Is automatic wallpaper switching possible?

[andoryus]

i'd like to cycle the wallpapers i have after a given time. i think that would be nice

[andoryus]

messed around with Actions.qml and added these blocks:

property and timer:

property bool autoRotateWallpapers: false

Timer {
    id: wpTimer
    interval: 10 * 60 * 1000
    repeat: true
    running: autoRotateWallpapers
    onTriggered: Quickshell.execDetached(["caelestia", "wallpaper", "-r"])
}

action:

        Action {
        name: qsTr("Rotate")
        desc: qsTr("Cycles wallpapers every 10-minutes")
        icon: "schedule"

        function onClicked(list: AppList): void {
            list.visibilities.launcher = false;
            autoRotateWallpapers = !autoRotateWallpapers;
            if (autoRotateWallpapers) wpTimer.start(); else wpTimer.stop();
        }
    },

when QML loads, autoRotateWallpapers is off until the action "Auto-rotate wallpapers" action is clicked which switches it on. once on, the timer starts!

timer can be changed by adjusting interval, removing "-r" flag removes randomisation of the wallpaper switching.

[soramanew]

You don't actually have to make it part of the shell, you can just use a systemd service or something to exec it. Doesn't really make that much of a difference though

[andoryus]

oooh i'm still a bit new to linux so that didn't cross my mind aha. once i saw actions.qml updated with the addition of the random action i thought maybe i could try to mess around there.

i will look to see if i can use systemd though that sounds like a good idea