SteamOS: fixes & official controller layout

package.json

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
         "electron": "^27.0.0",
         "electron-builder": "^24.6.4",
+        "electron-builder-sandbox-fix": "^1.0.10",
         "esbuild": "^0.19.4",
         "eslint": "^8.51.0",
         "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
     "build": {
         "appId": "dev.vencord.desktop",
         "productName": "Vesktop",
+        "afterPack": "electron-builder-sandbox-fix",
         "files": [
             "!*",
             "dist/js",

src/main/constants.ts

@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ const UserAgents = {
 };
 
 export const UserAgent = UserAgents[process.platform] || UserAgents.windows;
+
+export const enum MessageBoxChoice {
+    Default,
+    Cancel
+}

src/main/mainWindow.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
     DATA_DIR,
     DEFAULT_HEIGHT,
     DEFAULT_WIDTH,
+    MessageBoxChoice,
     MIN_HEIGHT,
     MIN_WIDTH,
     UserAgent,
@@ -36,11 +37,14 @@ import {
 import { Settings, VencordSettings } from "./settings";
 import { createSplashWindow } from "./splash";
 import { makeLinksOpenExternally } from "./utils/makeLinksOpenExternally";
+import { applyDeckKeyboardFix, askToApplySteamLayout, isDeckGameMode } from "./utils/steamOS";
 import { downloadVencordFiles, ensureVencordFiles } from "./utils/vencordLoader";
 
 let isQuitting = false;
 let tray: Tray;
 
+applyDeckKeyboardFix();
+
 app.on("before-quit", () => {
     isQuitting = true;
 });
@@ -128,11 +132,6 @@ function initTray(win: BrowserWindow) {
     });
 }
 
-const enum MessageBoxChoice {
-    Default,
-    Cancel
-}
-
 async function clearData(win: BrowserWindow) {
     const { response } = await dialog.showMessageBox(win, {
         message: "Are you sure you want to reset Vesktop?",
@@ -266,6 +265,9 @@ function initMenuBar(win: BrowserWindow) {
 }
 
 function getWindowBoundsOptions(): BrowserWindowConstructorOptions {
+    // We want the default window behaivour to apply in game mode since it expects everything to be fullscreen and maximized.
+    if (isDeckGameMode) return {};
+
     const { x, y, width, height } = Settings.store.windowBounds ?? {};
 
     const options = {
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ function createMainWindow() {
     win.setMenuBarVisibility(false);
 
     win.on("close", e => {
-        const useTray = Settings.store.minimizeToTray !== false && Settings.store.tray !== false;
+        const useTray = !isDeckGameMode && Settings.store.minimizeToTray !== false && Settings.store.tray !== false;
         if (isQuitting || (process.platform !== "darwin" && !useTray)) return;
 
         e.preventDefault();
@@ -419,7 +421,7 @@ function createMainWindow() {
     if (Settings.store.staticTitle) win.on("page-title-updated", e => e.preventDefault());
 
     initWindowBoundsListeners(win);
-    if ((Settings.store.tray ?? true) && process.platform !== "darwin") initTray(win);
+    if (!isDeckGameMode && (Settings.store.tray ?? true) && process.platform !== "darwin") initTray(win);
     initMenuBar(win);
     makeLinksOpenExternally(win);
     initSettingsListeners(win);
@@ -441,19 +443,27 @@ const runVencordMain = once(() => require(join(VENCORD_FILES_DIR, "vencordDeskto
 
 export async function createWindows() {
     const splash = createSplashWindow();
-
+    // SteamOS letterboxes and scales it terribly, so just full screen it
+    if (isDeckGameMode) splash.setFullScreen(true);
     await ensureVencordFiles();
     runVencordMain();
 
     mainWin = createMainWindow();
 
-    mainWin.once("ready-to-show", () => {
+    mainWin.webContents.on("did-finish-load", () => {
         splash.destroy();
         mainWin!.show();
 
-        if (Settings.store.maximized) {
+        if (Settings.store.maximized && !isDeckGameMode) {
             mainWin!.maximize();
         }
+
+        if (isDeckGameMode) {
+            // always use entire display
+            mainWin!.setFullScreen(true);
+
+            askToApplySteamLayout(mainWin);
+        }
     });
 
     initArRPC();

src/main/utils/steamOS.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Vesktop, a desktop app aiming to give you a snappier Discord Experience
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Vendicated and Vencord contributors
+ */
+
+import { exec as callbackExec } from "child_process";
+import { BrowserWindow, dialog } from "electron";
+import { promisify } from "util";
+
+import { sleep } from "../../shared/utils/sleep";
+import { MessageBoxChoice } from "../constants";
+import { Settings } from "../settings";
+
+const exec = promisify(callbackExec);
+
+// Bump this to re-show the prompt
+const layoutVersion = 1;
+// Get this from "show details" on the profile after exporting as a shared personal layout or using share with community
+const layoutId = "3063409873"; // Vesktop Layout v1
+const numberRegex = /^[0-9]*$/;
+
+export const isDeckGameMode = process.env.SteamOS === "1" && process.env.SteamGamepadUI === "1";
+
+export function applyDeckKeyboardFix() {
+    if (!isDeckGameMode) return;
+    // Prevent constant virtual keyboard spam that eventually crashes Steam.
+    process.env.GTK_IM_MODULE = "None";
+}
+
+// For some reason SteamAppId is always 0 for non-steam apps so we do this insanity instead.
+function getAppId(): string | null {
+    // /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/shadercache/APPID/fozmediav1
+    const path = process.env.STEAM_COMPAT_MEDIA_PATH;
+    if (!path) return null;
+    const pathElems = path?.split("/");
+    const appId = pathElems[pathElems.length - 2];
+    if (appId.match(numberRegex)) {
+        console.log(`Got Steam App ID ${appId}`);
+        return appId;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+async function execSteamURL(url: string): Promise<void> {
+    await exec(`steam -ifrunning ${url}`);
+}
+
+async function showLayout(appId: string) {
+    await execSteamURL(`steam://controllerconfig/${appId}/${layoutId}`);
+    // because the UI doesn't consistently reload after the data for the config has loaded...
+    // HOW HAS NOBODY AT VALVE RUN INTO THIS YET
+    await sleep(300);
+    await execSteamURL(`steam://controllerconfig/${appId}/${layoutId}`);
+}
+
+export async function askToApplySteamLayout(win: BrowserWindow) {
+    const appId = getAppId();
+    if (!appId) return;
+    if (Settings.store.steamOSLayoutVersion === layoutVersion) return;
+    const update = Boolean(Settings.store.steamOSLayoutVersion);
+
+    // Touch screen breaks in some menus when native touch mode is enabled on latest SteamOS beta, remove most of the update specific text once that's fixed.
+    const { response } = await dialog.showMessageBox(win, {
+        message: `${update ? "Update" : "Apply"} Vesktop Steam Input Layout?`,
+        detail: `Would you like to ${update ? "Update" : "Apply"} Vesktop's recommended Steam Deck controller settings?
+${update ? "Click yes using the touchpad" : "Tap yes"}, then press the X button or tap Apply Layout to confirm.${
+            update ? " Doing so will undo any customizations you have made." : ""
+        }
+${update ? "Click" : "Tap"} no to keep your current layout.`,
+        buttons: ["Yes", "No"],
+        cancelId: MessageBoxChoice.Cancel,
+        defaultId: MessageBoxChoice.Default,
+        type: "question"
+    });
+
+    if (Settings.store.steamOSLayoutVersion !== layoutVersion) {
+        Settings.store.steamOSLayoutVersion = layoutVersion;
+    }
+
+    if (response === MessageBoxChoice.Cancel) return;
+
+    await showLayout(appId);
+}

src/shared/settings.d.ts

@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ export interface Settings {
     splashTheming?: boolean;
     splashColor?: string;
     splashBackground?: string;
+
+    steamOSLayoutVersion?: number;
 }

src/shared/utils/sleep.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Vesktop, a desktop app aiming to give you a snappier Discord Experience
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Vendicated and Vencord contributors
+ */
+
+export function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+    return new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
+}