From 63becaaa09a1e383cc452fccb037359850b1d1ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kenji <kenji@hakase>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:44:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(hyprland): integrate yazi as global file picker via
 xdg-portal

---
 apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix |  8 +++++++
 apps/yazi/default.nix        | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 modules/nixos/hyprland.nix   | 12 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix b/apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix
index b02cc05..26e070a 100644
--- a/apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix
+++ b/apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
     ];
 
     windowrulev2 = [
+      "suppressevent maximize, class:.*"
+
+      # --- YAZI FILE PICKER ---
+      "float, class:^(yazi-picker)$"
+      "center, class:^(yazi-picker)$"
+      "size 60% 60%, class:^(yazi-picker)$"
+      "dimaround, class:^(yazi-picker)$"
+
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/apps/yazi/default.nix b/apps/yazi/default.nix
index 5d8dd48..c76f49a 100644
--- a/apps/yazi/default.nix
+++ b/apps/yazi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,35 @@
-{pkgs, ...}: {
+{
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  yazi-picker = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "yazi-picker" ''
+    path="$1"
+    [ -z "$path" ] && path="."
+
+    if [ "$2" = "true" ]; then
+        # Save file mode
+        # In save mode, we might want to just open the directory, 
+        # but yazi --chooser-file works for picking a file to overwrite or a directory.
+        # For a "Save As" flow where you type a name, standard yazi chooser might be limited
+        # without custom lua, but selecting a directory works.
+        # For now, treat same as open.
+        :
+    fi
+
+    out="$HOME/.cache/yazi-chooser"
+    rm -f "$out"
+
+    # We need to block until ghostty closes, or use --wait if available/default behavior.
+    # Ghostty -e does not automatically detach, so it should block.
+    ${pkgs.ghostty}/bin/ghostty --class="yazi-picker" --title="File Picker" -e ${pkgs.yazi}/bin/yazi "$path" --chooser-file="$out"
+
+    if [ -f "$out" ]; then
+      cat "$out"
+      rm "$out"
+    fi
+  '';
+in {
   programs.yazi = {
     enable = true;
     enableFishIntegration = true;
@@ -11,4 +42,13 @@
       };
     };
   };
+
+  home.packages = [
+    yazi-picker
+  ];
+
+  xdg.configFile."xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser/config".text = ''
+    [filechooser]
+    cmd=${yazi-picker}/bin/yazi-picker
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix b/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix
index f19a764..612658e 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix
@@ -24,4 +24,16 @@
       default = ["${myConfig.terminal.default}"];
     };
   };
+
+  xdg.portal = {
+    enable = true;
+    extraPortals = [
+      pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
+      pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser
+    ];
+    config.common = {
+      default = ["hyprland"];
+      "org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser" = "termfilechooser";
+    };
+  };
 }
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