Add rotating backgrounds feature toggle#5253
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Pull request overview
This pull request adds a rotating backgrounds feature to Omarchy, allowing users to automatically cycle through their active theme's backgrounds on an hourly schedule via a systemd user timer. The feature is accessible through the SUPER+CTRL+O menu under Toggle → Cycle Backgrounds and is opt-in by default.
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- Adds a new bash script
omarchy-toggle-bg-cycleto enable/disable the background cycling timer with notify-send feedback - Creates systemd user service and timer unit files (
omarchy-bg-cycle.serviceandomarchy-bg-cycle.timer) configured for hourly background cycling - Updates the Toggle menu in
omarchy-menuto include the new "Cycle Backgrounds" toggle option
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| bin/omarchy-toggle-bg-cycle | New bash script that toggles the systemd timer on/off via systemctl with user notifications |
| config/systemd/user/omarchy-bg-cycle.service | New oneshot service unit that executes omarchy-theme-bg-next with proper signal handling |
| config/systemd/user/omarchy-bg-cycle.timer | New timer unit that triggers the service on an hourly schedule |
| bin/omarchy-menu | Adds "Cycle Backgrounds" menu item and its case handler to the Toggle submenu |
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Adds a systemd timer-based rotating backgrounds feature accessible via the SUPER+CTRL+O trigger menu → Toggle → Rotating Backgrounds. Enables or disables an hourly background rotation using omarchy-theme-bg-next.
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Some themes ship with multiple beautiful backgrounds and choosing just one means missing out on the rest. This PR adds background cycling as a first-class Omarchy feature so users can enjoy all of them automatically.
Accessible via the SUPER+CTRL+O trigger menu → Toggle → Cycle Backgrounds.
When enabled, a systemd user timer fires
omarchy-theme-bg-nexthourly toautomatically cycle through the active theme's backgrounds. The timer runs
inside the user session, ensuring
WAYLAND_DISPLAYandDBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESSare available (unlike cron).
KillMode=noneis set on the service so systemddoesn't kill the newly launched
swaybgprocess when cleaning up the cgroup.The feature is opt-in — nothing is auto-enabled on install.
Changes
bin/omarchy-toggle-bg-cycle— enables/disablesomarchy-bg-cycle.timerviasystemctl --user, with notify-send feedbackconfig/systemd/user/omarchy-bg-cycle.{service,timer}— oneshot service + hourly timer unit files (deployed to~/.config/systemd/user/on install)bin/omarchy-menu— adds Cycle Backgrounds entry to the Toggle submenu