From f345fef5408861f4b92b1784de19cb5010b2dc7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kenji <kenji@hakase>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:33:08 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(yazi): enable yazi as system-wide file chooser

Configure xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser to use yazi (via ghostty) for file selection dialogs in portal-aware apps like Firefox. Includes a wrapper script and Hyprland window rules.
---
 apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix |  3 +++
 apps/yazi/default.nix        | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 modules/nixos/hyprland.nix   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix b/apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix
index b02cc05..9bb5448 100644
--- a/apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix
+++ b/apps/hyprland/hypr/rules.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
     ];
 
     windowrulev2 = [
+      "float, class:^(yazi-file-picker)$"
+      "size 60% 60%, class:^(yazi-file-picker)$"
+      "center, class:^(yazi-file-picker)$"
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/apps/yazi/default.nix b/apps/yazi/default.nix
index 5d8dd48..ca86cf2 100644
--- a/apps/yazi/default.nix
+++ b/apps/yazi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
-{pkgs, ...}: {
+{
+  pkgs,
+  myConfig,
+  ...
+}: let
+  yazi-file-picker = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "yazi-file-picker" ''
+    path="$1"
+    # multiple="$2"
+    # directory="$3"
+    ${pkgs.yazi}/bin/yazi --chooser-file="$path"
+  '';
+in {
   programs.yazi = {
     enable = true;
     enableFishIntegration = true;
@@ -11,4 +22,11 @@
       };
     };
   };
+
+  home.packages = [yazi-file-picker];
+
+  xdg.configFile."xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser/config".text = ''
+    [filechooser]
+    cmd=${pkgs.ghostty}/bin/ghostty --class=yazi-file-picker -e ${yazi-file-picker}/bin/yazi-file-picker
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix b/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix
index f19a764..978795b 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix
@@ -24,4 +24,18 @@
       default = ["${myConfig.terminal.default}"];
     };
   };
+
+  xdg.portal = {
+    enable = true;
+    extraPortals = [
+      pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser
+      pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
+    ];
+    config = {
+      common = {
+        default = ["gtk"];
+        "org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser" = ["termfilechooser"];
+      };
+    };
+  };
 }
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