From 31254372c8a0bddab4fdb8ec52454c3ca203be54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kiana Sheibani <kiana.a.sheibani@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 07:07:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use app icon precedence for individual app categories

Not only is precedence used to choose which window is used to represent
the workspace, it is also now used to choose which category of each
window is used to represent the app itself.
---
 util/Icons.qml | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/Icons.qml b/util/Icons.qml
index 9f4d6fe..21f79d3 100644
--- a/util/Icons.qml
+++ b/util/Icons.qml
@@ -127,6 +127,31 @@ Singleton {
         Office: "content_paste"
     })
 
+    // App icon precedence
+    // Used to preferentially pick app icon for display
+    readonly property var appIconPrec: ({
+        sports_esports: 10,
+        code: 9,
+        music_note: 9,
+        content_paste: 9,
+        graphic_eq: 8,
+        tv: 8,
+        edit_note: 6,
+        language: 5,
+        business_messages: 5,
+        files: 4,
+        mic: 4,
+        construction: 4,
+        terminal: 3,
+        monitor_heart: 3,
+        security: 3,
+        photo_library: 3,
+        archive: 2,
+        settings: 2,
+        build: 1,
+        host: 0
+    })
+
     function getDesktopEntry(name: string): DesktopEntry {
         name = name.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, "-");
 
@@ -146,37 +171,18 @@ Singleton {
     function getAppCategoryIcon(name: string, fallback: string): string {
         const categories = getDesktopEntry(name)?.categories;
 
+        let values = [];
         if (categories)
             for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(categoryIcons))
-                if (categories.includes(key))
-                    return value;
-        return fallback;
-    }
+                if (categories.includes(key) && value in appIconPrec)
+                    values.push(value);
 
-    // App icon precedence
-    // Used to preferentially display apps in a workspace
-    readonly property var appIconPrec: ({
-        sports_esports: 10,
-        code: 9,
-        music_note: 9,
-        content_paste: 9,
-        graphic_eq: 8,
-        tv: 8,
-        edit_note: 6,
-        language: 5,
-        business_messages: 5,
-        files: 4,
-        host: 4,
-        mic: 4,
-        construction: 4,
-        monitor_heart: 3,
-        security: 3,
-        archive: 3,
-        settings: 2,
-        build: 2,
-        photo_library: 1,
-        terminal: 1
-    })
+        if (values.length !== 0) {
+            return values.reduce((a, b) => appIconPrec[a] > appIconPrec[b] ? a : b);
+        } else {
+            return fallback;
+        }
+    }
 
     function getWorkspaceIcon(workspace: HyprlandWorkspace): string {
         if (!workspace || workspace.toplevels.values.length === 0) return "add";