From 41267747d08afd5b282bbcd920b2900a1ffbb04b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rope <fredrik@nordhammer.it>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:04:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] quickshell: add sheen streaks so art-less discs read as
 spinning

---
 settings/quickshell.nix | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index 9e8a106..b2566ea 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -4151,7 +4151,11 @@ in
 
                                                 readonly property real discSize: 86
                                                 readonly property real ringR: 47
-                                                readonly property bool spinning: mediaCard.modelData.isPlaying
+                                                // Same expression the play/pause button
+                                                // uses, so the disc can never disagree
+                                                // with the glyph next to it.
+                                                readonly property bool spinning:
+                                                    mediaCard.modelData.playbackState === MprisPlaybackState.Playing
 
                                                 // Spectrum ring. Each bar sits with
                                                 // its base on the ring and grows
@@ -4168,7 +4172,7 @@ in
                                                         // otherwise every card dances to
                                                         // whatever else is playing.
                                                         readonly property real lvl:
-                                                            (mediaCard.modelData.isPlaying
+                                                            (vinyl.spinning
                                                              && index < calPopup.levels.length)
                                                                 ? calPopup.levels[index] / 100 : 0
                                                         width: 3
@@ -4215,14 +4219,40 @@ in
                                                             Rectangle {
                                                                 required property int index
                                                                 anchors.centerIn: parent
-                                                                anchors.horizontalCenterOffset: 1
+                                                                anchors.horizontalCenterOffset: 3
                                                                 width: vinyl.discSize - 8 - index * 11
                                                                 height: width
                                                                 radius: width / 2
                                                                 color: "transparent"
                                                                 border.width: 1
                                                                 border.color: Theme.base03
-                                                                opacity: 0.18
+                                                                opacity: 0.22
+                                                            }
+                                                        }
+
+                                                        // Two opposed sheen streaks, like
+                                                        // light catching the vinyl. Without
+                                                        // these an art-less disc looks
+                                                        // stationary: faint near-concentric
+                                                        // grooves give the eye nothing to
+                                                        // track, so the spin reads as a bug.
+                                                        Repeater {
+                                                            model: 2
+                                                            Rectangle {
+                                                                id: sheen
+                                                                required property int index
+                                                                width: 2
+                                                                radius: 1
+                                                                height: vinyl.discSize * 0.4
+                                                                color: Theme.base04
+                                                                opacity: 0.3
+                                                                x: blankLabel.width / 2 - width / 2
+                                                                y: blankLabel.height / 2 - height
+                                                                transform: Rotation {
+                                                                    origin.x: sheen.width / 2
+                                                                    origin.y: sheen.height
+                                                                    angle: sheen.index * 180
+                                                                }
                                                             }
                                                         }
                                                     }