Integrate visual image previews using custom walker/elephant provider

elephant/menus/blob_background_selector.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+Name = "blobBackgroundSelector"
+NamePretty = "Blob's Background Selector"
+Cache = false
+HideFromProviderlist = true
+SearchName = true
+
+local function ShellEscape(s)
+  return "'" .. s:gsub("'", "'\\''") .. "'"
+end
+
+function FormatName(filename)
+  local name = filename:gsub("^%d+", ""):gsub("^%-", "")
+  name = name:gsub("%.[^%.]+$", "")
+  name = name:gsub("-", " ")
+  name = name:gsub("%S+", function(word)
+    return word:sub(1, 1):upper() .. word:sub(2):lower()
+  end)
+  return name
+end
+
+function GetEntries()
+  local entries = {}
+  local home = os.getenv("HOME")
+
+  local dirs = {
+    home .. "/wallpapers",
+  }
+
+  local seen = {}
+
+  for _, wallpaper_dir in ipairs(dirs) do
+    local handle = io.popen(
+      "find " .. ShellEscape(wallpaper_dir)
+        .. " -maxdepth 1 -type f \\( -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.jpeg' -o -name '*.png' -o -name '*.gif' -o -name '*.bmp' -o -name '*.webp' \\) 2>/dev/null | sort"
+    )
+    if handle then
+      for background in handle:lines() do
+        local filename = background:match("([^/]+)$")
+        if filename and not seen[filename] then
+          seen[filename] = true
+          table.insert(entries, {
+            Text = FormatName(filename),
+            Value = filename,
+            Actions = {
+              activate = "blob_wallpaper " .. ShellEscape(background),
+            },
+            Preview = background,
+            PreviewType = "file",
+          })
+        end
+      end
+      handle:close()
+    end
+  end
+
+  return entries
+end

install.sh

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ check_file "$SCRIPT_DIR/ags/app.ts" "$HOME_DIR/.config/ags/app.ts" "ags/app.ts"
 check_file "$SCRIPT_DIR/ags/style.css" "$HOME_DIR/.config/ags/style.css" "ags/style.css" || check_status=1
 check_file "$SCRIPT_DIR/ags/widget/Media.tsx" "$HOME_DIR/.config/ags/widget/Media.tsx" "ags/widget/Media.tsx" || check_status=1
 check_file "$SCRIPT_DIR/waybar/style.css" "$HOME_DIR/.config/waybar/style.css" "waybar/style.css" || check_status=1
+check_file "$SCRIPT_DIR/elephant/menus/blob_background_selector.lua" "$HOME_DIR/.config/elephant/menus/blob_background_selector.lua" "elephant/menus/blob_background_selector.lua" || check_status=1
 check_file "$SCRIPT_DIR/branding/about.txt" "$HOME_DIR/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt" "branding/about.txt" || check_status=1
 check_file "$SCRIPT_DIR/branding/screensaver.txt" "$HOME_DIR/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt" "branding/screensaver.txt" || check_status=1
 
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ backup_and_copy "$SCRIPT_DIR/waybar" "$HOME_DIR/.config/waybar" "Waybar config"
 backup_and_copy "$SCRIPT_DIR/ags" "$HOME_DIR/.config/ags" "AGS config"
 backup_and_copy "$SCRIPT_DIR/hypr" "$HOME_DIR/.config/hypr" "Hyprland config"
 backup_and_copy "$SCRIPT_DIR/branding" "$HOME_DIR/.config/omarchy/branding" "Branding files"
+backup_and_copy "$SCRIPT_DIR/elephant" "$HOME_DIR/.config/elephant" "Elephant configs"
 backup_and_copy "$SCRIPT_DIR/omarchy/hooks" "$HOME_DIR/.config/omarchy/hooks" "Omarchy hooks"
 backup_and_copy "$SCRIPT_DIR/wallpapers" "$HOME_DIR/wallpapers" "Custom wallpapers"
 

scripts/blob_wallpaper.sh

@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@ mkdir -p "$THEME_DIR/backgrounds"
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
     # Use walker dmenu for GUI selection
-    SELECTED_FILE=$(ls -1 "$WALLPAPER_DIR" 2>/dev/null | omarchy-launch-walker --dmenu -p "Select Wallpaper")
+    omarchy-launch-walker -m menus:blobBackgroundSelector --width 800 --minheight 400 -p "Select Wallpaper…"
-    
-    if [ -z "$SELECTED_FILE" ]; then
-        echo "No wallpaper selected."
     exit 0
-    fi
-    
-    IMAGE_PATH=$(realpath "$WALLPAPER_DIR/$SELECTED_FILE")
 else
     # Check if the argument is a file in the wallpapers directory
     if [ -f "$WALLPAPER_DIR/$1" ]; then