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Fixes repeated folder-size recalculation in busy directories, adds a Nautilus keyboard preset, and restores clipboard paste in search and filter queries.

Changes:

  • Prevent repeated filesystem notifications with unchanged attributes from restarting directory listings and folder-size calculations, including when hidden files are visible.
  • Continue refreshing for real file changes; ignore hidden-only changes when hidden files are disabled.
  • Add Ctrl+H across GUI presets, working from both the file listing and Places sidebar.
  • Add an optional Nautilus preset with familiar navigation, tab/window, view, search, bookmark, and selection shortcuts.
  • In the Nautilus preset, typing starts search instead of triggering Vim-style letter actions.
  • Support Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert, and Meta+V in active search/filter queries. Pasting inserts text without submitting the search or triggering file operations.
  • Document supported shortcuts and differences from Nautilus.
  • Split generated keybinding data from lookup logic to stay within the project’s file-size limits.

Validation:

  • 611 Rust tests passed.
  • 3,421 JavaScript/Qt checks passed, including clipboard tests.
  • Protocol regression tests confirm duplicate notifications are suppressed while real changes remain visible.
  • Native GUI shortcut checks passed.
  • Keymap generation and file-budget checks passed.
  • The native GUI log gate still reports an existing Qt portal-registration warning also present in the unmodified release.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a Nautilus keyboard preset for the GUI, with familiar navigation, tabs, search, view, bookmark, and window shortcuts.
    • Added type-ahead search and desktop actions, including Favorites and opening selected folders in new tabs or windows.
    • Added Ctrl+H to toggle hidden files across presets.
    • Added text pasting into active search and filter queries without submitting them.
    • Path editing can now open with prefilled text.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Directory updates now ignore irrelevant hidden-file events and repeated no-op attribute changes while detecting meaningful changes.

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The pull request updates directory watcher filtering and attribute deduplication. It adds a GUI-only Nautilus keyboard preset with desktop actions and generated binding data. It also adds text clipboard pasting for active search and filter queries.

Changes

Directory watcher refresh

Layer / File(s) Summary
Attribute-aware watcher refresh
src/backend/..., tests/protocol.sh, docs/protocol.md
Watcher events aggregate masks and names, filter hidden-only events, and suppress repeated unchanged attribute notifications with a bounded cache. Tests cover parsing, lifecycle, filtering, relisting, and metadata changes.

Nautilus keymap data pipeline

Layer / File(s) Summary
Nautilus keymap data pipeline
keys.toml, tools/flea-keymap-gen, ui/js/KeyBindings.js, ui/js/Keymap.js, src/uischema.rs, src/uistate.rs, tests/js/keymap.js, tests/js/settings.js, tests/keymap-gen.sh
The source adds shared Ctrl+H behavior and GUI Nautilus bindings. Generation separates binding data from lookup logic. Preset validation and generated-file tests include Nautilus.

Desktop action routing and query clipboard

Layer / File(s) Summary
Desktop action routing and UI integration
ui/DesktopActions.qml, ui/js/DesktopKeys.js, ui/js/Focus.js, ui/Pane.qml, ui/js/Tabs.js, ui/ChromeBar.qml, ui/shell.qml, ui/js/Settings.js, ui/qmldir, README.md, docs/nautilus-shortcuts.md, tests/js/desktopkeys.js, tests/ui-nautilus.sh, tests/ui.sh, tests/js/harness.qml, tools/flea-file-budget
The GUI routes Nautilus actions through desktop handlers, supports type-ahead and path-aware navigation, exposes the preset, and documents and tests the shortcut behavior.
Query-line clipboard pasting
ui/QueryClipboard.qml, ui/js/QueryKeys.js, ui/js/Search.js, ui/js/Filter.js, tests/queryclipboard.qml, tests/js/querykeys.js, tests/js.sh
Active search and filter queries accept text paste chords through the Qt clipboard. The flow normalizes newlines, invalidates stale reads, and avoids file clipboard operations.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Keymap
  participant Focus
  participant DesktopActions
  participant DesktopKeys
  Keymap->>Focus: resolve Nautilus shortcut
  Focus->>DesktopActions: dispatch action
  DesktopActions->>DesktopKeys: execute action
  DesktopKeys-->>Focus: return handled state
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The new clipboard component does not meet the repository’s required QML component layout; make this localized formatting correction before merge.

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1-1: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial

Run the QML lint gate before merge.

From the repository root, run tools/flea-qmllint-gate. ui/DesktopActions.qml is within the required ui/*.qml gate scope.

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In `@ui/DesktopActions.qml` at line 1, Run the repository’s QML lint gate for the
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  • AGENTS.md
  • README.md
  • docs/nautilus-shortcuts.md
  • docs/protocol.md
  • keys.toml
  • src/backend/events.rs
  • src/backend/mod.rs
  • src/backend/run.rs
  • src/backend/watch.rs
  • src/backend/watch_tests.rs
  • src/backend/watchattrs.rs
  • src/uischema.rs
  • src/uistate.rs
  • tests/js/desktopkeys.js
  • tests/js/harness.qml
  • tests/js/keymap.js
  • tests/js/settings.js
  • tests/keymap-gen.sh
  • tests/protocol.sh
  • tests/ui-nautilus.sh
  • tests/ui.sh
  • tools/flea-file-budget
  • tools/flea-keymap-gen
  • ui/ChromeBar.qml
  • ui/DesktopActions.qml
  • ui/Pane.qml
  • ui/js/DesktopKeys.js
  • ui/js/Focus.js
  • ui/js/KeyBindings.js
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  • ui/js/Settings.js
  • ui/js/Tabs.js
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@Tech0001 Tech0001 changed the title Fix hidden-folder refresh loops and add Nautilus keyboard shortcuts Fix folder refresh loops and desktop keyboard input Sep 15, 2026

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In `@ui/QueryClipboard.qml`:
- Around line 11-12: Update the readonly reader and changes property
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Comment thread ui/QueryClipboard.qml
Comment on lines +11 to +12
readonly property TextInput reader: TextInput { visible: false; focus: false }
readonly property Connections changes: Connections {

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Put each QML component on its own line.

TextInput on Line 11 and Connections on Line 12 are declared inline with their property declarations. Move each component opening to its own line.

As per coding guidelines: "ui/**: Every component added to ui/ still needs its own line."

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In `@ui/QueryClipboard.qml` around lines 11 - 12, Update the readonly reader and
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TextInput and Connections, starts on its own line while preserving their
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