbers that distinguish those stay available.
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Stats {
     /// Frame callbacks received, i.e. how often the live clock fired.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl Ending {
             Ending::Picked => "picked",
             Ending::Cancelled => "cancelled",
             Ending::Closed => "the compositor closed the overlay",
-            Ending::Unfocused => "lost the keyboard to another surface",
+            Ending::Unfocused => "another surface holds the keyboard",
         }
     }
 }
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ impl App {
             eprintln!("  [{i}] {}{mark}", t.target.tsv());
         }
         eprintln!(
-            "wl-pick: {} tile(s), {} captured; grid {}x{}, surface {}x{} logical \
+            "wl-tab: {} tile(s), {} captured; grid {}x{}, surface {}x{} logical \
              at scale {}, {} MB of capture buffers, labels in {:?}",
             self.tiles.len(),
             self.tiles.iter().filter(|t| t.ready).count(),
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ impl App {
         );
         if self.layout.scrollable() {
             eprintln!(
-                "wl-pick: {} of {} rows fit; the rest scroll",
+                "wl-tab: {} of {} rows fit; the rest scroll",
                 self.layout.visible_rows, self.layout.rows
             );
         }
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ impl App {
         let frames: u32 = self.tiles.iter().map(|t| t.frames).sum();
         let secs = open_for.as_secs_f64();
         eprintln!(
-            "wl-pick: {}, {frames} frame(s) over {secs:.1}s = {:.1}/s, {} tick(s), \
+            "wl-tab: {}, {frames} frame(s) over {secs:.1}s = {:.1}/s, {} tick(s), \
              {} starved; per tile: {}",
             self.ending.as_str(),
             frames as f64 / secs,
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ impl App {
             .map(|t| t.target.title.as_str())
             .collect();
         eprintln!(
-            "wl-pick: no frame for {} of {} tiles ({}); \
+            "wl-tab: no frame for {} of {} tiles ({}); \
              another capture client may hold these sources",
             stuck.len(),
             self.tiles.len(),

src/capture.rs

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ use crate::app::App;
 use crate::shm;
 use crate::target::Kind;
 
-/// One capture buffer. `busy` means the compositor still holds it — either it is
-/// on screen or a capture is writing into it — so we must not scribble over it.
+/// One capture buffer. `busy` means the compositor still holds it - either it is
+/// on screen or a capture is writing into it - so we must not scribble over it.
 pub struct Slot {
     pub(crate) buffer: WlBuffer,
     pub(crate) busy: bool,
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl App {
         self.stats.pool_bytes = total;
         // Note: no mmap. The compositor writes these pages and samples them
         // again for display; mapping them here would only cost us the faults.
-        let file = shm::memfd("wl-pick-capture", total)?;
+        let file = shm::memfd("wl-tab-capture", total)?;
         let pool = self.shm.create_pool(file.as_fd(), total as i32, qh, ());
         for (i, slot_offsets) in offsets.iter().enumerate() {
             let (w, h, format) = {
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ impl App {
                 continue;
             }
             // Nor is there any point refreshing a tile that is scrolled out of
-            // sight — that is a readback for pixels nobody sees.
+            // sight - that is a readback for pixels nobody sees.
             if self.layout.tile(i as i32, self.scroll).is_none() {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ impl Dispatch<ExtImageCopyCaptureFrameV1, usize> for App {
                 // frame yet leaves the tile without a thumbnail.
                 if tile.frames == 0 {
                     eprintln!(
-                        "wl-pick: capture failed for {:?} ({reason:?})",
+                        "wl-tab: capture failed for {:?} ({reason:?})",
                         tile.target.title
                     );
                 }
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ impl Dispatch<ExtImageCopyCaptureFrameV1, usize> for App {
 /// Release is the whole contract: with wl_shm the compositor copies the pixels
 /// out at commit and hands the buffer straight back, so the slot currently on
 /// screen is usually free too. (Waiting for it to stop being the displayed slot
-/// instead would deadlock — that release never comes twice.)
+/// instead would deadlock - that release never comes twice.)
 impl Dispatch<WlBuffer, (usize, usize)> for App {
     fn event(
         app: &mut Self,

src/cli.rs

@@ -10,32 +10,24 @@ use crate::target::Format;
 use crate::theme::Theme;
 
 const HELP: &str = "\
-wl-pick — a live grid of window and display previews, for picking one
+wl-tab - a simple alt-tab switcher for sway
 
-usage: wl-pick [options]
+usage: wl-tab [options]
 
-  --config PATH             config file [~/.config/wl-pick/config]
+  --config PATH             config file [~/.config/wl-tab/config]
   --format tsv|json|portal  how to report the pick [tsv]
-  --live all|current|none   which tiles keep updating live [all]
-                            (displays are always a single snapshot)
   --fps N                   cap on live updates per tile per second [12]
-  --outputs, --no-outputs   include whole displays as tiles [no]
   --labels, --no-labels     a label under each thumbnail [yes]
   --order mru|tree          window ordering: mru or layout tree [mru]
-  --focus, --no-focus       focus the picked target in sway directly [no]
-  --font FAMILY             label font family [the system monospace font]
+  --focus, --no-focus       focus the picked target directly [no]
+  --font NAME               label font family, optionally with a style, as
+                            in 'FiraCode Mono' [system monospace]
   --font-size PX            label size in logical px [13.3]
   --timeout SECS            exit anyway after SECS, in case the keyboard
                             grab ever traps you [off]
   -v, --verbose             phase timings, tile list and capture stats
   -h, --help                this
 
-keys:  arrows, hjkl or Tab/Shift+Tab move; PgUp/PgDn and Home/End jump;
-       Enter picks; Escape or q cancels; in Alt+Tab mode, releasing
-       the modifier (Alt/Super) picks the selection.
-mouse: click a tile to pick it, scroll to move. Hovering does not move the
-       selection, and a click outside a tile does nothing.
-
 The pick goes to stdout and nothing does if you cancel, so exit status is
 0 for a pick and 1 for a cancel. Acting on it is the caller's job.
 
@@ -46,20 +38,17 @@ config:
   percentage of the display the grid appears on, so one file suits monitors
   of different sizes.
 
-    background     = #282828      # the grid's backdrop
-    foreground     = #ebdbb2      # label text
-    selection      = #d79921      # the highlighted tile
-    selection-text = #282828      # its label
-    border         = #d79921
+     background     = #222222      # the grid's backdrop
+     foreground     = #888888      # label text
+     selection      = #285577      # the highlighted tile
+     selection-text = #ffffff      # its label
+     border         = #4c7899
      border-width   = 2px
 
     max-width      = 90ppt        # the box the grid may fill
     max-height     = 90ppt
-    max-columns    = 4            # thumbnails are the box divided by these,
-    max-rows       = 4            # so their size never depends on how many
-                                  # windows are open; further rows scroll
 
-    font           = monospace    # also --font
+    font           = monospace    # a family, optionally with a style
     font-size      = 13.3
     labels         = yes
     outputs        = no           # include whole displays as tiles
@@ -90,18 +79,7 @@ formats:
 
             [screencast]
             chooser_type=simple
-            chooser_cmd=wl-pick --format portal
-
-focusing on sway:
-
-  wl-pick --focus   or:
-
-  IFS=$'\\t' read -r type id toplevel app title < <(wl-pick) &&
-    case $type in
-      window) swaymsg \"[con_id=$id] focus\" ;;
-      output) swaymsg \"focus output $id\" ;;
-    esac
-";
+            chooser_cmd=wl-tab --format portal";
 
 /// What the command line asked for. Every setting is optional so the config file
 /// can fill the gaps: a flag beats the file, the file beats the default.
@@ -140,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn arm_timeout(timeout: Option<Duration>) {
     if let Some(d) = timeout {
         std::thread::spawn(move || {
             std::thread::sleep(d);
-            eprintln!("wl-pick: timeout");
+            eprintln!("wl-tab: timeout");
             std::process::exit(2);
         });
     }
@@ -241,7 +219,7 @@ fn parse(it: impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> Result<Args, String> {
                 let v = it.next().ok_or("--fps needs a number")?;
                 args.fps = Some(v.parse().map_err(|_| format!("bad --fps: {v}"))?);
             }
-            "--font" => args.font = Some(it.next().ok_or("--font needs a family name")?),
+            "--font" => args.font = Some(it.next().ok_or("--font needs a font name")?),
             "--font-size" => {
                 let v = it.next().ok_or("--font-size needs px")?;
                 args.font_size = Some(v.parse().map_err(|_| format!("bad --font-size: {v}"))?);
@@ -316,10 +294,19 @@ mod tests {
         // With no flag the file decides, and with no file either, the default (outputs: false).
         assert!(!args(&[]).resolve(&file(false), &display()).outputs);
         assert!(!args(&[]).resolve(&Config::default(), &display()).outputs);
-        assert!(args(&["--outputs"]).resolve(&Config::default(), &display()).outputs);
-        assert_eq!(args(&[]).resolve(&Config::default(), &display()).order, Order::Mru);
+        assert!(
+            args(&["--outputs"])
+                .resolve(&Config::default(), &display())
+                .outputs
+        );
         assert_eq!(
-            args(&["--order", "tree"]).resolve(&Config::default(), &display()).order,
+            args(&[]).resolve(&Config::default(), &display()).order,
+            Order::Mru
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            args(&["--order", "tree"])
+                .resolve(&Config::default(), &display())
+                .order,
             Order::Tree
         );
     }

src/config.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-//! The config file: `~/.config/wl-pick/config`.
+//! The config file: `~/.config/wl-tab/config`.
 //!
-//! Flat `key = value` lines with `#` comments — no sections, no nesting, so a
+//! Flat `key = value` lines with `#` comments - no sections, no nesting, so a
 //! TOML parser would be a dependency bought for nothing. Every setting is
 //! optional; anything absent keeps its default, and a command-line flag beats
 //! the file.
 //!
 //! Sizes take sway's syntax: `600px` is absolute, `70ppt` is 70 percent of the
 //! display the grid appears on. That matters on a multi-monitor setup, where a
-//! pixel size that suits one screen is wrong on the next — percentages are
+//! pixel size that suits one screen is wrong on the next - percentages are
 //! resolved against whichever display the overlay actually maps on, each time
 //! it runs.
 
@@ -186,13 +186,13 @@ fn number<T: std::str::FromStr>(s: &str) -> Result<T, String> {
         .map_err(|_| format!("{s:?} is not a number"))
 }
 
-/// `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wl-pick/config`, or `~/.config/wl-pick/config`.
+/// `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wl-tab/config`, or `~/.config/wl-tab/config`.
 fn default_path() -> PathBuf {
     let dir = std::env::var_os("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
         .map(PathBuf::from)
         .or_else(|| std::env::var_os("HOME").map(|h| PathBuf::from(h).join(".config")))
         .unwrap_or_default();
-    dir.join("wl-pick").join("config")
+    dir.join("wl-tab").join("config")
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ order = mru
 
     #[test]
     fn a_missing_file_is_not_an_error() {
-        let missing = Path::new("/nonexistent/wl-pick/config");
+        let missing = Path::new("/nonexistent/wl-tab/config");
         assert!(
             Config::load(Some(missing)).is_err(),
             "named file must exist"

src/main.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! wl-pick shows a live grid of every window and display as a layer-shell
+//! wl-tab shows a live grid of every window and display as a layer-shell
 //! overlay and reports which one you picked. That is all it does: acting on the
 //! choice belongs to whatever called it.
 //!
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 //! is no thumbnail encoding, no scaler, and no full-resolution image in our
 //! address space.
 //!
-//! - `cli` — flags and help
-//! - `sway` — the window list, over sway's IPC socket
-//! - `target` — what a tile stands for, and how a pick is reported
-//! - `app` — the Wayland client state everything dispatches into
-//! - `capture` — capture sessions and their buffers
-//! - `overlay` — the layer surface, the drawing, the keyboard
-//! - `theme`, `text`, `shm` — look, labels, and shared memory
+//! - `cli` - flags and help
+//! - `sway` - the window list, over sway's IPC socket
+//! - `target` - what a tile stands for, and how a pick is reported
+//! - `app` - the Wayland client state everything dispatches into
+//! - `capture` - capture sessions and their buffers
+//! - `overlay` - the layer surface, the drawing, the keyboard
+//! - `theme`, `text`, `shm` - look, labels, and shared memory
 
 // `slice::as_chunks` and friends, which clippy suggests in place of
 // `chunks_exact`, are newer than the toolchain this crate says it supports.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
     match run() {
         Ok(code) => code,
         Err(e) => {
-            eprintln!("wl-pick: {e}");
+            eprintln!("wl-tab: {e}");
             ExitCode::FAILURE
         }
     }
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<ExitCode, Box<dyn Error>> {
     phases.mark("mapped");
 
     // The keyboard grab is what makes the overlay usable, so losing it for
-    // good ends the run: that is how a second wl-pick, started from the same
+    // good ends the run: that is how a second wl-tab, started from the same
     // keybinding, replaces the first instead of leaving it stranded on screen.
     // A leave only counts once it has failed to come back, because sway also
     // cycles focus off and on in a single batch as the pointer crosses us.
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<ExitCode, Box<dyn Error>> {
         // Only the portal format can fail to name something: it identifies a
         // window by its foreign-toplevel identifier, and this one has none.
         None => {
-            eprintln!("wl-pick: {:?} has no toplevel identifier", target.title);
+            eprintln!("wl-tab: {:?} has no toplevel identifier", target.title);
             return Ok(ExitCode::FAILURE);
         }
     }
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<ExitCode, Box<dyn Error>> {
 /// Every wait before the overlay is interactive is bounded, because a
 /// compositor is entitled to simply never answer. sway does exactly that for a
 /// capture request on a toplevel another client is already capturing: no frame,
-/// no `failed`, no `stopped`, just silence — and an unbounded wait on that is a
+/// no `failed`, no `stopped`, just silence - and an unbounded wait on that is a
 /// picker with no window that has to be killed from another terminal.
 fn pump_for(
     conn: &Connection,

src/overlay.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //!
 //! Scaling is the compositor's job. A tile attaches its capture buffer directly
 //! and wp_viewporter names the rectangle to fit it into, so nothing here touches
-//! a pixel of window content — only the background, selection and labels.
+//! a pixel of window content - only the background, selection and labels.
 
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::os::fd::AsFd;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impl App {
             &surface,
             output,
             Layer::Overlay,
-            "wl-pick".to_string(),
+            "wl-tab".to_string(),
             qh,
             (),
         );
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ impl App {
 
         let (pw, ph) = (lw * self.scale, lh * self.scale);
         let len = shm::Chrome::slot_len(pw, ph) * shm::Chrome::SLOTS;
-        let file = shm::memfd("wl-pick-chrome", len)?;
+        let file = shm::memfd("wl-tab-chrome", len)?;
         let pool = self.shm.create_pool(file.as_fd(), len as i32, qh, ());
         for slot in 0..shm::Chrome::SLOTS {
             self.chrome_buffers.push(pool.create_buffer(
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl App {
     /// Put every visible tile where the viewport says, and unmap the rest.
     ///
     /// Runs again after each scroll, so a tile scrolled off screen gets a null
-    /// buffer — the way to hide a subsurface — rather than being left behind.
+    /// buffer - the way to hide a subsurface - rather than being left behind.
     /// Scaling stays the compositor's job: the capture buffer is attached as it
     /// is, and wp_viewporter names the rectangle to fit it into.
     pub fn sync_tiles(&mut self, qh: &QueueHandle<Self>) {
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ impl App {
                 let surface = self.compositor.create_surface(qh, ());
                 let subsurface = self.subcompositor.get_subsurface(&surface, &parent, qh, ());
                 let viewport = self.viewporter.get_viewport(&surface, qh, ());
-                // Tiles change independently of the chrome — a live frame
-                // arrives whenever its window does — so they must not wait on a
+                // Tiles change independently of the chrome - a live frame
+                // arrives whenever its window does - so they must not wait on a
                 // parent commit.
                 subsurface.set_desync();
                 // The capture protocol reports the transform the compositor
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ impl App {
         let (cw, ch) = (chrome.w, chrome.h);
         let mut p = chrome.painter();
         p.fill(bg);
-        // The selection fills the whole element box, padding included — the same
+        // The selection fills the whole element box, padding included - the same
         // thing rofi's element background does. It can be scrolled out of sight.
         if let Some(elem) = elem {
             p.rect(elem, sel_bg);
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ impl App {
     }
 
     /// The tile under the pointer, if it is over one. A tile's own subsurface
-    /// answers directly; over the parent surface — padding, labels, gaps — the
+    /// answers directly; over the parent surface - padding, labels, gaps - the
     /// layout is asked instead.
     fn tile_at_pointer(&self) -> Option<usize> {
         let hover = self.hover.as_ref()?;
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ impl App {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Press and release on the same tile picks it. Anywhere else — the margin,
-    /// a gap, an empty cell of the last row — does nothing at all.
+    /// Press and release on the same tile picks it. Anywhere else - the margin,
+    /// a gap, an empty cell of the last row - does nothing at all.
     fn click(&mut self, pressed: bool) {
         if pressed {
             self.pressed = self.tile_at_pointer();
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ impl Dispatch<WlKeyboard, ()> for App {
             wl_keyboard::Event::Enter { keys, .. } => app.keyboard_enter(keys, qh),
             wl_keyboard::Event::Leave { .. } => {
                 app.focused = false;
-                // Clear any held repeat — we no longer have the keyboard.
+                // Clear any held repeat - we no longer have the keyboard.
                 app.repeat_key = None;
                 app.repeat_next = None;
             }
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ impl Dispatch<WlKeyboard, ()> for App {
     }
 }
 
-/// Hovering does not move the selection — that belongs to the keyboard — so the
+/// Hovering does not move the selection - that belongs to the keyboard - so the
 /// pointer only tracks where it is and what it clicked. Scrolling is a
 /// deliberate gesture, so that does move the selection.
 impl Dispatch<WlPointer, ()> for App {

src/shm.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //!
 //! Capture buffers deliberately never get mapped into this process. The
 //! compositor writes the window pixels and then samples them again for display,
-//! so we only need the fd — mapping them would fault ~7 MB per window into our
+//! so we only need the fd - mapping them would fault ~7 MB per window into our
 //! address space for nothing.
 
 use std::fs::File;

src/sway.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! Wayland side only supplies pixels. The join between the two is
 //! `foreign_toplevel_identifier`, which sway reports per view.
 //!
-//! Acting on the choice is deliberately not here: wl-pick reports what was picked
+//! Acting on the choice is deliberately not here: wl-tab reports what was picked
 //! and the caller decides what that means.
 
 use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub fn connect() -> Result<Connection, String> {
     let live = live_sockets();
     let [path] = live.as_slice() else {
         return Err(if live.is_empty() {
-            "cannot reach sway; wl-pick reads the window list from its IPC \
+            "cannot reach sway; wl-tab reads the window list from its IPC \
              socket, and no running sway has one"
                 .to_string()
         } else {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ fn history_path() -> PathBuf {
     std::env::var_os("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
         .map(PathBuf::from)
         .unwrap_or_else(std::env::temp_dir)
-        .join("wl-pick-history")
+        .join("wl-tab-history")
 }
 
 pub fn record_focus(con_id: i64) {
@@ -186,11 +186,7 @@ pub fn windows(conn: &mut Connection, order: Order) -> Result<Vec<Target>, swayi
                     return (1, idx, 0);
                 }
             }
-            if t.visible {
-                (2, 0, 0)
-            } else {
-                (3, 0, 0)
-            }
+            if t.visible { (2, 0, 0) } else { (3, 0, 0) }
         });
     }
     Ok(out)
@@ -228,7 +224,7 @@ fn collect_tree(node: &Node, out: &mut Vec<Target>) {
 /// One active display: what the overlay needs to size itself against.
 ///
 /// The overlay maps on the focused display, so percentages and the buffer scale
-/// are resolved against *that* one — on a mixed-DPI, mixed-size setup the
+/// are resolved against *that* one - on a mixed-DPI, mixed-size setup the
 /// numbers differ per monitor, and taking the largest of everything would be
 /// wrong on all but one.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]

src/target.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! What a tile stands for: a window, or a whole display.
 //!
-//! Both are capture sources as far as the protocol is concerned — one from a
-//! foreign-toplevel handle, one from a `wl_output` — so the grid treats them
+//! Both are capture sources as far as the protocol is concerned - one from a
+//! foreign-toplevel handle, one from a `wl_output` - so the grid treats them
 //! alike and only differs in how it labels them and what picking one does.
 
 use std::fmt;
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ impl Target {
     /// `IFS=$'\t' read -r type id toplevel app title`.
     ///
     /// Both identifiers are there because both get used: sway scripting acts on
-    /// the con_id (`[con_id=N] focus`), while tools that capture a window —
-    /// grim -T, the desktop portal — want the foreign-toplevel identifier.
+    /// the con_id (`[con_id=N] focus`), while tools that capture a window -
+    /// grim -T, the desktop portal - want the foreign-toplevel identifier.
     pub fn tsv(&self) -> String {
         format!(
             "{}\t{}\t{}\t{}\t{}",
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ impl Target {
 
     /// What xdg-desktop-portal-wlr's `simple` chooser accepts: `Monitor: NAME`
     /// or `Window: <foreign-toplevel identifier>`. A window the compositor never
-    /// gave an identifier for cannot be named this way, hence the Option — and
+    /// gave an identifier for cannot be named this way, hence the Option - and
     /// an empty stdout is exactly how that chooser says "declined".
     pub fn portal(&self) -> Option<String> {
         match self.kind {

src/text.rs

@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 //! Labels.
 //!
-//! Building a font system and rasterising the first glyphs costs ~55ms, which is
-//! almost exactly the window the compositor spends copying window pixels back
-//! for us. So all of it happens on a worker thread started before the captures
+//! Building a font system and rasterising the first glyphs costs ~55ms, about
+//! what the compositor spends copying window pixels back for a handful of
+//! windows. So all of it happens on a worker thread started before the captures
 //! and joined after them: by the time anything is drawn, every label is shaped
 //! and its glyphs are already in the cache, and painting one costs ~0.1ms.
 //!
-//! Sizes here are physical pixels — the caller scales logical units first,
+//! Sizes here are physical pixels - the caller scales logical units first,
 //! because the chrome buffer it paints into is physical too.
 
 use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 
 use cosmic_text::{
-    Align, Attrs, Buffer, Color, Family, FontSystem, Metrics, Shaping, SwashCache, Wrap, fontdb,
+    Align, Attrs, Buffer, Color, Family, FontSystem, Metrics, Shaping, Stretch, SwashCache, Weight,
+    Wrap, fontdb,
 };
 
 use crate::shm::Painter;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ const MONO_CANDIDATES: &[&str] = &[
 
 /// Load the smallest font database that can render `family`.
 ///
-/// `FontSystem::new()` scans every system font, which costs ~37ms — most of the
+/// `FontSystem::new()` scans every system font, which costs ~37ms - most of the
 /// startup budget. A user's own font directories are tiny by comparison, so try
 /// those first and only pay for the full scan when the family really isn't there
 /// (which is also what makes an unknown family fall back gracefully). The
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ fn font_db(family: &str) -> FontSystem {
             db.load_fonts_dir(format!("{home}/.fonts"));
             db.load_fonts_dir(format!("{home}/.local/share/fonts"));
         }
-        if has_family(&db, family) {
+        if interpret(&db, family).is_some() {
             // The locale only orders CJK fallbacks; labels are ids and titles.
             return FontSystem::new_with_locale_and_db("en-US".to_string(), db);
         }
@@ -79,31 +80,178 @@ fn is_generic(family: &str) -> bool {
     family.eq_ignore_ascii_case(SYSTEM_MONO)
 }
 
-fn has_family(db: &fontdb::Database, family: &str) -> bool {
+fn family_named(db: &fontdb::Database, want: &str) -> Option<String> {
     db.faces()
-        .any(|f| f.families.iter().any(|(name, _)| name == family))
+        .flat_map(|face| face.families.iter())
+        .find(|(name, _)| name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(want))
+        .map(|(name, _)| name.clone())
 }
 
-/// Turn the generic default into a real family name.
+/// A resolved family and the face style requested within it.
 ///
 /// cosmic-text's own generic resolves through fontdb's built-in preference
-/// ("FreeMono"), which is usually absent and then lands on an arbitrary face — so
-/// ask fontconfig instead, since that is what the rest of the desktop uses. A
-/// named family passes through untouched; if it turns out to be missing,
-/// cosmic-text falls back on its own.
-fn resolve_family(db: &fontdb::Database, family: &str) -> String {
-    if !is_generic(family) {
-        return family.to_string();
+/// ("FreeMono"), which is usually absent and then lands on an arbitrary face - so
+/// ask fontconfig instead, since that is what the rest of the desktop uses.
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+struct Choice {
+    family: String,
+    weight: Weight,
+    stretch: Stretch,
+}
+
+impl Choice {
+    fn plain(family: &str) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            family: family.to_string(),
+            weight: Weight::NORMAL,
+            stretch: Stretch::Normal,
         }
+    }
+
+    fn attrs(&self) -> Attrs<'_> {
+        Attrs::new()
+            .family(Family::Name(&self.family))
+            .weight(self.weight)
+            .stretch(self.stretch)
+    }
+
+    fn name(&self) -> String {
+        let mut parts = vec![self.family.as_str()];
+        if self.weight != Weight::NORMAL {
+            parts.extend(spelling(WEIGHTS, self.weight));
+        }
+        if self.stretch != Stretch::Normal {
+            parts.extend(spelling(WIDTHS, self.stretch));
+        }
+        parts.join(" ")
+    }
+}
+
+fn interpret(db: &fontdb::Database, request: &str) -> Option<Choice> {
+    split_request(request, |name| family_named(db, name))
+}
+
+fn split_request(request: &str, lookup: impl Fn(&str) -> Option<String>) -> Option<Choice> {
+    let words: Vec<&str> = request.split_whitespace().collect();
+    for split in (1..=words.len()).rev() {
+        let Some(family) = lookup(&words[..split].join(" ")) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let mut choice = Choice::plain(&family);
+        if read_style(&words[split..], &mut choice) {
+            return Some(choice);
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+fn read_style(words: &[&str], choice: &mut Choice) -> bool {
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < words.len() {
+        let pair = words.get(i..i + 2).map(|two| two.concat());
+        if pair
+            .as_deref()
+            .is_some_and(|pair| apply_style(pair, choice))
+        {
+            i += 2;
+        } else if apply_style(words[i], choice) {
+            i += 1;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    true
+}
+
+fn apply_style(word: &str, choice: &mut Choice) -> bool {
+    if let Some(weight) = lookup(WEIGHTS, word) {
+        choice.weight = weight;
+    } else if let Some(stretch) = lookup(WIDTHS, word) {
+        choice.stretch = stretch;
+    } else {
+        return false;
+    }
+    true
+}
+
+fn normalise(word: &str) -> String {
+    word.chars()
+        .filter(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric())
+        .map(|c| c.to_ascii_lowercase())
+        .collect()
+}
+
+const WEIGHTS: &[(&str, Weight)] = &[
+    ("Thin", Weight::THIN),
+    ("Hairline", Weight::THIN),
+    ("ExtraLight", Weight::EXTRA_LIGHT),
+    ("UltraLight", Weight::EXTRA_LIGHT),
+    ("Light", Weight::LIGHT),
+    ("Regular", Weight::NORMAL),
+    ("Normal", Weight::NORMAL),
+    ("Book", Weight::NORMAL),
+    ("Medium", Weight::MEDIUM),
+    ("SemiBold", Weight::SEMIBOLD),
+    ("DemiBold", Weight::SEMIBOLD),
+    ("Bold", Weight::BOLD),
+    ("ExtraBold", Weight::EXTRA_BOLD),
+    ("UltraBold", Weight::EXTRA_BOLD),
+    ("Black", Weight::BLACK),
+    ("Heavy", Weight::BLACK),
+];
+
+const WIDTHS: &[(&str, Stretch)] = &[
+    ("UltraCondensed", Stretch::UltraCondensed),
+    ("ExtraCondensed", Stretch::ExtraCondensed),
+    ("Condensed", Stretch::Condensed),
+    ("SemiCondensed", Stretch::SemiCondensed),
+    ("Normal", Stretch::Normal),
+    ("SemiExpanded", Stretch::SemiExpanded),
+    ("Expanded", Stretch::Expanded),
+    ("ExtraExpanded", Stretch::ExtraExpanded),
+    ("UltraExpanded", Stretch::UltraExpanded),
+];
+
+fn lookup<T: Copy>(table: &[(&str, T)], word: &str) -> Option<T> {
+    let word = normalise(word);
+    table
+        .iter()
+        .find(|(spelling, _)| normalise(spelling) == word)
+        .map(|(_, value)| *value)
+}
+
+fn spelling<T: PartialEq>(table: &[(&'static str, T)], value: T) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    table
+        .iter()
+        .find(|(_, known)| *known == value)
+        .map(|(word, _)| *word)
+}
+
+fn choose(db: &fontdb::Database, request: &str) -> Choice {
+    if !is_generic(request) {
+        if let Some(choice) = interpret(db, request) {
+            return choice;
+        }
+        let fallback = system_mono(db);
+        eprintln!(
+            "wl-tab: no font matching {request:?}, using {:?}; `fc-match -f '%{{family}}\\n' {request:?}` names the family",
+            fallback.family
+        );
+        return fallback;
+    }
+    system_mono(db)
+}
+
+fn system_mono(db: &fontdb::Database) -> Choice {
     fc_match_mono()
-        .filter(|name| has_family(db, name))
+        .filter(|name| family_named(db, name).is_some())
         .or_else(|| {
             MONO_CANDIDATES
                 .iter()
-                .find(|name| has_family(db, name))
+                .find(|name| family_named(db, name).is_some())
                 .map(|name| name.to_string())
         })
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| family.to_string())
+        .map_or_else(|| Choice::plain(SYSTEM_MONO), |name| Choice::plain(&name))
 }
 
 /// What fontconfig says "monospace" means here. A system without the fontconfig
@@ -122,8 +270,8 @@ fn fc_match_mono() -> Option<String> {
 fn build(texts: Vec<String>, family: String, font_px: f32, line_h: f32, box_w: f32) -> Labels {
     let mut fs = font_db(&family);
     let mut cache = SwashCache::new();
-    let family = resolve_family(fs.db(), &family);
-    let attrs = Attrs::new().family(Family::Name(&family));
+    let choice = choose(fs.db(), &family);
+    let attrs = choice.attrs();
     let metrics = Metrics::new(font_px, line_h);
 
     let mut lines = Vec::with_capacity(texts.len());
@@ -141,11 +289,11 @@ fn build(texts: Vec<String>, family: String, font_px: f32, line_h: f32, box_w: f
         fs,
         cache,
         lines,
-        family,
+        family: choice.name(),
     }
 }
 
-/// Shorten `text` until it fits in `box_w`, ending with an ellipsis — window
+/// Shorten `text` until it fits in `box_w`, ending with an ellipsis - window
 /// titles are arbitrarily long, and rofi ellipsised them too.
 fn ellipsize(
     fs: &mut FontSystem,
@@ -242,14 +390,80 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn the_generic_default_resolves_to_a_real_monospace_family() {
         let fs = font_db(SYSTEM_MONO);
-        let resolved = resolve_family(fs.db(), SYSTEM_MONO);
-        assert_ne!(resolved, SYSTEM_MONO, "should have named a real family");
-        assert!(
-            has_family(fs.db(), &resolved),
-            "{resolved:?} is not in the database"
+        let choice = choose(fs.db(), SYSTEM_MONO);
+        assert_ne!(
+            choice.family, SYSTEM_MONO,
+            "should have named a real family"
         );
-        // A named family passes through, present or not.
-        assert_eq!(resolve_family(fs.db(), "Some Font"), "Some Font");
+        assert!(
+            family_named(fs.db(), &choice.family).is_some(),
+            "{:?} is not in the database",
+            choice.family
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_unknown_font_falls_back_to_the_default() {
+        let fs = font_db(SYSTEM_MONO);
+        let choice = choose(fs.db(), "No Such Family At All");
+        assert_eq!(choice, choose(fs.db(), SYSTEM_MONO));
+    }
+
+    fn db(families: &[&'static str]) -> impl Fn(&str) -> Option<String> {
+        let families = families.to_vec();
+        move |want| {
+            families
+                .iter()
+                .find(|name| name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(want))
+                .map(|name| name.to_string())
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_full_font_name_splits_into_family_and_style() {
+        let choice =
+            split_request("Berkeley Mono Medium SemiCondensed", db(&["Berkeley Mono"])).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(choice.family, "Berkeley Mono");
+        assert_eq!(choice.weight, Weight::MEDIUM);
+        assert_eq!(choice.stretch, Stretch::SemiCondensed);
+        assert_eq!(choice.name(), "Berkeley Mono Medium SemiCondensed");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_family_that_ends_in_a_style_word_wins() {
+        let choice =
+            split_request("Fira Code Light", db(&["Fira Code", "Fira Code Light"])).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(choice.family, "Fira Code Light");
+        assert_eq!(choice.weight, Weight::NORMAL);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn style_words_accept_joined_spaced_and_mixed_case_forms() {
+        let cases = [
+            ("Iosevka demibold", Weight::SEMIBOLD, Stretch::Normal),
+            ("Iosevka Extra Light", Weight::EXTRA_LIGHT, Stretch::Normal),
+            (
+                "Iosevka ULTRACONDENSED",
+                Weight::NORMAL,
+                Stretch::UltraCondensed,
+            ),
+            ("Iosevka Bold Condensed", Weight::BOLD, Stretch::Condensed),
+        ];
+        for (request, weight, stretch) in cases {
+            let choice = split_request(request, db(&["Iosevka"])).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                (choice.weight, choice.stretch),
+                (weight, stretch),
+                "{request:?}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unreadable_trailing_words_do_not_match() {
+        let known = db(&["Berkeley Mono"]);
+        assert_eq!(split_request("Berkeley Mono Nonsense", &known), None);
+        assert_eq!(split_request("Comic Sans", &known), None);
     }
 
     #[test]

src/theme.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 //! Look and layout.
 //!
-//! The colours and spacing come from the rofi setup this replaces (mytheme.rasi
-//! plus the -theme-str rofigrid built): gruvbox dark, a yellow selection filling
-//! the element padding, `title · app` centred under each thumbnail.
+//! The colours and spacing come from sway's default client colours:
+//! unfocused background `#222222` and text `#888888` for the grid
+//! backdrop and labels, focused `#285577`/`#ffffff` for the selection,
+//! and focused border `#4c7899`.
 //!
 //! Sizing works from caps rather than from a thumbnail size. The config gives a
 //! box the grid may fill and a column and row limit; a thumbnail is that box
 //! divided by those limits. So a thumbnail is the same size whether one window
-//! is open or thirty — the overlay hugs whatever is there, and rows past the
+//! is open or thirty - the overlay hugs whatever is there, and rows past the
 //! limit scroll.
 
 /// 0xAARRGGBB, premultiplied (everything here is opaque).
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ pub struct Theme {
     pub border_px: i32,
     /// The box the grid may not exceed, in logical px. Thumbnails are sized to
     /// divide it by the column and row caps below, so a thumbnail is the same
-    /// size whether one window is open or thirty — only the window around them
+    /// size whether one window is open or thirty - only the window around them
     /// shrinks to hug what is there.
     pub max_w: i32,
     pub max_h: i32,
@@ -53,11 +54,11 @@ pub struct Theme {
 impl Default for Theme {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            bg: 0xff282828,     // gruvbox-dark-bg0
-            fg: 0xffebdbb2,     // gruvbox-dark-fg1
-            sel_bg: 0xffd79921, // gruvbox-dark-yellow-dark
-            sel_fg: 0xff282828,
-            border: 0xffd79921,
+            bg: 0xff222222,     // sway unfocused background
+            fg: 0xff888888,     // sway unfocused text
+            sel_bg: 0xff285577, // sway focused background
+            sel_fg: 0xffffffff, // sway focused text
+            border: 0xff4c7899, // sway focused border
             border_px: 2,
             // No cap of their own: Layout clamps to the display, and the
             // command line resolves the configured percentage over the top.
@@ -108,8 +109,8 @@ impl Layout {
     /// it does not change with how many windows are open: one window gets a
     /// normal thumbnail in a small overlay, thirty get the same thumbnail and
     /// scroll. Columns follow ceil(sqrt(n)) up to the cap, so a handful of
-    /// windows makes a tidy grid rather than one long row — the rule rofigrid
-    /// used — and the overlay hugs whatever is there.
+    /// windows makes a tidy grid rather than one long row - the rule rofigrid
+    /// used - and the overlay hugs whatever is there.
     /// Lay out `n` tiles in a single row for a display of the given logical size.
     ///
     /// The overlay and the window previews resize automatically to fit all `n`