From 28ff4bc98298e900572f1a5031a9a39cd9f71019 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Breadway <plasticbread849@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:29:24 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] can't be bothered writing a commit message

---
 Cargo.lock           | 355 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 breadbox/Cargo.toml  |   2 +-
 breadbox/src/main.rs | 318 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 441 insertions(+), 234 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e1b3550..12ae2fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "system-deps 7.0.8",
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 ]
 
@@ -938,7 +936,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "gobject-sys",
  "libc",
- "system-deps",
+ "system-deps 7.0.8",
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-checksum = "19f132c84eca552bf34cab8ec81f1c1dcc229b811638f9d283dceabe58c5569e"
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-checksum = "0103b1cef7ec0cf76490e969665504990193874ea05c85ff9bab8b911d0a0564"
+checksum = "d83eb9bc6d8e5cf568e7a1101d60ee05e81ed50ea106026f3d18deeb046d7661"
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+ "toml_edit 0.25.13+spec-1.1.0",
 ]
 
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+checksum = "985e7ec9bb745e6ce6535b544d84d6cd6f7ad8bd711c398938ae983b91a766d9"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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-version = "1.0.45"
+version = "1.0.47"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "41f2619966050689382d2b44f664f4bc593e129785a36d6ee376ddf37259b924"
+checksum = "1fbf4db142a473a8d80c26bbf18454ed458bf8d26c8219c331daecfdbd079001"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
@@ -1031,9 +1029,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.23.40"
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+checksum = "0283386ce02abc0151e1761d08802dfe86c173b0b494af5cbc086574e453da06"
 dependencies = [
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  "once_cell",
@@ -1046,18 +1044,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pki-types"
-version = "1.14.1"
+version = "1.15.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30a7197ae7eb376e574fe940d068c30fe0462554a3ddbe4eca7838e049c937a9"
+checksum = "2f4925028c7eb5d1fcdaf196971378ed9d2c1c4efc7dc5d011256f76c99c0a96"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
-version = "0.103.13"
+version = "0.103.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61c429a8649f110dddef65e2a5ad240f747e85f7758a6bccc7e5777bd33f756e"
+checksum = "0527518605e68109d875e248ea259b6758801cf165e4b2c2733ae3b51f12535a"
 dependencies = [
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  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -1072,9 +1070,9 @@ checksum = "8a7852d02fc848982e0c167ef163aaff9cd91dc640ba85e263cb1ce46fae51cd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.228"
+version = "1.0.229"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a8e94ea7f378bd32cbbd37198a4a91436180c5bb472411e48b5ec2e2124ae9e"
+checksum = "4148590afebada386688f18773da617792bf2ef03ffc1e4cbd2b1d45b023e0ba"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
  "serde_derive",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.228"
+version = "1.0.229"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "41d385c7d4ca58e59fc732af25c3983b67ac852c1a25000afe1175de458b67ad"
+checksum = "67dca2c9c51e58a4791a4b1ed58308b39c64224d349a935ab5039aa360942a48"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.228"
+version = "1.0.229"
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-checksum = "d540f220d3187173da220f885ab66608367b6574e925011a9353e4badda91d79"
+checksum = "e7a5d71263a5a7d47b41f6b3f06ba276f10cc18b0931f1799f710578e2309348"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 3.0.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.150"
+version = "1.0.151"
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-checksum = "e8014e44b4736ed0538adeecded0fce2a272f22dc9578a7eb6b2d9993c74cfb9"
+checksum = "c841b55ecdae098c80dcae9cf767f6f8a0c2cdb3416bbef72181df4d0fe73f14"
 dependencies = [
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 [[package]]
 name = "simd-adler32"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.3.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "703d5c7ef118737c72f1af64ad2f6f8c5e1921f818cdcb97b8fe6fc69bf66214"
+checksum = "3a219298ac11a56ea9a6d2120044824d6f01aeb034955e7af7bc16858527deea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
@@ -1151,9 +1149,9 @@ checksum = "0c790de23124f9ab44544d7ac05d60440adc586479ce501c1d6d7da3cd8c9cf5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.15.1"
+version = "1.15.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "67b1b7a3b5fe4f1376887184045fcf45c69e92af734b7aaddc05fb777b6fbd03"
+checksum = "8ed6a63f02c8539c91a8685a86f4099661ba3da017932f6ebbea6de3f0fa7c90"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
@@ -1175,9 +1173,9 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.117"
+version = "2.0.119"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e665b8803e7b1d2a727f4023456bbbbe74da67099c585258af0ad9c5013b9b99"
+checksum = "872831b642d1a07999a962a351ed35b955ea2cfc8f3862091e2a240a84f17297"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1203,7 +1201,7 @@ checksum = "728a70f3dbaf5bab7f0c4b1ac8d7ae5ea60a4b5549c8a5914361c99147a709d2"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1215,7 +1213,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-expr",
  "heck",
  "pkg-config",
- "toml 1.1.2+spec-1.1.0",
+ "toml 1.1.4+spec-1.1.0",
+ "version-compare",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "system-deps"
+version = "8.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "83779a5c956bcb6ba627a4ecf0a9d7625db47d7537e0892d97f712ac995648a3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-expr",
+ "heck",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "toml 1.1.4+spec-1.1.0",
  "version-compare",
 ]
 
@@ -1242,14 +1253,14 @@ checksum = "4fee6c4efc90059e10f81e6d42c60a18f76588c3d74cb83a0b242a2b6c7504c1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c8323304221c2a851516f22236c5722a72eaa19749016521d6dff0824447d96d"
+checksum = "b1e27c91459209c2986af3dcf603a5a74a4368754ce37414f59acc971167f643"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "zerovec",
@@ -1269,9 +1280,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "1.1.2+spec-1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.4+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81f3d15e84cbcd896376e6730314d59fb5a87f31e4b038454184435cd57defee"
+checksum = "3aace63f4bbcdfc2c965b059de67119c89c4017a70d633be6c104910f67056f5"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde_core",
@@ -1279,7 +1290,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml_datetime 1.1.1+spec-1.1.0",
  "toml_parser",
  "toml_writer",
- "winnow 1.0.3",
+ "winnow 1.0.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1316,23 +1327,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.25.12+spec-1.1.0"
+version = "0.25.13+spec-1.1.0"
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-checksum = "d2153edc6955a6c354fad8f5efd38b6a8769bdccf9fe50f8e1329f81b0baa5d7"
+checksum = "6975367e4d2ef766d86af01ffad14b622fecc8d4357a998fbc4deb6e9bacaf9b"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "toml_datetime 1.1.1+spec-1.1.0",
  "toml_parser",
- "winnow 1.0.3",
+ "winnow 1.0.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_parser"
-version = "1.1.2+spec-1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.3+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2abe9b86193656635d2411dc43050282ca48aa31c2451210f4202550afb7526"
+checksum = "1d38ac1cf9b95face32296c0a3ede1fdc270627c9d9c02a7274dd6d960dc4d56"
 dependencies = [
- "winnow 1.0.3",
+ "winnow 1.0.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1343,9 +1354,9 @@ checksum = "5d99f8c9a7727884afe522e9bd5edbfc91a3312b36a77b5fb8926e4c31a41801"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_writer"
-version = "1.1.1+spec-1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.2+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "756daf9b1013ebe47a8776667b466417e2d4c5679d441c26230efd9ef78692db"
+checksum = "7d56353a2a665ad0f41a421187180aab746c8c325620617ad883a99a1cbe66d2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
@@ -1366,7 +1377,7 @@ checksum = "7490cfa5ec963746568740651ac6781f701c9c5ea257c58e057f3ba8cf69e8da"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1448,14 +1459,14 @@ version = "0.26.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "521bc38abb08001b01866da9f51eb7c5d647a19260e00054a8c7fd5f9e57f7a9"
 dependencies = [
- "webpki-roots 1.0.7",
+ "webpki-roots 1.0.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
-version = "1.0.7"
+version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52f5ee44c96cf55f1b349600768e3ece3a8f26010c05265ab73f945bb1a2eb9d"
+checksum = "7dcd9d09a39985f5344844e66b0c530a33843579125f23e21e9f0f220850f22a"
 dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
 ]
@@ -1625,24 +1636,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0592e1c9d151f854e6fd382574c3a0855250e1d9b2f99d9281c6e6391af352f1"
+checksum = "23b97319f7b8343df12cc98938e5c3eb436064524c8d2b4e30a1d3a36eecdf81"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "writeable"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ffae5123b2d3fc086436f8834ae3ab053a283cfac8fe0a0b8eaae044768a4c4"
+checksum = "3ad82d2a33cdc9674dc7465672f271e096168fcdbe0f799d9e6db8c5892679dc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xml-rs"
-version = "0.8.28"
+version = "0.8.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ae8337f8a065cfc972643663ea4279e04e7256de865aa66fe25cec5fb912d3f"
+checksum = "e450f9b2ed1dff33c94c12589a87338689467b9c4f5d8a5710bd09a847d2c8a7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke"
@@ -1663,7 +1674,7 @@ checksum = "de844c262c8848816172cef550288e7dc6c7b7814b4ee56b3e1553f275f1858e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
@@ -1684,21 +1695,21 @@ checksum = "11532158c46691caf0f2593ea8358fed6bbf68a0315e80aae9bd41fbade684a1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.8.2"
+version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b97154e67e32c85465826e8bcc1c59429aaaf107c1e4a9e53c8d8ccd5eff88d0"
+checksum = "e13c156562582aa81c60cb29407084cdb54c4164760106ab78e6c5b0858cf64e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerotrie"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f9152d31db0792fa83f70fb2f83148effb5c1f5b8c7686c3459e361d9bc20bf"
+checksum = "4ea269c3bd32f0a32c321907a2ae912ba6f4649bb0fc764a15627e99a7095a3f"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "yoke",
@@ -1707,9 +1718,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerovec"
-version = "0.11.6"
+version = "0.11.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90f911cbc359ab6af17377d242225f4d75119aec87ea711a880987b18cd7b239"
+checksum = "94b5c6b5976d66c1d703c4fd17d3f5e43c8cedaacf604961b171adc7130896d8"
 dependencies = [
  "yoke",
  "zerofrom",
@@ -1718,17 +1729,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerovec-derive"
-version = "0.11.3"
+version = "0.11.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "625dc425cab0dca6dc3c3319506e6593dcb08a9f387ea3b284dbd52a92c40555"
+checksum = "47402523226a02bfe5230160dc3ccc089aa6f6f19e7fcbb4e6f824bbb1b4aa62"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 3.0.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zmij"
-version = "1.0.21"
+version = "1.0.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8848ee67ecc8aedbaf3e4122217aff892639231befc6a1b58d29fff4c2cabaa"
+checksum = "29666d0abbfad1e3dc4dcf6144730dd3a3ab225bbbdac83319345b1b44ccfc1b"
diff --git a/breadbox/Cargo.toml b/breadbox/Cargo.toml
index 9c40453..c1a40cc 100644
--- a/breadbox/Cargo.toml
+++ b/breadbox/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name = "breadbox"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-bread-theme = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2", features = ["gtk"] }
+bread-theme = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.4", features = ["gtk"] }
 bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2", features = ["bread-client"] }
 # Capture primitives for `--screenshot` mode — see src/screenshot.rs.
 bread-screenshots = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2" }
diff --git a/breadbox/src/main.rs b/breadbox/src/main.rs
index b207b97..3506706 100644
--- a/breadbox/src/main.rs
+++ b/breadbox/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use bread_theme::{hex_to_rgba, ink_on, load_palette, Palette};
 use bread_utils::bread_client::BreadClient;
 use std::{
-    cell::RefCell,
+    cell::{Cell, RefCell},
     collections::HashMap,
     env,
     fs,
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     process::{Command, Stdio},
     rc::Rc,
+    time::Duration,
 };
 
 /// This app's id in bread's sibling-app namespace registry
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ use gtk4::{
     glib,
     pango::EllipsizeMode,
     prelude::*,
-    Application, ApplicationWindow, Box as GBox, CssProvider, EventControllerKey, Label,
-    ListBox, Orientation, PolicyType, ScrolledWindow, SearchEntry, SelectionMode,
+    Application, ApplicationWindow, Box as GBox, CssProvider, Entry, EventControllerKey, Label,
+    ListBox, Orientation, PolicyType, ScrolledWindow, SelectionMode,
 };
 use gtk4_layer_shell::{Edge, KeyboardMode, Layer, LayerShell};
 
@@ -138,58 +139,171 @@ fn matches_term(field: &str, term: &str) -> bool {
 
 // ---- Theming ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
+const STAGGER_ROWS: usize = 12;
+
 fn build_css(p: &Palette) -> String {
-    let bg_panel = hex_to_rgba(&p.background, 0.60);
+    let bg_panel = hex_to_rgba(&p.background, 0.68);
     // breadbox-specific rules only — fonts, palette, and generic widgets come
     // from the shared ecosystem stylesheet (applied first in connect_activate).
-    // Colour is set on each surface (panel, search box, hovered/selected row) so
+    // Colour is set on each surface (panel, search, hovered/selected row) so
     // child labels inherit the legible ink for that background. `on_*` are
-    // luminance-picked black/white — the pywal hues are untouched. Without this a
-    // light `surface` slot makes the selected row's text vanish.
+    // luminance-picked black/white — the pywal hues are untouched.
+    //
+    // GTK4 ListBox's node is `list`, not `listbox`. These `list row:selected`
+    // rules beat the shared sheet's solid accent fill + on-accent ink so the
+    // glass card keeps a tinted selection and a left inset hairline.
+    let stagger = (0..STAGGER_ROWS)
+        .map(|i| {
+            format!(
+                ".launcher-bg.just-opened list row.stagger-{i} {{ animation-delay: {}ms; }}",
+                i * 28
+            )
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("");
     format!(
-        "window {{ background-color: transparent; }}\
-         .launcher-bg {{ background-color: {bg_panel}; color: {on_bg}; border-radius: 8px;\
-             box-shadow: 0 8px 32px rgba(0,0,0,0.6); }}\
-         searchentry {{ background-color: {surface}; color: {on_surface}; caret-color: {accent};\
-             border: none; outline: none; box-shadow: none;\
-             padding: 12px 16px; border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0; }}\
-         listbox {{ background-color: transparent; padding: 4px; }}\
-         row {{ padding: 8px 12px; color: {on_bg}; background-color: transparent;\
-             border-radius: 6px; }}\
-         row:hover {{ background-color: {surface}; color: {on_surface}; }}\
-         row:selected {{ background-color: {surface}; color: {on_surface}; }}\
-         .app-name {{ font-size: 14px; }}\
-         .app-muted {{ opacity: 0.6; font-size: 12px; }}\
-         image {{ margin-right: 8px; }}",
-        bg_panel   = bg_panel,
-        surface    = p.color0,
-        accent     = p.color4,
-        on_bg      = ink_on(&p.background),
-        on_surface = ink_on(&p.color0),
+        "\
+window {{ background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28); animation: scrim-in 0.28s ease both; }}\
+@keyframes scrim-in {{\
+  from {{ background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); }}\
+  to {{ background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28); }}\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg {{\
+  background-color: {bg_panel}; color: {on_bg}; border-radius: 20px;\
+  border: 1px solid alpha({on_bg}, 0.14);\
+  box-shadow: 0 24px 64px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.50);\
+  animation: card-in 0.42s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;\
+}}\
+@keyframes card-in {{\
+  from {{ opacity: 0; margin-top: 112px; }}\
+  to {{ opacity: 1; margin-top: 88px; }}\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg entry {{\
+  background-color: transparent; color: {on_bg}; caret-color: {accent};\
+  border: none; outline: none; box-shadow: none;\
+  padding: 20px 22px 14px; border-radius: 20px 20px 0 0;\
+  font-size: 17px; min-height: 28px;\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg entry:focus, .launcher-bg entry:focus-within {{\
+  border: none; outline: none; box-shadow: none; background-color: transparent;\
+}}\
+entry > text {{ background: transparent; }}\
+entry image {{ opacity: 0; min-width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; }}\
+.launcher-caret {{\
+  min-height: 2px; max-height: 2px; margin: 0 20px; border-radius: 2px;\
+  background-color: {accent};\
+  background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, {accent}, {accent2});\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg.just-opened .launcher-caret {{\
+  animation: caret-draw 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;\
+}}\
+@keyframes caret-draw {{\
+  from {{ margin-right: 600px; opacity: 0.25; }}\
+  to {{ margin-right: 20px; opacity: 1; }}\
+}}\
+scrolledwindow {{ background: transparent; }}\
+list {{ background-color: transparent; padding: 8px 8px 4px; }}\
+list row {{\
+  padding: 6px 8px; color: {on_bg}; background-color: transparent;\
+  border-radius: 14px; margin: 1px 10px; outline: none;\
+}}\
+list row:hover {{ background-color: alpha({on_bg}, 0.07); color: {on_bg}; }}\
+row:selected, list row:selected, list row:selected:focus,\
+list row:selected:hover, list row:selected:focus:hover {{\
+  background-color: alpha({accent}, 0.22); color: {on_bg};\
+  outline: none; box-shadow: none;\
+}}\
+list row:selected label, list row:selected .app-name, list row:selected .app-muted {{\
+  color: {on_bg};\
+}}\
+.app-row {{ min-height: 48px; }}\
+.app-icon-well {{\
+  min-width: 38px; min-height: 38px; margin-right: 12px;\
+  border-radius: 999px; background-color: alpha({on_bg}, 0.08);\
+}}\
+.app-icon {{ color: {on_bg}; opacity: 0.88; }}\
+.app-name {{ font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; }}\
+.app-muted {{ opacity: 0.48; font-size: 11px; }}\
+.launcher-footer {{\
+  padding: 8px 18px 12px; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.40;\
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase;\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg.just-opened list row {{\
+  animation: row-in 0.32s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;\
+}}\
+@keyframes row-in {{\
+  from {{ opacity: 0; }}\
+  to {{ opacity: 1; }}\
+}}\
+{stagger}\
+list.reflow row {{ animation: row-fade 0.16s ease both; }}\
+@keyframes row-fade {{\
+  from {{ opacity: 0.40; }}\
+  to {{ opacity: 1; }}\
+}}\
+.no-motion, .no-motion * {{ animation: none; transition: none; }}",
+        bg_panel = bg_panel,
+        accent = p.color4,
+        accent2 = p.color5,
+        on_bg = ink_on(&p.background),
+        stagger = stagger,
     )
 }
 
+fn category_label(entry: &DesktopEntry) -> &'static str {
+    let has = |needle: &str| {
+        entry
+            .categories
+            .iter()
+            .any(|c| c.eq_ignore_ascii_case(needle) || c.to_ascii_lowercase().contains(needle))
+    };
+    if entry.terminal || has("terminalemulator") {
+        "Terminal"
+    } else if has("webbrowser") {
+        "Browser"
+    } else if has("game") {
+        "Games"
+    } else if has("instantmessaging") || has("chat") || has("ircclient") {
+        "Chat"
+    } else if has("settings") || has("desktopsettings") || has("system") {
+        "System"
+    } else if has("ide") || has("development") {
+        "IDE"
+    } else if has("office") || has("wordprocessor") || has("texteditor") || has("notes") {
+        "Notes"
+    } else if has("audio") || has("player") || has("audiovideo") {
+        "Music"
+    } else if has("graphics") || has("photography") || has("camera") {
+        "Capture"
+    } else if has("filemanager") {
+        "Files"
+    } else {
+        "App"
+    }
+}
+
+fn symbolic_icon(entry: &DesktopEntry) -> &'static str {
+    match category_label(entry) {
+        "Browser" => "web-browser-symbolic",
+        "Terminal" => "utilities-terminal-symbolic",
+        "Notes" => "accessories-text-editor-symbolic",
+        "System" => "emblem-system-symbolic",
+        "Chat" => "user-available-symbolic",
+        "Games" => "applications-games-symbolic",
+        "Music" => "audio-x-generic-symbolic",
+        "Capture" => "camera-photo-symbolic",
+        "IDE" => "applications-engineering-symbolic",
+        "Files" => "folder-symbolic",
+        _ => "application-x-executable-symbolic",
+    }
+}
+
 // ---- Icon loading -----------------------------------------------------------
 
-fn make_icon(icon_name: &str, icon_path: Option<&Path>) -> gtk4::Image {
-    // Try loading from resolved cached path via gio::File
-    if let Some(path) = icon_path {
-        let gio_file = gtk4::gio::File::for_path(path);
-        if let Ok(texture) = gtk4::gdk::Texture::from_file(&gio_file) {
-            let img = gtk4::Image::new();
-            img.set_paintable(Some(&texture));
-            img.set_pixel_size(32);
-            return img;
-        }
-    }
-    // Fall back to GTK icon theme lookup by name
-    let name = if icon_name.is_empty() {
-        "application-x-executable"
-    } else {
-        icon_name
-    };
-    let img = gtk4::Image::from_icon_name(name);
-    img.set_pixel_size(32);
+fn make_icon(entry: &DesktopEntry) -> gtk4::Image {
+    let img = gtk4::Image::from_icon_name(symbolic_icon(entry));
+    img.set_pixel_size(18);
+    img.add_css_class("app-icon");
     img
 }
 
@@ -287,6 +401,26 @@ fn get_row_entry(row: &gtk4::ListBoxRow) -> Option<DesktopEntry> {
     }
 }
 
+fn visible_row_count(list: &ListBox) -> u32 {
+    let mut n = 0;
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while let Some(row) = list.row_at_index(i) {
+        if row.is_visible() {
+            n += 1;
+        }
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    n
+}
+
+fn set_footer_count(footer: &Label, n: u32) {
+    match n {
+        0 => footer.set_text("no match"),
+        1 => footer.set_text("1 app"),
+        n => footer.set_text(&format!("{n} apps")),
+    }
+}
+
 fn run_ui(
     entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>,
     history: LaunchHistory,
@@ -330,6 +464,7 @@ fn run_ui(
             window.set_anchor(edge, true);
         }
         window.set_exclusive_zone(0);
+        bread_theme::gtk::bind_window_auto(&window);
 
         let close_all: Rc<dyn Fn()> = Rc::new({
             let w = window.clone();
@@ -342,13 +477,25 @@ fn run_ui(
         vbox.add_css_class("launcher-bg");
         vbox.set_halign(gtk4::Align::Center);
         vbox.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Start);
-        vbox.set_margin_top(120);
+        vbox.set_margin_top(88);
         vbox.set_size_request(600, -1);
+        if is_screenshot_run {
+            window.add_css_class("no-motion");
+            vbox.add_css_class("no-motion");
+        } else {
+            vbox.add_css_class("just-opened");
+        }
 
-        let search = SearchEntry::new();
-        search.set_placeholder_text(Some("breadbox"));
+        let search = Entry::new();
+        search.set_placeholder_text(Some("Search"));
+        search.set_has_frame(false);
         vbox.append(&search);
 
+        let caret = GBox::new(Orientation::Horizontal, 0);
+        caret.add_css_class("launcher-caret");
+        caret.set_hexpand(true);
+        vbox.append(&caret);
+
         let scroll = ScrolledWindow::new();
         scroll.set_policy(PolicyType::Never, PolicyType::Automatic);
         scroll.set_max_content_height(480);
@@ -359,28 +506,44 @@ fn run_ui(
 
         for (idx, entry) in entries.iter().enumerate() {
             let row = gtk4::ListBoxRow::new();
+            if idx < STAGGER_ROWS {
+                row.add_css_class(&format!("stagger-{idx}"));
+            }
             let hbox = GBox::new(Orientation::Horizontal, 0);
-            hbox.set_margin_start(6);
-            hbox.set_margin_end(6);
+            hbox.add_css_class("app-row");
             hbox.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
 
-            let icon = make_icon(&entry.icon_name, entry.icon_path.as_deref());
-            hbox.append(&icon);
+            let well = GBox::new(Orientation::Horizontal, 0);
+            well.add_css_class("app-icon-well");
+            well.set_size_request(38, 38);
+            well.set_halign(gtk4::Align::Center);
+            well.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
+            well.set_hexpand(false);
+            let icon = make_icon(entry);
+            icon.set_halign(gtk4::Align::Center);
+            icon.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
+            icon.set_hexpand(true);
+            well.append(&icon);
+            hbox.append(&well);
+
+            let text = GBox::new(Orientation::Vertical, 1);
+            text.add_css_class("app-text");
+            text.set_hexpand(true);
+            text.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
 
             let name_lbl = Label::new(Some(&entry.name));
             name_lbl.add_css_class("app-name");
             name_lbl.set_xalign(0.0);
-            name_lbl.set_hexpand(true);
             name_lbl.set_ellipsize(EllipsizeMode::End);
-            hbox.append(&name_lbl);
+            text.append(&name_lbl);
 
-            if let Some(ref wm) = entry.wm_class {
-                let wm_lbl = Label::new(Some(wm));
-                wm_lbl.add_css_class("app-muted");
-                wm_lbl.set_xalign(1.0);
-                hbox.append(&wm_lbl);
-            }
+            let sub_lbl = Label::new(Some(category_label(entry)));
+            sub_lbl.add_css_class("app-muted");
+            sub_lbl.set_xalign(0.0);
+            sub_lbl.set_ellipsize(EllipsizeMode::End);
+            text.append(&sub_lbl);
 
+            hbox.append(&text);
             row.set_child(Some(&hbox));
             unsafe { row.set_data("entry", entry.clone()) };
             unsafe { row.set_data("initial_order", idx as u32) };
@@ -418,11 +581,29 @@ fn run_ui(
 
         scroll.set_child(Some(&list));
         vbox.append(&scroll);
+
+        let footer = Label::new(None);
+        footer.add_css_class("launcher-footer");
+        footer.set_xalign(0.0);
+        set_footer_count(&footer, visible_row_count(&list));
+        vbox.append(&footer);
+
         window.set_child(Some(&vbox));
 
-        // Filter on keystroke
+        if !is_screenshot_run {
+            let vbox_open = vbox.clone();
+            glib::timeout_add_local_once(Duration::from_millis(520), move || {
+                vbox_open.remove_css_class("just-opened");
+            });
+        }
+
+        // Filter on keystroke. ListBox keeps row identity across sort, so the
+        // reorder is already a cheap FLIP analog; a short CSS fade is the extra.
         let list_f = list.clone();
+        let footer_f = footer.clone();
+        let vbox_f = vbox.clone();
         let filter_query = Rc::clone(&query_rc);
+        let reflow_gen = Rc::new(Cell::new(0u32));
         search.connect_changed(move |entry| {
             let text = entry.text();
             let query = text.as_str();
@@ -432,6 +613,7 @@ fn run_ui(
                 let vis = get_row_entry(&row)
                     .map(|e| {
                         fuzzy_matches(query, &e.name)
+                            || fuzzy_matches(query, category_label(&e))
                             || e.wm_class
                                 .as_deref()
                                 .is_some_and(|w| fuzzy_matches(query, w))
@@ -446,6 +628,20 @@ fn run_ui(
                 list_f.row_at_index(j).filter(|r| r.is_visible())
             });
             list_f.select_row(first_vis.as_ref());
+            set_footer_count(&footer_f, visible_row_count(&list_f));
+            if !vbox_f.has_css_class("just-opened") {
+                list_f.remove_css_class("reflow");
+                list_f.add_css_class("reflow");
+                let gen = reflow_gen.get().wrapping_add(1);
+                reflow_gen.set(gen);
+                let list_fade = list_f.clone();
+                let reflow_gen = Rc::clone(&reflow_gen);
+                glib::timeout_add_local_once(Duration::from_millis(180), move || {
+                    if reflow_gen.get() == gen {
+                        list_fade.remove_css_class("reflow");
+                    }
+                });
+            }
         });
 
         // Keyboard handling — capture phase on window

From 7c55ea4756ecf047a722af2644732423cce97339 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Breadway <plasticbread849@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:39:11 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Adopt bread_utils::gtk_popup for the launcher overlay

Replace the hand-rolled layer-shell window, visible-row Up/Down
navigation, and click-outside-to-close gesture with the shared
helpers already used by breadclip. Keep singleton::toggle_or_kill
and bind_window_auto.
---
 Cargo.lock           |   2 +
 breadbox/Cargo.toml  |   2 +-
 breadbox/src/main.rs | 113 ++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c9780a0..b47dd23 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.7.2#30517
 dependencies = [
  "bread-shared",
  "dirs",
+ "gtk4",
+ "gtk4-layer-shell",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
 ]
diff --git a/breadbox/Cargo.toml b/breadbox/Cargo.toml
index 0977c1e..fde186f 100644
--- a/breadbox/Cargo.toml
+++ b/breadbox/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 bread-theme = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.4", features = ["gtk"] }
-bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2", features = ["bread-client"] }
+bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2", features = ["bread-client", "gtk"] }
 # Capture primitives for `--screenshot` mode — see src/screenshot.rs.
 bread-screenshots = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2" }
 breadbox-shared = { path = "../breadbox-shared" }
diff --git a/breadbox/src/main.rs b/breadbox/src/main.rs
index 3506706..b29b80c 100644
--- a/breadbox/src/main.rs
+++ b/breadbox/src/main.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ use bread_utils::bread_client::BreadClient;
 use std::{
     cell::{Cell, RefCell},
     collections::HashMap,
-    env,
-    fs,
+    env, fs,
     io::{Read, Write},
     os::unix::net::UnixStream,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
@@ -21,13 +20,9 @@ use breadbox_shared::{
     config_dir, load_all_desktop_entries, Config, DesktopEntry, IconCache, LaunchHistory,
 };
 use gtk4::{
-    glib,
-    pango::EllipsizeMode,
-    prelude::*,
-    Application, ApplicationWindow, Box as GBox, CssProvider, Entry, EventControllerKey, Label,
-    ListBox, Orientation, PolicyType, ScrolledWindow, SelectionMode,
+    glib, pango::EllipsizeMode, prelude::*, Application, Box as GBox, CssProvider, Entry,
+    EventControllerKey, Label, ListBox, Orientation, PolicyType, ScrolledWindow, SelectionMode,
 };
-use gtk4_layer_shell::{Edge, KeyboardMode, Layer, LayerShell};
 
 mod listen;
 mod screenshot;
@@ -91,7 +86,9 @@ fn load_sorted_entries(
             (None, Some(_)) => std::cmp::Ordering::Greater,
             (None, None) => {
                 // Most-launched first, then alphabetical
-                history.count(&b.name).cmp(&history.count(&a.name))
+                history
+                    .count(&b.name)
+                    .cmp(&history.count(&a.name))
                     .then(a.name.to_lowercase().cmp(&b.name.to_lowercase()))
             }
         }
@@ -385,10 +382,18 @@ fn fuzzy_score(query: &str, entry: &DesktopEntry) -> u32 {
     let q = query.to_lowercase();
     let name = entry.name.to_lowercase();
     let wm = entry.wm_class.as_deref().unwrap_or("").to_lowercase();
-    if name == q || wm == q { return 0; }
-    if name.starts_with(&q) { return 1; }
-    if name.contains(&q) { return 2; }
-    if wm.starts_with(&q) || wm.contains(&q) { return 3; }
+    if name == q || wm == q {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if name.starts_with(&q) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if name.contains(&q) {
+        return 2;
+    }
+    if wm.starts_with(&q) || wm.contains(&q) {
+        return 3;
+    }
     4 // subsequence match
 }
 
@@ -454,16 +459,8 @@ fn run_ui(
             bread_theme::gtk::apply_user_css(&user_css_path, &user_cell);
         }
 
-        // Full-screen transparent window; clicks outside the launcher panel close it.
-        let window = ApplicationWindow::builder().application(app).build();
-        window.init_layer_shell();
-        window.set_namespace(Some("breadbox"));
-        window.set_layer(Layer::Overlay);
-        window.set_keyboard_mode(KeyboardMode::Exclusive);
-        for edge in [Edge::Top, Edge::Bottom, Edge::Left, Edge::Right] {
-            window.set_anchor(edge, true);
-        }
-        window.set_exclusive_zone(0);
+        // Full-screen transparent overlay; panel widget is positioned inside it.
+        let window = bread_utils::gtk_popup::new_overlay_window(app, "breadbox");
         bread_theme::gtk::bind_window_auto(&window);
 
         let close_all: Rc<dyn Fn()> = Rc::new({
@@ -557,8 +554,16 @@ fn run_ui(
         list.set_sort_func(move |row_a, row_b| {
             let query = sort_query.borrow();
             if query.is_empty() {
-                let oa = unsafe { row_a.data::<u32>("initial_order").map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref()) };
-                let ob = unsafe { row_b.data::<u32>("initial_order").map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref()) };
+                let oa = unsafe {
+                    row_a
+                        .data::<u32>("initial_order")
+                        .map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref())
+                };
+                let ob = unsafe {
+                    row_b
+                        .data::<u32>("initial_order")
+                        .map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref())
+                };
                 return oa.cmp(&ob).into();
             }
             let (Some(ea), Some(eb)) = (get_row_entry(row_a), get_row_entry(row_b)) else {
@@ -624,9 +629,8 @@ fn run_ui(
                 i += 1;
             }
             list_f.invalidate_sort();
-            let first_vis = (0i32..).find_map(|j| {
-                list_f.row_at_index(j).filter(|r| r.is_visible())
-            });
+            let first_vis =
+                (0i32..).find_map(|j| list_f.row_at_index(j).filter(|r| r.is_visible()));
             list_f.select_row(first_vis.as_ref());
             set_footer_count(&footer_f, visible_row_count(&list_f));
             if !vbox_f.has_css_class("just-opened") {
@@ -669,36 +673,11 @@ fn run_ui(
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 Key::Down => {
-                    let cur = list_k.selected_row().map(|r| r.index()).unwrap_or(-1);
-                    let mut i = cur + 1;
-                    loop {
-                        match list_k.row_at_index(i) {
-                            Some(r) if r.is_visible() => {
-                                list_k.select_row(Some(&r));
-                                break;
-                            }
-                            Some(_) => i += 1,
-                            None => break,
-                        }
-                    }
+                    bread_utils::gtk_popup::select_next_visible(&list_k);
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 Key::Up => {
-                    let cur = list_k.selected_row().map(|r| r.index()).unwrap_or(0);
-                    let mut i = cur - 1;
-                    loop {
-                        if i < 0 {
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        match list_k.row_at_index(i) {
-                            Some(r) if r.is_visible() => {
-                                list_k.select_row(Some(&r));
-                                break;
-                            }
-                            Some(_) => i -= 1,
-                            None => break,
-                        }
-                    }
+                    bread_utils::gtk_popup::select_prev_visible(&list_k);
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 _ => glib::Propagation::Proceed,
@@ -719,22 +698,10 @@ fn run_ui(
         });
 
         // Click outside launcher panel → close
-        let close_outside = Rc::clone(&close_all);
-        let vbox_ref = vbox.clone();
-        let win_ref = window.clone();
-        let outside_click = gtk4::GestureClick::new();
-        outside_click.connect_pressed(move |_, _, x, y| {
-            if let Some(b) = vbox_ref.compute_bounds(&win_ref) {
-                if x < b.x() as f64
-                    || x > (b.x() + b.width()) as f64
-                    || y < b.y() as f64
-                    || y > (b.y() + b.height()) as f64
-                {
-                    close_outside();
-                }
-            }
-        });
-        window.add_controller(outside_click);
+        {
+            let close_outside = Rc::clone(&close_all);
+            bread_utils::gtk_popup::close_on_outside_click(&window, &vbox, move || close_outside());
+        }
 
         if let Some(req) = screenshot_req.clone() {
             screenshot::dispatch(&window, req);
@@ -782,7 +749,9 @@ fn main() {
             Ok(bread_utils::singleton::Toggle::Started(guard)) => Some(guard),
             Ok(bread_utils::singleton::Toggle::KilledExisting) => return,
             Err(e) => {
-                eprintln!("breadbox: single-instance lock unavailable ({e}); continuing without it");
+                eprintln!(
+                    "breadbox: single-instance lock unavailable ({e}); continuing without it"
+                );
                 None
             }
         }

From 09530e236d24a0d3dedd1272611b3570bdd33c44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Breadway <plasticbread849@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:59:32 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Adopt bread-launcher: shared matching/ranking/rows +
 manifest theming
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

breadbox's launcher is now a thin host over the `bread-launcher` crate
(bread-ecosystem v0.7.5) — the same core breadbar's embedded capsule
uses — instead of a private implementation:

- `breadbox-shared` becomes a re-export shim over `bread_launcher`
  (`DesktopEntry`, `LaunchHistory`, `config_dir`, `LAUNCHER_APP`); the
  local fuzzy-match / ranking / desktop-file parsing is deleted.
- `run_ui` builds `bread_launcher::gtk::ResultsList` for the results
  list and calls `bread_launcher::do_launch` / `load_sorted_entries`;
  the hand-rolled row/icon/score code is gone.
- Launcher geometry and style come from the active shell-theme manifest
  (`bread_theme::shell`, via the new `src/theme.rs` accessor mirroring
  breadbar's) — width, radius, panel alpha, top margin, icon size,
  footer wording. The Daylight / liquid-motion look is the manifest's
  job now, not hardcoded CSS.
- Keeps `main`'s recent improvements on top of the branch work: the
  overlay window + outside-click come from `bread_utils::gtk_popup`
  (`new_overlay_window` / `bind_window_auto` / `close_on_outside_click`),
  replacing the manual layer-shell + GestureClick boilerplate.
- Embedded-open redirect: when the active theme embeds the launcher
  (spotlight capsule), breadbox emits `bread.box.open_requested` on the
  bus instead of mapping its own window; falls back to its own overlay
  when breadd is unreachable.
- Pins: bread-theme / bread-utils / bread-screenshots / bread-launcher
  → v0.7.5 (bread-launcher and `bread_theme::shell` first ship there).
  `.cargo/` gitignored — the local sibling-checkout source override
  (`fa85fc1`) is no longer needed now that v0.7.5 is tagged.

Reconciles the long-lived `feature/launcher-core` (13 commits, incl.
`feature/launcher-theming`) with `main`'s independent launcher redesign
(`feature/liquid-motion` + `bread_utils::gtk_popup` adoption). Applied
as one squashed reconciliation rather than a 13-commit rebase because
the two lines rewrote the same ~200-line `run_ui`/`build_css` region
in incompatible directions.

cargo build --locked / test --locked / clippy --all-targets --locked
-D warnings all clean.
---
 .gitignore                 |   3 +
 Cargo.lock                 | 198 ++++++++-
 EVENTS.md                  |  57 ++-
 breadbox-shared/Cargo.toml |   5 +
 breadbox-shared/src/lib.rs | 283 ++-----------
 breadbox-sync/src/main.rs  |   4 +-
 breadbox/Cargo.toml        |   9 +-
 breadbox/src/listen.rs     |  39 +-
 breadbox/src/main.rs       | 832 +++++++++++++------------------------
 breadbox/src/theme.rs      |  98 +++++
 10 files changed, 722 insertions(+), 806 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 breadbox/src/theme.rs

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec10cb0..0b68375 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ CLAUDE.md
 
 # graphify knowledge-graph output (local tool cache, not for commit)
 graphify-out/
+
+# Local-only source overrides (see .cargo/config.toml).
+.cargo/
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b47dd23..d46553a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -82,10 +82,20 @@ version = "2.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b588b76d00fde79687d7646a9b5bdf3cc0f655e0bbd080335a95d7e96f3587da"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bread-launcher"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.7.5#46b886b7bc168e73945269e143b18ef8a0d987f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bread-utils",
+ "gtk4",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bread-screenshots"
-version = "0.7.2"
-source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.7.2#30517f161724132cdeb658c04cf5e490be07ee73"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.7.5#46b886b7bc168e73945269e143b18ef8a0d987f8"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bread-utils",
@@ -94,33 +104,37 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bread-shared"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread?tag=v0.7.0#22e34e2cf2202305d7960759dfccb54dc79f948b"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread?tag=v0.8.0#cdd5de8f58e437b3fc6d9b9087eb7b3d0fd09704"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 6.0.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "toml 0.8.23",
+ "uuid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bread-theme"
-version = "0.7.4"
-source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.7.4#fcba3760387e2523edb71350f8efea3bc851b21e"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.7.5#46b886b7bc168e73945269e143b18ef8a0d987f8"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs",
+ "anyhow",
+ "dirs 5.0.1",
  "gtk4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "toml 0.8.23",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bread-utils"
-version = "0.7.2"
-source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.7.2#30517f161724132cdeb658c04cf5e490be07ee73"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.7.5#46b886b7bc168e73945269e143b18ef8a0d987f8"
 dependencies = [
  "bread-shared",
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 5.0.1",
  "gtk4",
  "gtk4-layer-shell",
  "serde",
@@ -132,6 +146,7 @@ name = "breadbox"
 version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "bread-launcher",
  "bread-screenshots",
  "bread-theme",
  "bread-utils",
@@ -146,6 +161,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "breadbox-shared"
 version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
+ "bread-launcher",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "toml 0.8.23",
@@ -160,6 +176,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "ureq",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bumpalo"
+version = "3.20.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72f5acc6cb2ba439de613abc23857ec3d78374d8ed5ac84e9d11336e87da8649"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cairo-rs"
 version = "0.22.0"
@@ -270,7 +292,16 @@ version = "5.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44c45a9d03d6676652bcb5e724c7e988de1acad23a711b5217ab9cbecbec2225"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
+ "dirs-sys 0.4.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3e8aa94d75141228480295a7d0e7feb620b1a5ad9f12bc40be62411e38cce4e"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys 0.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -281,10 +312,22 @@ checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
- "redox_users",
+ "redox_users 0.4.6",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e01a3366d27ee9890022452ee61b2b63a67e6f13f58900b651ff5665f0bb1fab"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users 0.5.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -468,6 +511,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "300e883d756b2e4ec94e02791f39b04b522276138852cfc41d9fb7e904106099"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "r-efi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gio"
 version = "0.22.8"
@@ -842,6 +896,17 @@ version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f42a60cbdf9a97f5d2305f08a87dc4e09308d1276d28c869c684d7777685682"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "js-sys"
+version = "0.3.104"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e0c1080212aad755ea003d18543e8768dd432c48819efd73a7bf1e39b7a5a3a"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "futures-util",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "khronos_api"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -995,15 +1060,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r-efi"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_users"
 version = "0.4.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ba009ff324d1fc1b900bd1fdb31564febe58a8ccc8a6fdbb93b543d33b13ca43"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.17",
  "libredox",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4e608c6638b9c18977b00b475ac1f28d14e84b27d8d42f70e0bf1e3dec127ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.17",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror 2.0.20",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1014,7 +1096,7 @@ checksum = "a4689e6c2294d81e88dc6261c768b63bc4fcdb852be6d1352498b114f61383b7"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.17",
  "libc",
  "untrusted",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
@@ -1064,6 +1146,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf54715a573b99ac80df0bc206da022bcd442c974952c7b9720069370852e21f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.28"
@@ -1244,7 +1332,16 @@ version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6aaf5339b578ea85b50e080feb250a3e8ae8cfcdff9a461c9ec2904bc923f52"
 dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
+ "thiserror-impl 1.0.69",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "2.0.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec86235f5fcc2a73650310756d2ac5b138a5780bbbdfae3eeccec992c435ba4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl 2.0.20",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1258,6 +1355,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "2.0.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc04cd3e1236dd4a98afca4569f2deb3f120e5422a4023be2cb683f8486292af"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 3.0.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinystr"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -1443,6 +1551,17 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uuid"
+version = "1.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b5772d71c9be8a8a6ac2117d949c5b224c1b72241bb611d9a3012edcf8af7812"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.4.3",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version-compare"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1455,6 +1574,51 @@ version = "0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen"
+version = "0.2.127"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b70935747edd64d89de3efa29d73789b806c15798f8e7dca4d8ac356b50ce70"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustversion",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
+version = "0.2.127"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77775f8f3f7217702089053b94958f8f54061a3f663417df76e19cbdcca29bc1"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
+version = "0.2.127"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e11d33f857dc2fb11b8bc75aee111aa9cbeb12cd9f25efd3d4c2a3dd4e235284"
+dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
+version = "0.2.127"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ef64dbcc55df09c7e5a46182d181c2cfa3e925f3da937ea764728b4bbb9dcbf"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
 version = "0.26.11"
diff --git a/EVENTS.md b/EVENTS.md
index 3e7064a..c180c75 100644
--- a/EVENTS.md
+++ b/EVENTS.md
@@ -14,13 +14,21 @@ connection. Command verbs are only received while `breadbox listen` is
 running — that process holds the `bread.command.box.**` subscription
 open.
 
+Under an `[launcher] mode = "embedded"` theme (spotlight), breadbar's
+own bar-drawer capsule *is* the launcher UI, and breadbox redirects
+instead of mapping its own overlay window — see the "Embedded launcher
+theme" section below. Everything else on this page describes the
+default (`overlay`-mode) behavior.
+
 ## Events published (`bread.box.*`)
 
 | Event | Data | When |
 |-------|------|------|
 | `bread.box.launched` | `{ "id": "<desktop id or exec>", "name": "<display name>" }` | The user launched an app (Enter / keypad Enter on the selected row, or activating a row) **and** the spawn succeeded. Not emitted if `Command::spawn` fails (missing terminal, `exec` that cannot start). `id` is the desktop-file id (the `.desktop` filename, e.g. `firefox.desktop`), falling back to the stripped `Exec=` line when that id is empty. `name` is the desktop-entry display name. |
-| `bread.box.open.done` | `{}` | `bread.command.box.open` was received and `breadbox` was spawned. This is the command confirmation, not proof the overlay mapped — the spawned process is the same toggle as a keybind. |
-| `bread.box.open.failed` | `{ "error": "<message>" }` | `bread.command.box.open` was received but this binary could not be started. |
+| `bread.box.open.done` | `{}` | `bread.command.box.open` was received (via `breadbox listen`) **and this binary was spawned** — non-embedded themes only. Not proof the overlay mapped, just that the process was started (same toggle as a keybind). Never emitted under an embedded theme — see below. |
+| `bread.box.open.failed` | `{ "error": "<message>" }` | `bread.command.box.open` was received but this binary could not be started — non-embedded themes only. Unreachable under an embedded theme, since that branch returns before ever attempting to spawn. |
+| `bread.box.open_requested` | `{}` | Emitted by the plain `breadbox` binary itself (not `breadbox listen`) instead of mapping its own overlay window, only when the active theme's `[launcher].mode` is `embedded`. breadbar's capsule (`launcher_command.rs`) subscribes to this and opens itself. Own-namespace event, not a command — see `dispatch_embedded_open`'s doc comment for why `bread.command.box.open` would be the wrong shape here. |
+| `bread.box.open.redirected` | `{}` | Emitted by `breadbox listen`'s `handle_open`, only when `bread.command.box.open` is received while an embedded theme is active. Replaces `.done`/`.failed` in that case: this process never spawns anything (breadbar's capsule is the intended handler) and has no way to confirm breadbar actually received or handled the event — pub/sub here is one-way with no ack. This event means "redirect happened, outcome unknown", not "succeeded". |
 
 Launch history is local to breadbox (`~/.cache/breadbox/history.json`);
 the event bus is a notification that a launch happened, not a channel
@@ -34,15 +42,21 @@ bread convention, not a breadbox bug.
 
 | Verb | Data | Effect |
 |------|------|--------|
-| `open` | none | Same as running `breadbox` (toggle the launcher overlay via the existing singleton). Emits `bread.box.open.done` / `.failed`. |
+| `open` | none | Under a non-embedded theme: same as running `breadbox` (toggle the launcher overlay via the existing singleton). Emits `bread.box.open.done` / `.failed`. Under an embedded theme: never spawns; emits `bread.box.open.redirected` instead — see "Embedded launcher theme" below. |
 
 ```lua
+-- Non-embedded themes: `.done` is a real completion signal.
 bread.spawn(function()
     bread.emit("bread.command.box.open")
     bread.wait("bread.box.open.done", { timeout = 5000 })
 end)
 ```
 
+Under an embedded theme this `.done` wait will time out — `.done` is
+never emitted there. A workflow that needs to work under every theme
+should wait on `bread.box.open.redirected` too (or treat a timeout as
+"probably fine, embedded themes have no ack" rather than a failure).
+
 ### Not implemented: extra verbs
 
 There is no `launch` / `close` / `query` command verb. Picking a desktop
@@ -50,12 +64,44 @@ id from the bus would be a new product surface. If/when that exists, add
 the corresponding `bread.command.box.*` verb at the same time, not
 stubbed as a no-op ahead of it.
 
+## Embedded launcher theme (spotlight)
+
+When the active shell theme's `[launcher].mode` is `embedded`, running
+`breadbox` directly (e.g. from a keybind) does **not** map this binary's
+overlay window — that would stack a second launcher on top of
+breadbar's own capsule. Instead:
+
+1. `breadbox`'s `main` checks `BreadClient::health()` — a real,
+   bounded-timeout round trip to breadd, not just "did the socket
+   exist".
+2. If breadd **is** reachable, it emits `bread.box.open_requested` and
+   returns. breadbar's capsule (subscribed only while its own active
+   theme is also `embedded`) is expected to open itself in response.
+   There is no ack for this — if breadbar isn't running, or is running
+   under a different theme and therefore never subscribed, this is
+   still a silent no-op on the bus with nothing further to fall back
+   to. (`BreadClient` has no "is anyone subscribed" query.)
+3. If breadd is **not** reachable, `breadbox` logs that to stderr and
+   falls back to mapping its own overlay window anyway — a keybind
+   press always opens *something*, rather than the historical fully
+   silent no-op when the bus was down.
+
+`breadbox listen`'s `handle_open` (the `bread.command.box.open`
+handler) applies the same "never map a second launcher" rule but from
+the command side: under an embedded theme it never spawns, logs to
+stderr, and emits `bread.box.open.redirected` instead of `.done` — see
+the events table above for why `.done` would be a false claim here.
+
 ## Fail-safe behavior
 
 - If breadd isn't installed or isn't running, `emit` is a silent no-op
   (`BreadClient::emit` never blocks or errors the caller) and the
   command subscription simply never receives anything — launching,
   history, theming, and the singleton toggle are entirely unaffected.
+  Under an embedded theme specifically, a direct `breadbox` invocation
+  additionally checks reachability up front and falls back to mapping
+  its own overlay window when breadd is down (see above) — so this
+  invariant now holds there too, not just for every other theme.
 - If breadd restarts, the command subscription reconnects automatically
   (`BreadClient::subscribe`'s background thread has its own backoff
   loop); no restart of `breadbox listen` is needed.
@@ -63,3 +109,8 @@ stubbed as a no-op ahead of it.
   the bus (no subscriber). The CLI still works, and one-shot invocations
   still emit `bread.box.launched` on their own short-lived connection.
 - Closing the launcher without launching anything emits nothing.
+- What is **not** covered: under an embedded theme, if breadd is
+  reachable but breadbar itself isn't running (or isn't subscribed),
+  neither the direct-keybind path nor the command path can detect that
+  or fall back further — both are fire-and-forget with no ack. This is
+  a known limitation of the current transport, not an oversight.
diff --git a/breadbox-shared/Cargo.toml b/breadbox-shared/Cargo.toml
index 2c583be..7bb5868 100644
--- a/breadbox-shared/Cargo.toml
+++ b/breadbox-shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ license = "MIT"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 toml = "0.8"
+# The desktop-entry/icon-cache/launch-history substance this crate used to
+# own has moved to bread-ecosystem's bread-launcher (feature/launcher-core)
+# so breadbar can share it too — see src/lib.rs. No `gtk` feature: this
+# shim only re-exports the headless half.
+bread-launcher = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.5" }
diff --git a/breadbox-shared/src/lib.rs b/breadbox-shared/src/lib.rs
index 92c573b..4b10510 100644
--- a/breadbox-shared/src/lib.rs
+++ b/breadbox-shared/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,264 +1,59 @@
-use std::{
-    collections::HashMap,
-    env,
-    fs::{self, File},
-    io::{BufRead, BufReader},
-    path::{Path, PathBuf},
-};
+//! **Compatibility shim.** This crate used to own desktop-entry parsing,
+//! icon caching, and launch history; that substance now lives in
+//! `bread-launcher` (`bread-ecosystem`, feature/launcher-core) so breadbar's
+//! future embedded capsule can share it with breadbox's overlay window —
+//! one launcher implementation, two hosts (see
+//! `bos-ui-demos/THEME_SYSTEM_PLAN.md` §3, §7).
+//!
+//! Everything below is either a direct re-export of `bread_launcher`, or a
+//! thin wrapper that just bakes in `"breadbox"` as the app name
+//! `bread_launcher`'s path/cache functions now take explicitly (so more
+//! than one host can use that crate without colliding on
+//! `~/.cache/<app>`). This exists purely so `breadbox` and `breadbox-sync`
+//! keep compiling with minimal churn — plan to remove it once both callers
+//! depend on `bread-launcher` directly instead.
+//!
+//! `Config`/`Context` are NOT part of that move: they're breadbox's own
+//! per-workspace launch-priority config format, not launcher substance, so
+//! they stay here.
+
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-// ---- XDG path helpers -------------------------------------------------------
+pub use bread_launcher::{
+    app_dirs, home_dir, load_all_desktop_entries, parse_desktop, strip_exec_codes, DesktopEntry,
+    IconCache, LaunchHistory,
+};
 
-pub fn home_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    PathBuf::from(env::var("HOME").unwrap_or_else(|_| "/tmp".into()))
-}
+/// The launcher's shared identity (`bread_launcher::LAUNCHER_APP`, currently
+/// `"breadbox"`) — NOT a breadbox-specific literal. breadbar's embedded
+/// capsule (theme 04/spotlight) reads/writes this exact same on-disk cache
+/// and history, so the two surfaces stay one launcher with one ranking
+/// instead of forking into two (see `LAUNCHER_APP`'s own doc comment).
+const APP: &str = bread_launcher::LAUNCHER_APP;
 
 pub fn cache_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    env::var("XDG_CACHE_HOME")
-        .map(PathBuf::from)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| home_dir().join(".cache"))
-        .join("breadbox")
+    bread_launcher::cache_dir(APP)
 }
 
 pub fn config_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
-        .map(PathBuf::from)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| home_dir().join(".config"))
-        .join("breadbox")
+    bread_launcher::config_dir(APP)
 }
 
-pub fn app_dirs() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
-    let home = home_dir();
-    let mut dirs = vec![PathBuf::from("/usr/share/applications")];
-
-    let xdg_data_dirs = env::var("XDG_DATA_DIRS")
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "/usr/local/share:/usr/share".into());
-    for d in xdg_data_dirs.split(':') {
-        let p = PathBuf::from(d).join("applications");
-        if p != dirs[0] {
-            dirs.push(p);
-        }
-    }
-
-    dirs.push(
-        env::var("XDG_DATA_HOME")
-            .map(PathBuf::from)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| home.join(".local/share"))
-            .join("applications"),
-    );
-    dirs
+pub fn icon_cache() -> IconCache {
+    IconCache::new(APP)
 }
 
-// ---- Desktop entry ----------------------------------------------------------
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct DesktopEntry {
-    /// Desktop file id (the `.desktop` filename, e.g. `firefox.desktop`).
-    /// Empty only if the path had no file name; callers fall back to `exec`.
-    pub id: String,
-    pub name: String,
-    pub exec: String,
-    pub icon_name: String,
-    pub icon_path: Option<PathBuf>, // resolved by caller from manifest
-    pub categories: Vec<String>,
-    pub wm_class: Option<String>,
-    pub terminal: bool,
+pub fn icon_manifest_path() -> PathBuf {
+    IconCache::manifest_path(APP)
 }
 
-pub fn strip_exec_codes(exec: &str) -> String {
-    let mut out = String::with_capacity(exec.len());
-    let mut chars = exec.chars().peekable();
-    while let Some(c) = chars.next() {
-        if c == '%' {
-            match chars.peek().copied() {
-                Some('%') => {
-                    chars.next();
-                    out.push('%');
-                }
-                Some(n) if n.is_ascii_alphabetic() => {
-                    chars.next();
-                }
-                _ => out.push(c),
-            }
-        } else {
-            out.push(c);
-        }
-    }
-    out
+pub fn launch_history() -> LaunchHistory {
+    LaunchHistory::load(APP)
 }
 
-/// Returns `None` for entries that should not be shown (hidden, NoDisplay, non-Application type).
-pub fn parse_desktop(path: &Path) -> Option<DesktopEntry> {
-    let file = File::open(path).ok()?;
-    let mut in_entry = false;
-    let mut name: Option<String> = None;
-    let mut exec: Option<String> = None;
-    let mut icon: Option<String> = None;
-    let mut categories: Option<String> = None;
-    let mut wm_class: Option<String> = None;
-    let mut app_type: Option<String> = None;
-    let mut no_display = false;
-    let mut hidden = false;
-    let mut terminal = false;
-
-    for line in BufReader::new(file).lines() {
-        let Ok(raw) = line else { continue };
-        let s = raw.trim();
-        if s.starts_with('#') || s.is_empty() {
-            continue;
-        }
-        if s.starts_with('[') {
-            in_entry = s == "[Desktop Entry]";
-            continue;
-        }
-        if !in_entry {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if let Some(v) = s.strip_prefix("Name=") {
-            name.get_or_insert_with(|| v.to_string());
-        } else if let Some(v) = s.strip_prefix("Exec=") {
-            exec.get_or_insert_with(|| v.to_string());
-        } else if let Some(v) = s.strip_prefix("Icon=") {
-            icon.get_or_insert_with(|| v.to_string());
-        } else if let Some(v) = s.strip_prefix("Categories=") {
-            categories.get_or_insert_with(|| v.to_string());
-        } else if let Some(v) = s.strip_prefix("StartupWMClass=") {
-            wm_class.get_or_insert_with(|| v.to_string());
-        } else if let Some(v) = s.strip_prefix("Type=") {
-            app_type.get_or_insert_with(|| v.to_string());
-        } else if let Some(v) = s.strip_prefix("NoDisplay=") {
-            no_display = v == "true";
-        } else if let Some(v) = s.strip_prefix("Hidden=") {
-            hidden = v == "true";
-        } else if let Some(v) = s.strip_prefix("Terminal=") {
-            terminal = v == "true" || v == "1";
-        }
-    }
-
-    if no_display || hidden {
-        return None;
-    }
-    if app_type.as_deref() != Some("Application") {
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    let name = name?.trim().to_string();
-    let exec = strip_exec_codes(exec?.trim()).trim().to_string();
-    if name.is_empty() || exec.is_empty() {
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    let icon_name = icon.unwrap_or_default().trim().to_string();
-    let cats = categories
-        .unwrap_or_default()
-        .split(';')
-        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
-        .map(|s| s.to_string())
-        .collect();
-
-    let id = path
-        .file_name()
-        .map(|n| n.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
-        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
-        .unwrap_or_default();
-
-    Some(DesktopEntry {
-        id,
-        name,
-        exec,
-        icon_name,
-        icon_path: None,
-        categories: cats,
-        wm_class: wm_class.map(|s| s.trim().to_string()).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()),
-        terminal,
-    })
-}
-
-/// Walk all configured application directories and return deduplicated entries.
-/// Entries from later directories (user-local) override those from earlier ones.
-pub fn load_all_desktop_entries() -> Vec<DesktopEntry> {
-    let mut seen: std::collections::HashMap<String, DesktopEntry> = std::collections::HashMap::new();
-    for dir in app_dirs() {
-        let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir(&dir) else { continue };
-        for entry in entries.flatten() {
-            let path = entry.path();
-            if path.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()) != Some("desktop") {
-                continue;
-            }
-            let key = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
-            if let Some(app) = parse_desktop(&path) {
-                seen.insert(key, app);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    seen.into_values().collect()
-}
-
-// ---- Icon cache -------------------------------------------------------------
-
-pub struct IconCache {
-    pub dir: PathBuf,
-}
-
-impl IconCache {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        IconCache { dir: cache_dir().join("icons") }
-    }
-
-    pub fn path_for(&self, icon_name: &str) -> PathBuf {
-        self.dir.join(format!("{}.png", icon_name))
-    }
-
-    pub fn manifest_path() -> PathBuf {
-        cache_dir().join("manifest.json")
-    }
-
-    pub fn ensure_dir(&self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        fs::create_dir_all(&self.dir)
-    }
-}
-
-impl Default for IconCache {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::new()
-    }
-}
-
-// ---- Launch history ---------------------------------------------------------
-
-pub struct LaunchHistory {
-    counts: HashMap<String, u32>,
-    path: PathBuf,
-}
-
-impl LaunchHistory {
-    pub fn load() -> Self {
-        let path = cache_dir().join("history.json");
-        let counts = fs::read_to_string(&path)
-            .ok()
-            .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str(&s).ok())
-            .unwrap_or_default();
-        LaunchHistory { counts, path }
-    }
-
-    pub fn count(&self, name: &str) -> u32 {
-        self.counts.get(name).copied().unwrap_or(0)
-    }
-
-    pub fn increment(&mut self, name: &str) {
-        *self.counts.entry(name.to_string()).or_insert(0) += 1;
-    }
-
-    pub fn save(&self) {
-        if let Ok(json) = serde_json::to_string(&self.counts) {
-            let _ = fs::write(&self.path, json);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// ---- Config -----------------------------------------------------------------
+// ---- Config (breadbox-specific, not launcher substance) --------------------
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
 pub struct Config {
diff --git a/breadbox-sync/src/main.rs b/breadbox-sync/src/main.rs
index 8c919bf..6bf73ee 100644
--- a/breadbox-sync/src/main.rs
+++ b/breadbox-sync/src/main.rs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fn main() {
 }
 
 fn run() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let icon_cache = IconCache::new();
+    let icon_cache = breadbox_shared::icon_cache();
     icon_cache.ensure_dir()?;
 
     let theme = current_icon_theme();
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         }
     }
 
-    let manifest_path = IconCache::manifest_path();
+    let manifest_path = breadbox_shared::icon_manifest_path();
     let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&manifest)?;
     let tmp = manifest_path.with_extension("tmp");
     fs::write(&tmp, &json)?;
diff --git a/breadbox/Cargo.toml b/breadbox/Cargo.toml
index fde186f..966fcc8 100644
--- a/breadbox/Cargo.toml
+++ b/breadbox/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ name = "breadbox"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-bread-theme = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.4", features = ["gtk"] }
-bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2", features = ["bread-client", "gtk"] }
+bread-theme = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.5", features = ["gtk"] }
+bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.5", features = ["bread-client", "gtk"] }
 # Capture primitives for `--screenshot` mode — see src/screenshot.rs.
-bread-screenshots = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2" }
+bread-screenshots = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.5" }
+# Matching/ranking/launching plus the results-list widget (see src/main.rs
+# run_ui) — the same core breadbar's embedded capsule will use next phase.
+bread-launcher = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.5", features = ["gtk"] }
 breadbox-shared = { path = "../breadbox-shared" }
 gtk4 = { version = "0.11", features = ["v4_12"] }
 gtk4-layer-shell = "0.8"
diff --git a/breadbox/src/listen.rs b/breadbox/src/listen.rs
index 9aeb367..e626532 100644
--- a/breadbox/src/listen.rs
+++ b/breadbox/src/listen.rs
@@ -44,11 +44,48 @@ fn handle_command(event: &BreadEvent) {
 }
 
 fn handle_open() {
+    let client = BreadClient::connect(APP_ID);
+
+    // Under an embedded-launcher theme (spotlight), breadbar's own capsule
+    // subscribes to both this command and `bread.box.open_requested` (see
+    // `main.rs`'s `dispatch_embedded_open` doc comment) — it, not this
+    // process, is the thing that should react. Spawning `breadbox` here
+    // would just re-run that same binary's own embedded-mode redirect
+    // (`main`'s `dispatch_embedded_open`), emitting
+    // `bread.box.open_requested` back onto the bus; breadbar would open the
+    // capsule again and this still-running subscription would keep spawning
+    // on every command it sees. So this branch never spawns — that part is
+    // correct and stays.
+    //
+    // It used to also emit `bread.box.open.done` here unconditionally, which
+    // was a false-positive success report: `.done`'s documented meaning
+    // (EVENTS.md) is "breadbox was spawned", which is literally untrue in
+    // this branch, and there is no ack from breadbar on this one-way
+    // pub/sub bus — `BreadClient` has no way to ask "did anything actually
+    // pick this up" (same limitation `main.rs`'s `dispatch_embedded_open`
+    // documents). Claiming `.done` reported a completion this process
+    // cannot observe — the same shape of bug as bug #6 (a namespace
+    // violation making a false claim), just an over-eager "done" instead of
+    // an under-eager warning. Since confirming the handoff isn't possible
+    // with the current transport, this does the honest thing instead: log
+    // locally (so the failure mode is diagnosable from `breadbox listen`'s
+    // own output) and emit a distinct, explicitly-unconfirmed event so a bus
+    // observer can tell "redirected, outcome unknown" apart from "breadbox
+    // spawned" rather than being told a specific untrue thing.
+    if crate::theme::shell_theme().launcher().mode == bread_theme::shell::LauncherMode::Embedded {
+        eprintln!(
+            "breadbox: bread.command.box.open received under an embedded launcher \
+             theme; breadbar's capsule is the intended handler and this process \
+             cannot confirm it received the event"
+        );
+        client.emit("bread.box.open.redirected", serde_json::json!({}));
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Same as running `breadbox` from a keybind: toggle the overlay via the
     // existing singleton. Spawn success is the command confirmation — we do
     // not wait for the GTK window to map.
     let result = spawn_self();
-    let client = BreadClient::connect(APP_ID);
     match result {
         Ok(_) => client.emit("bread.box.open.done", serde_json::json!({})),
         Err(e) => {
diff --git a/breadbox/src/main.rs b/breadbox/src/main.rs
index b29b80c..c8a639d 100644
--- a/breadbox/src/main.rs
+++ b/breadbox/src/main.rs
@@ -1,31 +1,37 @@
+use bread_launcher::gtk::{row_entry, ResultsList};
 use bread_theme::{hex_to_rgba, ink_on, load_palette, Palette};
-use bread_utils::bread_client::BreadClient;
 use std::{
-    cell::{Cell, RefCell},
+    cell::RefCell,
     collections::HashMap,
     env, fs,
     io::{Read, Write},
     os::unix::net::UnixStream,
-    path::{Path, PathBuf},
-    process::{Command, Stdio},
+    path::PathBuf,
     rc::Rc,
-    time::Duration,
 };
 
 /// This app's id in bread's sibling-app namespace registry
 /// (`bread_shared::apps::KNOWN_APPS`) — events publish as `bread.box.*`.
 const APP_ID: &str = "box";
 
-use breadbox_shared::{
-    config_dir, load_all_desktop_entries, Config, DesktopEntry, IconCache, LaunchHistory,
-};
+/// Emitted instead of mapping breadbox's own window when the active shell
+/// theme's launcher is embedded (theme 04's capsule). Must stay inside
+/// `bread.box.*` — see [`dispatch_embedded_open`] for why.
+pub const EMBEDDED_OPEN_EVENT: &str = "bread.box.open_requested";
+
+/// Published via `bread_launcher::do_launch` after a successful launch —
+/// see `EVENTS.md`.
+const LAUNCHED_EVENT: &str = "bread.box.launched";
+
+use breadbox_shared::{config_dir, Config, DesktopEntry, LaunchHistory};
 use gtk4::{
-    glib, pango::EllipsizeMode, prelude::*, Application, Box as GBox, CssProvider, Entry,
-    EventControllerKey, Label, ListBox, Orientation, PolicyType, ScrolledWindow, SelectionMode,
+    glib, prelude::*, Application, Box as GBox, CssProvider,
+    EventControllerKey, Label, Orientation, SearchEntry,
 };
 
 mod listen;
 mod screenshot;
+mod theme;
 
 // ---- Hyprland IPC -----------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ fn get_active_workspace() -> Option<String> {
 // ---- Manifest ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 fn load_manifest() -> HashMap<String, PathBuf> {
-    let path = IconCache::manifest_path();
+    let path = breadbox_shared::icon_manifest_path();
     let content = fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap_or_default();
     serde_json::from_str::<HashMap<String, String>>(&content)
         .unwrap_or_default()
@@ -57,360 +63,145 @@ fn load_manifest() -> HashMap<String, PathBuf> {
         .collect()
 }
 
-// ---- Entry loading and sorting ----------------------------------------------
-
-fn load_sorted_entries(
-    manifest: &HashMap<String, PathBuf>,
-    priority: &[String],
-    history: &LaunchHistory,
-) -> Vec<DesktopEntry> {
-    let mut entries = load_all_desktop_entries();
-
-    // Populate icon_path from manifest
-    for entry in &mut entries {
-        if let Some(path) = manifest.get(&entry.icon_name) {
-            if path.exists() {
-                entry.icon_path = Some(path.clone());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    let priority_lower: Vec<String> = priority.iter().map(|s| s.to_lowercase()).collect();
-
-    entries.sort_by(|a, b| {
-        let ai = priority_rank(a, &priority_lower);
-        let bi = priority_rank(b, &priority_lower);
-        match (ai, bi) {
-            (Some(i), Some(j)) => i.cmp(&j),
-            (Some(_), None) => std::cmp::Ordering::Less,
-            (None, Some(_)) => std::cmp::Ordering::Greater,
-            (None, None) => {
-                // Most-launched first, then alphabetical
-                history
-                    .count(&b.name)
-                    .cmp(&history.count(&a.name))
-                    .then(a.name.to_lowercase().cmp(&b.name.to_lowercase()))
-            }
-        }
-    });
-
-    entries
-}
-
-fn priority_rank(entry: &DesktopEntry, priority_lower: &[String]) -> Option<usize> {
-    let name_l = entry.name.to_lowercase();
-    let wm_l = entry.wm_class.as_deref().unwrap_or("").to_lowercase();
-    priority_lower
-        .iter()
-        .position(|p| matches_term(&name_l, p) || matches_term(&wm_l, p))
-}
-
-/// Whole-word / exact match of `term` within `field` (both lowercase). Avoids
-/// "code" matching "vscodium" while still matching "Code", "code-oss", and
-/// "Visual Studio Code".
-fn matches_term(field: &str, term: &str) -> bool {
-    if term.is_empty() || field.is_empty() {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if field == term {
-        return true;
-    }
-    let bytes = field.as_bytes();
-    let tlen = term.len();
-    let mut start = 0;
-    while let Some(pos) = field[start..].find(term) {
-        let i = start + pos;
-        let before_ok = i == 0 || !bytes[i - 1].is_ascii_alphanumeric();
-        let after = i + tlen;
-        let after_ok = after >= bytes.len() || !bytes[after].is_ascii_alphanumeric();
-        if before_ok && after_ok {
-            return true;
-        }
-        start = i + 1;
-        if start >= field.len() {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    false
-}
-
 // ---- Theming ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const STAGGER_ROWS: usize = 12;
-
-fn build_css(p: &Palette) -> String {
-    let bg_panel = hex_to_rgba(&p.background, 0.68);
-    // breadbox-specific rules only — fonts, palette, and generic widgets come
-    // from the shared ecosystem stylesheet (applied first in connect_activate).
-    // Colour is set on each surface (panel, search, hovered/selected row) so
-    // child labels inherit the legible ink for that background. `on_*` are
-    // luminance-picked black/white — the pywal hues are untouched.
+fn build_css(
+    p: &Palette,
+    launcher: &bread_theme::shell::Launcher,
+    tokens: &bread_theme::shell::Tokens,
+) -> String {
+    // Panel opacity comes from the theme, not a hardcoded constant. 0.60 made
+    // the launcher wash out over a bright wallpaper and its text hard to read —
+    // a bar can be that translucent because it covers a thin strip, a full
+    // panel cannot. The approved reference uses 0.95/0.93 per theme.
+    let bg_panel = hex_to_rgba(&p.background, launcher.panel_alpha as f32);
+    let radius = format!("{}px", launcher.radius);
+    let on_bg = ink_on(&p.background);
+    // breadbox-specific rules only — the generic widget baseline (buttons,
+    // switches, plain `entry`/`spinbutton`) comes from the shared ecosystem
+    // stylesheet, applied first (lower priority) in connect_activate via
+    // `apply_shared`. Colour is set on each surface (panel, search box,
+    // hovered/selected row) so child labels inherit the legible ink for that
+    // background. `on_*` are luminance-picked black/white — the pywal hues
+    // are untouched. Without this a light `surface` slot makes the selected
+    // row's text vanish.
     //
-    // GTK4 ListBox's node is `list`, not `listbox`. These `list row:selected`
-    // rules beat the shared sheet's solid accent fill + on-accent ink so the
-    // glass card keeps a tinted selection and a left inset hairline.
-    let stagger = (0..STAGGER_ROWS)
-        .map(|i| {
-            format!(
-                ".launcher-bg.just-opened list row.stagger-{i} {{ animation-delay: {}ms; }}",
-                i * 28
-            )
-        })
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-        .join("");
+    // Selectors matter here: GTK4's `GtkSearchEntry` CSS node is `entry`
+    // carrying a `.search` style class (confirmed against
+    // `/usr/share/gir-1.0/Gtk-4.0.gir`'s `SearchEntry` "## CSS Nodes" doc,
+    // `entry.search ╰── text`) — NOT a node literally named `searchentry`,
+    // and `GtkListBox`'s node is `list`, NOT `listbox`. Both bogus selectors
+    // shipped here previously and silently matched nothing, which is why
+    // this rule block's `border`/`outline` suppression never actually beat
+    // the shared stylesheet's `entry:focus-within { border-color: @accent }`
+    // rule (`bread_theme::stylesheet`, still layered in underneath at
+    // APPLICATION priority) — the accent-coloured focus "outline" the user
+    // was seeing was that shared rule showing through unopposed. `entry`
+    // alone (no `.search`) would work too since this window has only one
+    // entry, but `.search` documents which GtkSearchEntry state this targets
+    // and is what actually renders.
+    //
+    // Per-theme geometry now comes entirely from `[launcher]`/`[tokens]` —
+    // liquid-motion and glass-workbench set every one of these to different
+    // values (see their `assets/shell/*/theme.toml`), which is what makes
+    // the two themes read as different instruments rather than one
+    // launcher recoloured.
     format!(
-        "\
-window {{ background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28); animation: scrim-in 0.28s ease both; }}\
-@keyframes scrim-in {{\
-  from {{ background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); }}\
-  to {{ background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28); }}\
-}}\
-.launcher-bg {{\
-  background-color: {bg_panel}; color: {on_bg}; border-radius: 20px;\
-  border: 1px solid alpha({on_bg}, 0.14);\
-  box-shadow: 0 24px 64px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.50);\
-  animation: card-in 0.42s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;\
-}}\
-@keyframes card-in {{\
-  from {{ opacity: 0; margin-top: 112px; }}\
-  to {{ opacity: 1; margin-top: 88px; }}\
-}}\
-.launcher-bg entry {{\
-  background-color: transparent; color: {on_bg}; caret-color: {accent};\
-  border: none; outline: none; box-shadow: none;\
-  padding: 20px 22px 14px; border-radius: 20px 20px 0 0;\
-  font-size: 17px; min-height: 28px;\
-}}\
-.launcher-bg entry:focus, .launcher-bg entry:focus-within {{\
-  border: none; outline: none; box-shadow: none; background-color: transparent;\
-}}\
-entry > text {{ background: transparent; }}\
-entry image {{ opacity: 0; min-width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; }}\
-.launcher-caret {{\
-  min-height: 2px; max-height: 2px; margin: 0 20px; border-radius: 2px;\
-  background-color: {accent};\
-  background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, {accent}, {accent2});\
-}}\
-.launcher-bg.just-opened .launcher-caret {{\
-  animation: caret-draw 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;\
-}}\
-@keyframes caret-draw {{\
-  from {{ margin-right: 600px; opacity: 0.25; }}\
-  to {{ margin-right: 20px; opacity: 1; }}\
-}}\
-scrolledwindow {{ background: transparent; }}\
-list {{ background-color: transparent; padding: 8px 8px 4px; }}\
-list row {{\
-  padding: 6px 8px; color: {on_bg}; background-color: transparent;\
-  border-radius: 14px; margin: 1px 10px; outline: none;\
-}}\
-list row:hover {{ background-color: alpha({on_bg}, 0.07); color: {on_bg}; }}\
-row:selected, list row:selected, list row:selected:focus,\
-list row:selected:hover, list row:selected:focus:hover {{\
-  background-color: alpha({accent}, 0.22); color: {on_bg};\
-  outline: none; box-shadow: none;\
-}}\
-list row:selected label, list row:selected .app-name, list row:selected .app-muted {{\
-  color: {on_bg};\
-}}\
-.app-row {{ min-height: 48px; }}\
-.app-icon-well {{\
-  min-width: 38px; min-height: 38px; margin-right: 12px;\
-  border-radius: 999px; background-color: alpha({on_bg}, 0.08);\
-}}\
-.app-icon {{ color: {on_bg}; opacity: 0.88; }}\
-.app-name {{ font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; }}\
-.app-muted {{ opacity: 0.48; font-size: 11px; }}\
-.launcher-footer {{\
-  padding: 8px 18px 12px; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.40;\
-  letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase;\
-}}\
-.launcher-bg.just-opened list row {{\
-  animation: row-in 0.32s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;\
-}}\
-@keyframes row-in {{\
-  from {{ opacity: 0; }}\
-  to {{ opacity: 1; }}\
-}}\
-{stagger}\
-list.reflow row {{ animation: row-fade 0.16s ease both; }}\
-@keyframes row-fade {{\
-  from {{ opacity: 0.40; }}\
-  to {{ opacity: 1; }}\
-}}\
-.no-motion, .no-motion * {{ animation: none; transition: none; }}",
-        bg_panel = bg_panel,
-        accent = p.color4,
-        accent2 = p.color5,
-        on_bg = ink_on(&p.background),
-        stagger = stagger,
+        "window {{ background-color: transparent; }}\
+         .launcher-bg {{ background-color: {bg_panel}; color: {on_bg}; border-radius: {radius};\
+             /* NO drop shadow. In a browser `backdrop-filter` blurs only the\
+                element's own box, so the demo's shadow is free. Hyprland\
+                blurs any surface pixel above `ignore_alpha` (0.2), and a\
+                32px shadow at 0.6 alpha is far above it — so the compositor\
+                blurred the shadow as well, painting a rectangular blurred\
+                halo around the rounded panel. That halo is the \"blur\
+                backdrop whose radius doesn't match the content\" problem.\
+                The blur behind a 0.95-opaque panel already gives plenty of\
+                separation; the shadow only fought it. */\
+             font-family: \"{font_family}\", {font_fallback}; }}\
+         entry.search {{ background-color: transparent; color: {on_bg}; caret-color: {accent};\
+             border: none; outline: none; box-shadow: none; border-radius: 0;\
+             border-bottom: 1px solid {hairline};\
+             padding: {search_pv}px {search_ph}px; font-size: {search_fs}px; }}\
+         entry.search:focus, entry.search:focus-within {{\
+             outline: none; box-shadow: none; border-color: transparent;\
+             border-bottom: 1px solid {hairline}; }}\
+         list {{ background-color: transparent; padding: 4px 0; }}\
+         row {{ padding: {row_pv}px {row_ph}px; margin: 0 {row_inset}px; color: {on_bg};\
+             background-color: transparent; border-radius: {row_radius}px;\
+             font-size: {row_fs}px; }}\
+         row:hover, row:selected {{ background-color: {selection_bg}; color: {on_bg}; }}\
+         .app-muted {{ opacity: 0.4; font-size: 11px; }}\
+         /* No background tile: these are real app icons, not the demo's\
+            placeholder .ico boxes. A tint behind a real icon reads as a\
+            failed/unloaded image. */\
+         image {{ margin-right: 8px; border-radius: {icon_radius}px; }}\
+         /* \"Recent\"/\"Apps\" headers (`[launcher].sections`, liquid-motion\
+            only — glass-workbench's flat list never builds these rows). */\
+         .section-header-label {{ font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.14em;\
+             text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600; opacity: 0.45; }}\
+         .bread-drawer-section-header {{ padding: 11px 16px 5px; }}\
+         .launcher-footer {{ padding: 8px 16px 12px; font-size: 10px; opacity: 0.4;\
+             {footer_case} }}",
+        bg_panel      = bg_panel,
+        accent        = hex_to_rgba(&p.color4, 0.9),
+        on_bg         = on_bg,
+        hairline      = hex_to_rgba(on_bg, 0.08),
+        selection_bg  = hex_to_rgba(&p.color4, launcher.selection_alpha as f32),
+        radius        = radius,
+        font_family   = tokens.font_family(),
+        font_fallback = tokens.font_fallback(),
+        row_fs        = tokens.font_size_base(),
+        row_pv        = launcher.row_padding_v,
+        row_ph        = launcher.row_padding_h,
+        row_inset     = launcher.row_inset,
+        row_radius    = launcher.row_radius,
+        icon_radius   = launcher.icon_radius,
+        search_pv     = launcher.search_padding_v,
+        search_ph     = launcher.search_padding_h,
+        search_fs     = launcher.search_font_size,
+        // Section headers and an uppercase, letter-spaced footer travel
+        // together in both demos (liquid-motion has both; glass-workbench's
+        // flat list has neither) — reusing `sections` here instead of a
+        // dedicated schema key for this one footer detail.
+        footer_case   = if launcher.sections {
+            "text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.12em;"
+        } else {
+            ""
+        },
     )
 }
 
-fn category_label(entry: &DesktopEntry) -> &'static str {
-    let has = |needle: &str| {
-        entry
-            .categories
-            .iter()
-            .any(|c| c.eq_ignore_ascii_case(needle) || c.to_ascii_lowercase().contains(needle))
-    };
-    if entry.terminal || has("terminalemulator") {
-        "Terminal"
-    } else if has("webbrowser") {
-        "Browser"
-    } else if has("game") {
-        "Games"
-    } else if has("instantmessaging") || has("chat") || has("ircclient") {
-        "Chat"
-    } else if has("settings") || has("desktopsettings") || has("system") {
-        "System"
-    } else if has("ide") || has("development") {
-        "IDE"
-    } else if has("office") || has("wordprocessor") || has("texteditor") || has("notes") {
-        "Notes"
-    } else if has("audio") || has("player") || has("audiovideo") {
-        "Music"
-    } else if has("graphics") || has("photography") || has("camera") {
-        "Capture"
-    } else if has("filemanager") {
-        "Files"
+/// `[launcher].footer`'s noun: `"count_apps"` → "applications", anything
+/// else (`"count_results"` included — every other current/future value
+/// falls back to this rather than a hard error, matching the "never fails
+/// to start over a theme string" rule the rest of this schema follows) →
+/// "results". `n`'s plural/singular form is picked here rather than baked
+/// into `[launcher].footer` itself, since neither built-in theme's value is
+/// singular-aware.
+fn footer_text(footer_kind: &str, n: usize) -> String {
+    let noun = if footer_kind == "count_apps" {
+        "application"
     } else {
-        "App"
-    }
-}
-
-fn symbolic_icon(entry: &DesktopEntry) -> &'static str {
-    match category_label(entry) {
-        "Browser" => "web-browser-symbolic",
-        "Terminal" => "utilities-terminal-symbolic",
-        "Notes" => "accessories-text-editor-symbolic",
-        "System" => "emblem-system-symbolic",
-        "Chat" => "user-available-symbolic",
-        "Games" => "applications-games-symbolic",
-        "Music" => "audio-x-generic-symbolic",
-        "Capture" => "camera-photo-symbolic",
-        "IDE" => "applications-engineering-symbolic",
-        "Files" => "folder-symbolic",
-        _ => "application-x-executable-symbolic",
-    }
-}
-
-// ---- Icon loading -----------------------------------------------------------
-
-fn make_icon(entry: &DesktopEntry) -> gtk4::Image {
-    let img = gtk4::Image::from_icon_name(symbolic_icon(entry));
-    img.set_pixel_size(18);
-    img.add_css_class("app-icon");
-    img
-}
-
-// ---- Launch -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-fn pick_terminal() -> String {
-    if let Ok(t) = env::var("TERMINAL") {
-        if !t.is_empty() {
-            return t;
-        }
-    }
-    let path_var = env::var("PATH").unwrap_or_default();
-    for t in ["foot", "kitty", "alacritty", "wezterm", "ghostty", "xterm"] {
-        if path_var.split(':').any(|d| Path::new(d).join(t).exists()) {
-            return t.to_string();
-        }
-    }
-    "xterm".to_string()
-}
-
-fn do_launch(entry: &DesktopEntry) {
-    let cmd = entry.exec.trim();
-    let spawned = if entry.terminal {
-        let term = pick_terminal();
-        Command::new(&term)
-            .args(["-e", "bash", "-c", cmd])
-            .stdin(Stdio::null())
-            .stdout(Stdio::null())
-            .stderr(Stdio::null())
-            .spawn()
-    } else {
-        Command::new("bash")
-            .args(["-c", cmd])
-            .stdin(Stdio::null())
-            .stdout(Stdio::null())
-            .stderr(Stdio::null())
-            .spawn()
+        "result"
     };
-    if spawned.is_ok() {
-        emit_launched(entry);
-    }
-}
-
-/// Publishes `bread.box.launched` after a successful spawn. Fire-and-forget
-/// and non-fatal (`BreadClient::emit` never blocks or errors this caller) —
-/// breadd being absent must never affect launching itself.
-fn emit_launched(entry: &DesktopEntry) {
-    let id = if entry.id.is_empty() {
-        entry.exec.as_str()
+    if n == 1 {
+        format!("1 {noun}")
     } else {
-        entry.id.as_str()
-    };
-    BreadClient::connect(APP_ID).emit(
-        "bread.box.launched",
-        serde_json::json!({ "id": id, "name": entry.name }),
-    );
-}
-
-// ---- Fuzzy matching ---------------------------------------------------------
-
-fn fuzzy_matches(pattern: &str, text: &str) -> bool {
-    if pattern.is_empty() {
-        return true;
-    }
-    let mut chars = text.chars();
-    for pc in pattern.chars() {
-        let pl = pc.to_lowercase().next().unwrap_or(pc);
-        if !chars
-            .by_ref()
-            .any(|tc| tc.to_lowercase().next().unwrap_or(tc) == pl)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-    true
-}
-
-fn fuzzy_score(query: &str, entry: &DesktopEntry) -> u32 {
-    let q = query.to_lowercase();
-    let name = entry.name.to_lowercase();
-    let wm = entry.wm_class.as_deref().unwrap_or("").to_lowercase();
-    if name == q || wm == q {
-        return 0;
-    }
-    if name.starts_with(&q) {
-        return 1;
-    }
-    if name.contains(&q) {
-        return 2;
-    }
-    if wm.starts_with(&q) || wm.contains(&q) {
-        return 3;
-    }
-    4 // subsequence match
-}
-
-// ---- UI ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-fn get_row_entry(row: &gtk4::ListBoxRow) -> Option<DesktopEntry> {
-    unsafe {
-        row.data::<DesktopEntry>("entry")
-            .map(|p| p.as_ref().clone())
+        format!("{n} {noun}s")
     }
 }
 
-fn visible_row_count(list: &ListBox) -> u32 {
-    let mut n = 0;
-    let mut i = 0;
+/// Counts the rows currently shown as real (non-header) app matches — the
+/// same "visible AND carries a `DesktopEntry`" test `ResultsList` itself
+/// uses for keyboard selection (`select_next`/`select_prev` in
+/// `bread_launcher::gtk`), reimplemented here read-only since `ResultsList`
+/// doesn't expose a count of its own.
+fn visible_app_count(list: &gtk4::ListBox) -> usize {
+    let mut i = 0i32;
+    let mut n = 0usize;
     while let Some(row) = list.row_at_index(i) {
-        if row.is_visible() {
+        if row.is_visible() && bread_launcher::gtk::row_entry(&row).is_some() {
             n += 1;
         }
         i += 1;
@@ -418,13 +209,7 @@ fn visible_row_count(list: &ListBox) -> u32 {
     n
 }
 
-fn set_footer_count(footer: &Label, n: u32) {
-    match n {
-        0 => footer.set_text("no match"),
-        1 => footer.set_text("1 app"),
-        n => footer.set_text(&format!("{n} apps")),
-    }
-}
+// ---- UI ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 fn run_ui(
     entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>,
@@ -442,15 +227,24 @@ fn run_ui(
     let app = builder.build();
 
     let history_rc = Rc::new(RefCell::new(history));
-    let query_rc: Rc<RefCell<String>> = Rc::new(RefCell::new(String::new()));
     let is_screenshot_run = screenshot_req.is_some();
 
     app.connect_activate(move |app| {
+        // Shell theme, loaded once per process and cached (see src/theme.rs)
+        // — the source of the launcher's geometry and style values below,
+        // per THEME_SYSTEM_PLAN.md §4/§11 Phase 4.
+        let shell_theme = theme::shell_theme();
+        let launcher = shell_theme.launcher().clone();
+
         // Shared ecosystem base (fonts, palette, generic widgets) first, then
         // breadbox-specific CSS layered on top — both hot-reload on
         // `bread-theme reload` (the closure re-reads the pywal palette).
         bread_theme::gtk::apply_shared();
-        bread_theme::gtk::apply_app_css(|| build_css(&load_palette()));
+        {
+            let launcher = launcher.clone();
+            let tokens = shell_theme.tokens().clone();
+            bread_theme::gtk::apply_app_css(move || build_css(&load_palette(), &launcher, &tokens));
+        }
 
         // User CSS override
         {
@@ -474,186 +268,69 @@ fn run_ui(
         vbox.add_css_class("launcher-bg");
         vbox.set_halign(gtk4::Align::Center);
         vbox.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Start);
-        vbox.set_margin_top(88);
-        vbox.set_size_request(600, -1);
-        if is_screenshot_run {
-            window.add_css_class("no-motion");
-            vbox.add_css_class("no-motion");
-        } else {
-            vbox.add_css_class("just-opened");
-        }
+        vbox.set_margin_top(theme::top_margin_px(&launcher.top));
+        // `set_size_request` only pins a MINIMUM, not a maximum — the same
+        // class of bug that made breadbar's capsule stretch to its widest
+        // row (`surface.rs`/`main.rs`'s `set_size_request` pin comment).
+        // This is safe here because `results.scroller` below is the
+        // `bread_launcher::gtk::ResultsList` widget, which already calls
+        // `scroller.set_propagate_natural_width(false)` specifically so its
+        // `ListBox`'s widest row (icon + full app name + wm-class) can never
+        // push a host wider than what the host requests — see that widget's
+        // own comment in `bread-launcher/src/gtk.rs`. `search` (a plain
+        // `SearchEntry`) has no unbounded natural width either. So nothing
+        // under `vbox` can grow past `launcher.width`, and this minimum-only
+        // request is effectively exact.
+        vbox.set_size_request(launcher.width, -1);
 
-        let search = Entry::new();
+        let search = SearchEntry::new();
+        // "Search", not the app's own name — matches both design demos'
+        // `<input placeholder="Search">` (bos-ui-demos/proposed/
+        // {liquid-motion,glass-workbench}.html); no user-visible copy here
+        // should read like an internal identifier.
         search.set_placeholder_text(Some("Search"));
-        search.set_has_frame(false);
         vbox.append(&search);
 
-        let caret = GBox::new(Orientation::Horizontal, 0);
-        caret.add_css_class("launcher-caret");
-        caret.set_hexpand(true);
-        vbox.append(&caret);
+        // Row building, fuzzy filtering, match/history sorting, and
+        // keyboard-style selection movement all live in bread-launcher's
+        // `ResultsList` — the widget breadbar's embedded capsule also uses
+        // (THEME_SYSTEM_PLAN.md §7). `[launcher].sections`: liquid-motion
+        // groups the idle view into "Recent"/"Apps" headers, glass-workbench
+        // stays the flat, ungrouped list — no longer hardcoded to `false`.
+        let results = ResultsList::new(
+            &entries,
+            launcher.icon_px,
+            Rc::clone(&history_rc),
+            launcher.sections,
+        );
 
-        let scroll = ScrolledWindow::new();
-        scroll.set_policy(PolicyType::Never, PolicyType::Automatic);
-        scroll.set_max_content_height(480);
-        scroll.set_propagate_natural_height(true);
-
-        let list = ListBox::new();
-        list.set_selection_mode(SelectionMode::Browse);
-
-        for (idx, entry) in entries.iter().enumerate() {
-            let row = gtk4::ListBoxRow::new();
-            if idx < STAGGER_ROWS {
-                row.add_css_class(&format!("stagger-{idx}"));
-            }
-            let hbox = GBox::new(Orientation::Horizontal, 0);
-            hbox.add_css_class("app-row");
-            hbox.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
-
-            let well = GBox::new(Orientation::Horizontal, 0);
-            well.add_css_class("app-icon-well");
-            well.set_size_request(38, 38);
-            well.set_halign(gtk4::Align::Center);
-            well.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
-            well.set_hexpand(false);
-            let icon = make_icon(entry);
-            icon.set_halign(gtk4::Align::Center);
-            icon.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
-            icon.set_hexpand(true);
-            well.append(&icon);
-            hbox.append(&well);
-
-            let text = GBox::new(Orientation::Vertical, 1);
-            text.add_css_class("app-text");
-            text.set_hexpand(true);
-            text.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
-
-            let name_lbl = Label::new(Some(&entry.name));
-            name_lbl.add_css_class("app-name");
-            name_lbl.set_xalign(0.0);
-            name_lbl.set_ellipsize(EllipsizeMode::End);
-            text.append(&name_lbl);
-
-            let sub_lbl = Label::new(Some(category_label(entry)));
-            sub_lbl.add_css_class("app-muted");
-            sub_lbl.set_xalign(0.0);
-            sub_lbl.set_ellipsize(EllipsizeMode::End);
-            text.append(&sub_lbl);
-
-            hbox.append(&text);
-            row.set_child(Some(&hbox));
-            unsafe { row.set_data("entry", entry.clone()) };
-            unsafe { row.set_data("initial_order", idx as u32) };
-            list.append(&row);
-        }
-
-        // Sort by match quality + launch count when a query is active;
-        // fall back to insertion order (priority + launch frequency) when empty.
-        let sort_query = Rc::clone(&query_rc);
-        let sort_history = Rc::clone(&history_rc);
-        list.set_sort_func(move |row_a, row_b| {
-            let query = sort_query.borrow();
-            if query.is_empty() {
-                let oa = unsafe {
-                    row_a
-                        .data::<u32>("initial_order")
-                        .map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref())
-                };
-                let ob = unsafe {
-                    row_b
-                        .data::<u32>("initial_order")
-                        .map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref())
-                };
-                return oa.cmp(&ob).into();
-            }
-            let (Some(ea), Some(eb)) = (get_row_entry(row_a), get_row_entry(row_b)) else {
-                return std::cmp::Ordering::Equal.into();
-            };
-            let sa = fuzzy_score(&query, &ea);
-            let sb = fuzzy_score(&query, &eb);
-            let history = sort_history.borrow();
-            let ca = history.count(&ea.name);
-            let cb = history.count(&eb.name);
-            sa.cmp(&sb)
-                .then(cb.cmp(&ca))
-                .then(ea.name.to_lowercase().cmp(&eb.name.to_lowercase()))
-                .into()
-        });
-
-        if let Some(first) = list.row_at_index(0) {
-            list.select_row(Some(&first));
-        }
-
-        scroll.set_child(Some(&list));
-        vbox.append(&scroll);
+        vbox.append(&results.scroller);
 
+        // Footer: "N applications" (liquid-motion) / "N results"
+        // (glass-workbench) — `[launcher].footer` selects the noun (see
+        // `footer_text`), updated alongside the query on every keystroke.
         let footer = Label::new(None);
         footer.add_css_class("launcher-footer");
         footer.set_xalign(0.0);
-        set_footer_count(&footer, visible_row_count(&list));
+        footer.set_label(&footer_text(&launcher.footer, visible_app_count(&results.list)));
         vbox.append(&footer);
 
         window.set_child(Some(&vbox));
 
-        if !is_screenshot_run {
-            let vbox_open = vbox.clone();
-            glib::timeout_add_local_once(Duration::from_millis(520), move || {
-                vbox_open.remove_css_class("just-opened");
-            });
-        }
-
-        // Filter on keystroke. ListBox keeps row identity across sort, so the
-        // reorder is already a cheap FLIP analog; a short CSS fade is the extra.
-        let list_f = list.clone();
+        // Filter on keystroke
+        let results_f = results.clone();
         let footer_f = footer.clone();
-        let vbox_f = vbox.clone();
-        let filter_query = Rc::clone(&query_rc);
-        let reflow_gen = Rc::new(Cell::new(0u32));
+        let footer_kind = launcher.footer.clone();
         search.connect_changed(move |entry| {
-            let text = entry.text();
-            let query = text.as_str();
-            *filter_query.borrow_mut() = query.to_string();
-            let mut i = 0i32;
-            while let Some(row) = list_f.row_at_index(i) {
-                let vis = get_row_entry(&row)
-                    .map(|e| {
-                        fuzzy_matches(query, &e.name)
-                            || fuzzy_matches(query, category_label(&e))
-                            || e.wm_class
-                                .as_deref()
-                                .is_some_and(|w| fuzzy_matches(query, w))
-                            || fuzzy_matches(query, &e.exec)
-                    })
-                    .unwrap_or(false);
-                row.set_visible(vis);
-                i += 1;
-            }
-            list_f.invalidate_sort();
-            let first_vis =
-                (0i32..).find_map(|j| list_f.row_at_index(j).filter(|r| r.is_visible()));
-            list_f.select_row(first_vis.as_ref());
-            set_footer_count(&footer_f, visible_row_count(&list_f));
-            if !vbox_f.has_css_class("just-opened") {
-                list_f.remove_css_class("reflow");
-                list_f.add_css_class("reflow");
-                let gen = reflow_gen.get().wrapping_add(1);
-                reflow_gen.set(gen);
-                let list_fade = list_f.clone();
-                let reflow_gen = Rc::clone(&reflow_gen);
-                glib::timeout_add_local_once(Duration::from_millis(180), move || {
-                    if reflow_gen.get() == gen {
-                        list_fade.remove_css_class("reflow");
-                    }
-                });
-            }
+            results_f.set_query(entry.text().as_str());
+            footer_f.set_label(&footer_text(&footer_kind, visible_app_count(&results_f.list)));
         });
 
         // Keyboard handling — capture phase on window
         let key_ctrl = EventControllerKey::new();
         key_ctrl.set_propagation_phase(gtk4::PropagationPhase::Capture);
         let close_k = Rc::clone(&close_all);
-        let list_k = list.clone();
-        let history_k = Rc::clone(&history_rc);
+        let results_k = results.clone();
         key_ctrl.connect_key_pressed(move |_, key, _, _| {
             use gtk4::gdk::Key;
             match key {
@@ -662,22 +339,19 @@ fn run_ui(
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 Key::Return | Key::KP_Enter => {
-                    if let Some(row) = list_k.selected_row() {
-                        if let Some(entry) = get_row_entry(&row) {
-                            history_k.borrow_mut().increment(&entry.name);
-                            history_k.borrow().save();
-                            do_launch(&entry);
-                            close_k();
-                        }
+                    if let Some(entry) = results_k.selected_entry() {
+                        results_k.record_launch(&entry);
+                        bread_launcher::do_launch(&entry, APP_ID, LAUNCHED_EVENT);
+                        close_k();
                     }
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 Key::Down => {
-                    bread_utils::gtk_popup::select_next_visible(&list_k);
+                    results_k.select_next();
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 Key::Up => {
-                    bread_utils::gtk_popup::select_prev_visible(&list_k);
+                    results_k.select_prev();
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 _ => glib::Propagation::Proceed,
@@ -687,12 +361,11 @@ fn run_ui(
 
         // Row click launches
         let close_a = Rc::clone(&close_all);
-        let history_a = Rc::clone(&history_rc);
-        list.connect_row_activated(move |_, row| {
-            if let Some(entry) = get_row_entry(row) {
-                history_a.borrow_mut().increment(&entry.name);
-                history_a.borrow().save();
-                do_launch(&entry);
+        let results_a = results.clone();
+        results.list.connect_row_activated(move |_, row| {
+            if let Some(entry) = row_entry(row) {
+                results_a.record_launch(&entry);
+                bread_launcher::do_launch(&entry, APP_ID, LAUNCHED_EVENT);
                 close_a();
             }
         });
@@ -733,6 +406,32 @@ fn main() {
     let cli = screenshot::Cli::parse();
     let screenshot_req = cli.screenshot_request();
 
+    // Under an `[launcher] mode = "embedded"` theme (spotlight,
+    // THEME_SYSTEM_PLAN.md §7 phase 6c), breadbar's own bar-drawer capsule
+    // IS the launcher — mapping this binary's overlay window on top of it
+    // would stack a second launcher over the capsule, exactly the bug a
+    // keybind that still directly execs `breadbox` (see the CLAUDE.md task
+    // notes: `bash -c breadbox` in ~/.config/hypr/binds.json) would hit
+    // every time. `--screenshot` runs are exempt — those exist to capture
+    // THIS binary's own overlay for its own screenshot views regardless of
+    // whatever theme happens to be active on the machine running them.
+    if screenshot_req.is_none()
+        && crate::theme::shell_theme().launcher().mode
+            == bread_theme::shell::LauncherMode::Embedded
+    {
+        // `dispatch_embedded_open` only returns `true` once it has confirmed
+        // breadd itself is reachable (`BreadClient::health`) and emitted the
+        // redirect — see its doc comment for why that is the strongest
+        // guarantee this transport can give (there is no ack from breadbar).
+        // When breadd is unreachable, fall through to mapping breadbox's own
+        // overlay below instead of returning: a keybind press must always
+        // open *something*, even under an embedded theme, rather than
+        // silently doing nothing because the bus happens to be down.
+        if dispatch_embedded_open() {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     // `toggle_or_kill` kills whatever's holding the single-instance lock —
     // a real, already-running breadbox included. A screenshot run must
     // never touch it: it's a separate, disposable instance by design (same
@@ -764,9 +463,70 @@ fn main() {
         .map(|c| c.priority.clone())
         .unwrap_or_default();
 
-    let history = LaunchHistory::load();
+    let history = breadbox_shared::launch_history();
     let manifest = load_manifest();
-    let entries = load_sorted_entries(&manifest, &priority, &history);
+    let entries = bread_launcher::load_sorted_entries(&manifest, &priority, &history);
 
     run_ui(entries, history, screenshot_req);
 }
+
+/// Redirects an embedded-theme launch to the bus instead of mapping a
+/// window (see the `main` call site). breadbar's capsule (spotlight)
+/// subscribes to this and focuses/opens itself on receipt — see
+/// `breadbar/src/launcher_command.rs`.
+///
+/// Emits `bread.box.open_requested`, NOT `bread.command.box.open`. Two
+/// reasons, one mechanical and one semantic:
+///
+/// `BreadClient::emit` enforces that an app may only publish within its own
+/// `bread.<app_id>.*` namespace (`bread_utils::bread_client`'s
+/// `validate_app_namespace`). breadbox's app id is `box`, so a
+/// `bread.command.*` event is refused outright and the redirect silently did
+/// nothing but print a warning.
+///
+/// The guard is right, and the original name had the direction backwards.
+/// `bread.command.<app>.*` is a command addressed TO an app by an outside
+/// trigger — it is what breadbox's own `listen` subscribes to. An app
+/// emitting a command at itself would mean breadbox both sends and receives
+/// the same verb, which is also how the respawn loop `listen.rs` guards
+/// against arises. What actually happened here is an event: breadbox was
+/// asked to open and is reporting that, so it belongs in breadbox's own
+/// namespace as a past-tense fact.
+///
+/// Fire-and-forget, same as every other `BreadClient::emit` here — breadd
+/// being unreachable must never turn a keybind press into an error dialog or
+/// a hung process. But "nobody was listening" used to also mean "the
+/// keybind silently does nothing at all", which is the worst failure mode
+/// available for a launcher: no window, no error, nothing on stderr. This
+/// now checks reachability first (`BreadClient::health`, a real round trip
+/// with a bounded timeout) so the `main` call site can fall back to mapping
+/// breadbox's own overlay window when breadd itself is down — see its call
+/// site.
+///
+/// That fallback only covers "breadd is unreachable", not "breadd is up but
+/// nobody is subscribed" (breadbar isn't running, or is running under a
+/// non-Embedded theme and therefore never subscribed —
+/// `launcher_command.rs::spawn`). `BreadClient`'s API has no way to ask "is
+/// anything actually subscribed to this event" — `emit` has no ack and
+/// `health` only reports breadd's own liveness — so that narrower gap can't
+/// be closed without a bus-level ack protocol, which is out of scope here.
+/// Returns `true` iff breadd was reachable and the redirect was sent.
+fn dispatch_embedded_open() -> bool {
+    let client = bread_utils::bread_client::BreadClient::connect(APP_ID);
+    if client.health().is_none() {
+        eprintln!(
+            "breadbox: embedded launcher theme active but breadd is unreachable \
+             (health check failed); falling back to breadbox's own overlay window \
+             instead of a silent no-op"
+        );
+        return false;
+    }
+    client.emit(EMBEDDED_OPEN_EVENT, serde_json::json!({}));
+    eprintln!(
+        "breadbox: embedded launcher theme active; redirected the open request to \
+         '{EMBEDDED_OPEN_EVENT}' for breadbar's capsule to handle (breadd is \
+         reachable, but this is fire-and-forget with no ack — if breadbar isn't \
+         running or isn't subscribed, this is still a silent no-op on the bus)"
+    );
+    true
+}
diff --git a/breadbox/src/theme.rs b/breadbox/src/theme.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..283eb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/breadbox/src/theme.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+//! The active shell theme, loaded once per process (plan §5/§6, Phase 4b-i).
+//!
+//! Mirrors breadbar's `src/theme.rs::shell_theme()` accessor: the underlying
+//! `bread_theme::shell::load()` call happens at most once per process (via
+//! the thread-local cache below), not once per call site — every place in
+//! this crate that needs launcher geometry/style reads through this shared
+//! instance instead of calling `bread_theme::shell::load()` itself.
+//!
+//! Only `ShellTheme::launcher()` is consumed today; window-spec/tokens/slots
+//! accessors exist on the type but breadbox has no bar/workspace/clock
+//! chrome to drive from them.
+
+use bread_theme::shell::ShellTheme;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::rc::Rc;
+
+thread_local! {
+    static SHELL_THEME: RefCell<Rc<ShellTheme>> =
+        RefCell::new(Rc::new(bread_theme::shell::load()));
+}
+
+/// The active shell theme. Loaded at most once per process; subsequent calls
+/// just clone the cached `Rc`.
+pub fn shell_theme() -> Rc<ShellTheme> {
+    SHELL_THEME.with(|cell| cell.borrow().clone())
+}
+
+/// Fallback margin (pixels) for any `[launcher] top` value this function
+/// can't make sense of — breadbox's pre-theme hardcoded default.
+const DEFAULT_TOP_MARGIN_PX: i32 = 120;
+
+/// Parses a `[launcher] top` value (e.g. `"120px"`) into whole pixels for
+/// `Widget::set_margin_top`. Falls back to [`DEFAULT_TOP_MARGIN_PX`] — with a
+/// logged reason — for any form this Phase 4b-i doesn't understand yet (a
+/// bare percentage like theme 04's `"16%"`, or a malformed value in a
+/// hand-edited theme) — per the manifest's "never fails to start" rule (plan
+/// §4), a launcher window is not worth refusing to open over an unparseable
+/// margin.
+///
+/// A value that parses but is negative (e.g. `"-50px"`) is clamped to `0`
+/// rather than passed straight through: `Widget::set_margin_top` requires a
+/// non-negative margin, and passing it a negative one silently does nothing
+/// useful (a `g_return_if_fail` on the GTK side) rather than the "push the
+/// panel up off-screen" a theme author might expect — 0 (flush with the top
+/// edge) is the closest sane interpretation.
+pub fn top_margin_px(top: &str) -> i32 {
+    let trimmed = top.trim().trim_end_matches("px");
+    match trimmed.parse::<i32>() {
+        Ok(px) if px < 0 => {
+            eprintln!(
+                "breadbox: [launcher] top = {top:?} parsed to a negative margin \
+                 ({px}px); clamping to 0"
+            );
+            0
+        }
+        Ok(px) => px,
+        Err(_) => {
+            eprintln!(
+                "breadbox: [launcher] top = {top:?} is not a plain pixel value \
+                 (e.g. \"120px\"); falling back to the default \
+                 {DEFAULT_TOP_MARGIN_PX}px margin"
+            );
+            DEFAULT_TOP_MARGIN_PX
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn plain_pixel_value() {
+        assert_eq!(top_margin_px("120px"), 120);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bare_number_without_unit_suffix() {
+        assert_eq!(top_margin_px("120"), 120);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn percentage_form_falls_back_to_default() {
+        // The doc comment's own anticipated edge case (theme 04's original
+        // "16%" idea) — not parseable as a plain pixel count today.
+        assert_eq!(top_margin_px("16%"), DEFAULT_TOP_MARGIN_PX);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn garbage_falls_back_to_default() {
+        assert_eq!(top_margin_px("not-a-length"), DEFAULT_TOP_MARGIN_PX);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn negative_value_clamps_to_zero() {
+        assert_eq!(top_margin_px("-50px"), 0);
+    }
+}