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Description

Fixes two issues affecting the Linux HUD overlay on Wayland compositors (such as Hyprland):

  1. HUD window disappearing/oscillating on hover: On Linux without mouse passthrough, the HUD window previously expanded from 160px to 540px immediately upon pointer hover. Because Wayland compositors center resizing floating windows around their midpoint, expanding a bottom-aligned window shifted the HUD bar away from the pointer, firing mouseleave and collapsing the window back to 160px in an endless oscillation loop that displaced the window off-screen.
  2. Popover menu clipping: The compact non-passthrough HUD height was previously capped at 540px when expanded, which clipped the top portion of tall dropdown menus ("More", "Cam", "Microphone", presets, settings) which require up to ~680px clearance.

Motivation

On Linux Wayland desktop environments, users running Recordly could not hover over or interact with the recording HUD because the window would instantly flicker and disappear. Additionally, opening dropdown menus resulted in clipped options. This PR ensures the HUD remains stable at its configured position and displays all popover contents without clipping.

Type of Change

  • Bug Fix
  • New Feature
  • Refactor / Code Cleanup
  • Documentation Update
  • Other

Technical Details

  • Menu-driven window expansion (electron/windows.ts, src/components/launch/hooks/useLaunchHudInteractionState.ts): Instead of expanding the fallback HUD window on hover, the window expands only when a popover menu is opened (openId !== null).
  • Wayland resize anchoring (electron/hudOverlayBounds.ts, src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx): Under Wayland sessions (XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland or WAYLAND_DISPLAY), the resize anchor is identified as center. The HUD container adjusts bottom padding dynamically (calc(50vh - 60px) vs 1.25rem) so that the HUD bar stays fixed in place on screen when the window geometry expands.
  • Clearance increase (electron/hudOverlayBounds.ts): NON_PASSTHROUGH_HUD_EXPANDED_HEIGHT_DIP is increased from 540 to 680 to accommodate tall popovers (such as the "More" dropdown menu).
  • Unit tests updated (electron/hudOverlayBounds.test.ts): Test fixtures and assertions updated to reflect the 680px expanded height and test the getHudOverlayResizeAnchor platform/session detection.
  • Compositor rules documented (README.md): Documents the required Hyprland/Omarchy window rules to prevent unwanted compositor decorations (blur, shadow, border, dimming) on transparent floating HUD windows.

Related Issue(s)

Relates to #863

Testing Guide

  1. Launch Recordly on Linux under a Wayland session (e.g. Hyprland / Omarchy).
  2. Hover over the HUD bar; verify that the bar does not oscillate or jump away from the pointer.
  3. Click "More", "Cam", and "Mic" popovers; verify that each menu opens fully with all items visible without clipping at the top.
  4. Close the menus; verify that the HUD returns to compact size smoothly.
  5. Run unit tests with npm test to verify all hudOverlayBounds assertions pass.

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  • I have performed a self-review of my code.
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  • I have linked related issue(s) and updated the changelog if applicable.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved recording HUD sizing and positioning across macOS, Windows, Linux/X11, and Linux/Wayland.
    • HUD menus now expand the overlay as needed while maintaining appropriate positioning.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved HUD appearance and interaction behavior on Linux Wayland, including centered resizing.
    • Prevented delayed interaction changes while HUD menus open or close.
  • Documentation

    • Added version-specific Hyprland and Omarchy window rule guidance for newer and older Hyprland releases.

- Expand HUD window only while popover menus are active, preventing hover oscillation loops under Wayland compositors (e.g. Hyprland) that re-center resizing floating windows
- Calculate dynamic bottom padding when resize anchor is centered so the HUD bar remains stationary on screen during window expansion
- Increase NON_PASSTHROUGH_HUD_EXPANDED_HEIGHT_DIP from 540 to 680 to prevent tall popover dropdowns (More, Mic, Cam) from clipping at the top
- Update unit tests for 680px bounds and getHudOverlayResizeAnchor
- Document Hyprland/Omarchy window rules in README.md
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The HUD overlay now expands to 680 DIP when its Linux menu opens, reports platform-specific resize anchors, positions Wayland HUD content centrally, and documents version-specific Hyprland rules.

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HUD overlay behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Bounds and platform anchor detection
electron/hudOverlayBounds.ts, electron/hudOverlayBounds.test.ts, README.md
The expanded fallback height is 680 DIP. Linux Wayland uses center anchoring. Other platforms use bottom anchoring. Tests cover the updated bounds and platform detection. The README documents separate Hyprland 0.53.0+ and legacy configuration rules.
Electron overlay API and IPC wiring
electron/electron-env.d.ts, electron/preload.ts, electron/windows.ts
The preload API reports menu state. Linux expands fallback bounds while the menu is open. The support response includes the resize anchor.
Renderer HUD positioning and menu synchronization
src/components/launch/hooks/useLaunchWindowSystemState.ts, src/components/launch/hooks/useLaunchHudInteractionState.ts, src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx
Renderer state stores the resize anchor. The HUD uses center positioning for Wayland and bottom positioning otherwise. Popover state is sent to Electron, and delayed mouse-ignore callbacks are cleared or invalidated when the popover changes.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 84aca

This updates Wayland HUD sizing, anchoring, menu behavior, and compositor documentation. No unresolved merge-readiness risk is identified.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant LaunchWindow
  participant useLaunchHudInteractionState
  participant electronAPI
  participant ElectronWindows
  LaunchWindow->>useLaunchHudInteractionState: update popover openId
  useLaunchHudInteractionState->>electronAPI: hudOverlaySetMenuOpen(open)
  electronAPI->>ElectronWindows: hud-overlay-set-menu-open
  ElectronWindows->>ElectronWindows: setHudOverlayFallbackExpanded(open)
  ElectronWindows-->>LaunchWindow: provide resizeAnchor through support response
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The new menu-open wiring touches an effect that uses an untracked setTimeout, which can fire after openId changes and incorrectly toggle HUD mouse ignoring while a menu is open.

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Pull request overview

This PR stabilizes the Linux (Wayland) recording HUD overlay by avoiding hover-driven resize oscillation and by increasing the available vertical space so popover menus are not clipped.

Changes:

  • Expand the non-passthrough HUD window on Linux only while a popover menu is open (not on hover) via a new IPC signal.
  • Detect Wayland sessions and treat the compositor resize anchor as “center”, adjusting renderer layout padding so the HUD bar stays visually fixed during window growth.
  • Increase the fallback expanded height to 680 DIP and update unit tests and README guidance for Hyprland/Omarchy compositor rules.
File summaries
File Description
src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx Adjusts HUD container padding based on a new resize-anchor signal to keep the bar stable under Wayland center-anchored resizing.
src/components/launch/hooks/useLaunchWindowSystemState.ts Plumbs resizeAnchor from Electron into renderer state.
src/components/launch/hooks/useLaunchHudInteractionState.ts Sends menu-open state to Electron so Linux fallback window expands only when a popover is open.
README.md Documents Hyprland/Omarchy compositor rules for transparent floating HUD windows.
electron/windows.ts Adds IPC handler for menu-open expansion on Linux; exposes resize-anchor in the existing capability handler.
electron/preload.ts Exposes hudOverlaySetMenuOpen to the renderer via the preload bridge.
electron/hudOverlayBounds.ts Increases expanded height to 680 and adds Wayland session detection for resize-anchor.
electron/hudOverlayBounds.test.ts Updates height/y assertions and adds unit tests for resize-anchor detection.
electron/electron-env.d.ts Updates renderer typings for new IPC API and new capability response field.
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useEffect(() => {
window.electronAPI?.hudOverlaySetMenuOpen?.(openId !== null);
if (openId !== null) {
if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
window.electronAPI?.hudOverlaySetIgnoreMouse?.(false);

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Addressed in latest commit: tracked popoverCloseTimeoutRef to clear active timeouts when openId changes or unmounts, and gated the callback to check openIdRef.current === null.

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style={{
height: "100vh",
paddingBottom:
hudOverlayResizeAnchor === "center" ? "calc(50vh - 60px)" : "1.25rem",
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Addressed in latest commit: derived WAYLAND_CENTER_OFFSET_PX (COMPACT_HUD_HEIGHT_DIP / 2 - STANDARD_HUD_BOTTOM_PADDING_PX = 60px) and documented the Wayland center-anchored geometry.

…land layout constants

- Store popover close setTimeout handle in ref, cancel on openId change/unmount, and verify openId remains null before ignoring mouse
- Derive Wayland center offset constant from compact HUD height (160px) and standard bottom padding (20px) with explanatory documentation

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- Around line 251-256: Update the Hyprland recipe around the windowrule entries
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…ect and version Hyprland window rules

- Move openIdRef update from render body to useLayoutEffect to comply with React purity rules and prevent leaking uncommitted state
- Add version-specific windowrule syntax for Hyprland 0.53.0+ (match:class) alongside legacy windowrulev2 syntax (<0.53.0) in README.md
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