fix(capture): restore key overlay updates

KeyVisualizer.qml

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Item {
   // it. The history tick prunes entries whose linger window passed. With
   // historyCount 1 this is exactly "the current combo, lingering".
   property var entries: []
+  // Epoch (seconds) of the last state payload we successfully parsed. Used
+  // to detect a dead capture: if no new payload arrives within maxStateAgeMs
+  // and the top combo was never released, we treat it as released so the
+  // panel self-heals instead of freezing on a stale combo forever.
+  property real lastStateT: 0
   // How many combos stay on screen (1..5, default 1). Older entries fade
   // out via the entryOpacity() gradient; a count of 1 is the classic
   // current-combo-only display.
@@ -467,9 +472,10 @@ Item {
     if (!root.paused) {
       try {
         var parsed = JSON.parse(stateFile.text())
-        if (parsed && Array.isArray(parsed.keys)) {
+        if parsed && Array.isArray(parsed.keys) {
           var age = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - (parsed.t || 0)
           if (age <= Math.ceil(root.maxStateAgeMs / 1000)) next = parsed.keys
+          if ((parsed.t || 0) > 0) root.lastStateT = parsed.t
         }
       } catch (e) {}
     }    if (next.length > 0 && root.mode === "bindings") {
@@ -529,6 +535,16 @@ Item {
     repeat: true
     running: root.entries.length > 0
     onTriggered: {
+      // If the capture stopped updating (crashed, plugin unloaded, or a
+      // config reload disabled it), the top combo may be stuck with
+      // releasedAt === 0 forever because no empty "all keys up" payload
+      // ever arrives. Treat a stale state file as a release so the combo
+      // lingers normally and then clears, instead of freezing on screen.
+      if (root.entries.length > 0 && root.entries[0].releasedAt === 0 &&
+          root.lastStateT > 0 &&
+          Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - root.lastStateT > Math.ceil(root.maxStateAgeMs / 1000)) {
+        root.entries[0] = { keys: root.entries[0].keys, releasedAt: Date.now() }
+      }
       var now = Date.now()
       var kept = []
       for (var i = 0; i < root.entries.length; i++) {
@@ -995,6 +1011,17 @@ Item {
     // Debug overlay: live readout of the card's position/dimensions and the
     // movement state, shown next to the card while moving and after release.
     // Toggle with: omarchy-shell key-visualizer debug
+    readonly property var debugFont: Qt.font({
+      family: Style.font.family,
+      pixelSize: Style.font.bodySmall,
+      bold: false
+    })
+
+    FontMetrics {
+      id: debugFontMetrics
+      font: debugFont
+    }
+
     BorderSurface {
       id: debugOverlay
       visible: root.debugOverlay
@@ -1012,7 +1039,7 @@ Item {
         anchors.fill: parent
         anchors.margins: root.cardPad
         verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
-        font: debugFont
+        font: root.debugFont
         color: Color.popups.text
         text: {
           var lb = "\n"
@@ -1026,16 +1053,6 @@ Item {
     }
     readonly property bool debugDragging: dragArea.dragging
 
-    FontMetrics {
-      id: debugFontMetrics
-      font: debugFont
-    }
-    readonly property var debugFont: Qt.font({
-      family: Style.font.family,
-      pixelSize: Style.font.bodySmall,
-      bold: false
-    })
-
     // Combo mode banner — a separate visual stacked against the history
     // card (below it for bottom positions, above it for top positions).
     // Shows the combo counter, multiplier and running score; hue and

Panel.qml

@@ -225,7 +225,10 @@ Panel {
     owner: root
     bar: root.bar
     open: root.opened
-    contentWidth: Style.space(250)
+    contentWidth: panel.fittedContentWidth(
+      Math.max(Style.space(250),
+        filterLabel.implicitWidth + Style.spacing.xl + modeButtons.implicitWidth
+          + panel.padding * 2 + Border.left(panel.borderSpec) + Border.right(panel.borderSpec)))
     contentHeight: menuColumn.implicitHeight + panel.padding * 2
 
     Column {
@@ -295,6 +298,7 @@ Panel {
         height: modeButtons.height
 
         Text {
+          id: filterLabel
           anchors.left: parent.left
           anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
           text: "Filter"

key-visualizer.lua

@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ local function is_runtime_secure(r)
   if not r or r == "" then return false end
   if r == "/tmp" then return false end
   if r:sub(1, 1) ~= "/" then return false end
-  -- Shell ownership probes fail from Hyprland's embedded Lua environment.
   -- /run/user is root-controlled, so accepting only this process's systemd
-  -- runtime path still excludes shared or caller-supplied directories.
+  -- runtime path avoids shell probes that fail in Hyprland's Lua runtime.
   local uid = effective_uid()
   return uid ~= nil and r == "/run/user/" .. uid
 end
@@ -53,10 +52,8 @@ local SUPER_FLAG = runtime and (runtime .. "/omarchy-key-visualizer-super") or n
 
 local function secure_write(path, content)
   if not runtime or (path ~= STATE_FILE and path ~= SUPER_FLAG) then return false end
-  -- FileView watches the existing inode, so replacing the path on every key
-  -- leaves Quickshell attached to an unlinked file. Updating in place keeps
-  -- the watcher live. The containing runtime directory is private to the
-  -- effective user and the two accepted paths are fixed above.
+  -- FileView watches the existing inode. These are fixed paths inside the
+  -- current user's private runtime directory, so update them in place.
   local f = io.open(path, "w")
   if not f then return false end
   f:write(content)
@@ -206,9 +203,8 @@ local function emit_super()
   secure_write(SUPER_FLAG, down and "1" or "0")
 end
 
--- Create both files when the hook loads. This clears stale state after a
--- compositor restart and gives FileView stable paths to watch before the
--- first keyboard event arrives.
+-- Create stable files before Quickshell starts watching them and clear stale
+-- state left by a compositor restart.
 emit()
 emit_super()
 

manifest.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "id": "felixzsh.key-visualizer",
   "name": "Key Visualizer",
-  "version": "1.8.1",
+  "version": "1.8.3",
   "author": "felixzsh",
   "description": "Shows the keys you press on screen. Great for keybinding tutorials, demos, and screencasts.",
   "kinds": [