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feat: Added a latest news panel to the system updates widget #1230

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418b015
added latest news to system updater popup
vha Jan 1, 2026
46898dd
added expanded view to read the news within the popout
vha Jan 1, 2026
8f95848
Added custom feed support
vha Jan 1, 2026
5138bc8
Fixed fedora parsing
vha Jan 1, 2026
12c5f8d
Fixed custom feed
vha Jan 1, 2026
07c130f
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into feat/newsfeed
vha Jan 1, 2026
7cf81c3
fixed flickering on view switch
vha Jan 1, 2026
4b7ca99
actual fix for view switch flickering
vha Jan 1, 2026
fab8444
Added news related keywords to search index
vha Jan 1, 2026
cd9f067
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into feat/newsfeed
vha Jan 1, 2026
f835e33
restored opacity change on updates checker
vha Jan 1, 2026
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
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Expand Up @@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ Singleton {
property bool updaterUseCustomCommand: false
property string updaterCustomCommand: ""
property string updaterTerminalAdditionalParams: ""
property bool updaterShowLatestNews: false
property string updaterLatestNewsUrl: ""
property string updaterLatestNewsRegex: ""

property string displayNameMode: "system"
property var screenPreferences: ({})
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
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Expand Up @@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ var SPEC = {
updaterUseCustomCommand: { def: false },
updaterCustomCommand: { def: "" },
updaterTerminalAdditionalParams: { def: "" },
updaterShowLatestNews: { def: false },
updaterLatestNewsUrl: { def: "" },
updaterLatestNewsRegex: { def: "" },

displayNameMode: { def: "system" },
screenPreferences: { def: {} },
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109 changes: 109 additions & 0 deletions quickshell/Modules/Settings/SystemUpdaterTab.qml
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Expand Up @@ -138,6 +138,115 @@ Item {
}
}
}

SettingsToggleRow {
text: I18n.tr("Show Latest News")
description: I18n.tr("Show your distro's latest news")
checked: SettingsData.updaterShowLatestNews
onToggled: checked => {
SettingsData.set("updaterShowLatestNews", checked);
}
}

FocusScope {
width: parent.width - Theme.spacingM * 2
height: latestNewsUrlColumn.implicitHeight
anchors.left: parent.left
anchors.leftMargin: Theme.spacingM

Column {
id: latestNewsUrlColumn
width: parent.width
spacing: Theme.spacingXS

StyledText {
text: I18n.tr("Custom feed to parse")
font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeSmall
color: Theme.surfaceVariantText
}

DankTextField {
id: updaterLatestNewsFeed
width: parent.width
height: 48
placeholderText: "https://archlinux.org/feeds/news/"
backgroundColor: Theme.withAlpha(Theme.surfaceContainerHighest, Theme.popupTransparency)
normalBorderColor: Theme.outlineMedium
focusedBorderColor: Theme.primary

Component.onCompleted: {
if (SettingsData.updaterLatestNewsUrl) {
text = SettingsData.updaterLatestNewsUrl;
}
}

onTextEdited: SettingsData.set("updaterLatestNewsUrl", text.trim())

MouseArea {
anchors.fill: parent
onPressed: mouse => {
updaterLatestNewsFeed.forceActiveFocus();
mouse.accepted = false;
}
}
}
}
}

FocusScope {
width: parent.width - Theme.spacingM * 2
implicitHeight: latestNewsRegexColumn.implicitHeight
anchors.left: parent.left
anchors.leftMargin: Theme.spacingM

Column {
id: latestNewsRegexColumn
width: parent.width
spacing: Theme.spacingXS

StyledText {
width: parent.width
text: I18n.tr("Custom feed regex")
font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeSmall
color: Theme.surfaceVariantText
}

DankTextField {
id: updaterLatestNewsRegex
width: parent.width
height: 48
placeholderText: "<item>\s*<title>([^<]+)<\/title>\s*<link>([^<]+)<\/link>\s*<description>([\s\S]*?)<\/description>[\s\S]*?<pubDate>([^<]+)<\/pubDate>"
backgroundColor: Theme.withAlpha(Theme.surfaceContainerHighest, Theme.popupTransparency)
normalBorderColor: Theme.outlineMedium
focusedBorderColor: Theme.primary

Component.onCompleted: {
if (SettingsData.updaterLatestNewsRegex) {
text = SettingsData.updaterLatestNewsRegex;
}
}

onTextEdited: SettingsData.set("updaterLatestNewsRegex", text.trim())

MouseArea {
anchors.fill: parent
onPressed: mouse => {
updaterLatestNewsRegex.forceActiveFocus();
mouse.accepted = false;
}
}
}

StyledText {
width: parent.width
text: I18n.tr("Don't include the regex delimeters and flags. It will use a global flag by default. It must produce 4 matches in this exact order: title, description, link, pubDate")
font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeSmall
font.italic: true
color: Theme.surfaceVariantText
opacity: 0.7
}
}
}
}
}
}
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