From 6fc6f8d30009ad1a1c4877858e064f605573b51b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lucy <lucykaufmann@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 14:20:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add ipc to reload colors

---
 ThemeLoader.qml     |  6 ++++++
 modules/ipc/Ipc.qml | 10 ++++++++++
 shell.qml           |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 modules/ipc/Ipc.qml

diff --git a/ThemeLoader.qml b/ThemeLoader.qml
index 1debbab..cfc79a7 100644
--- a/ThemeLoader.qml
+++ b/ThemeLoader.qml
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ import Quickshell.Io
 Singleton {
     id: root
     property alias colors: loader
+    function reload() {
+        loader.reload();
+    }
 
     FileView {
         id: loader
+        watchChanges: true
+        onFileChanged: this.reload()
+        onAdapterUpdated: this.reload()
 
         // create color properties, initialize them to black and helper color array
         property var colors: text().split('\n')
diff --git a/modules/ipc/Ipc.qml b/modules/ipc/Ipc.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85e9f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ipc/Ipc.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Io
+import qs
+
+IpcHandler {
+    target: "colors"
+function reload() {
+    ThemeLoader.reload()
+}
+}
diff --git a/shell.qml b/shell.qml
index 4efaf44..639684a 100644
--- a/shell.qml
+++ b/shell.qml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import Quickshell
 import QtQuick
 import qs.modules.Bar
+import qs.modules.ipc
 
 ShellRoot {
     id: root
     Bar {}
+    Ipc {}
 }