fix: resolve Overwatch and game window detection on taskbar by relaxing KWin skipTaskbar filtering

quickshell/services/js/kwin_state_listener.js

@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ function updateWindows() {
     var wins = workspace.windowList();
     var activeWin = workspace.activeWindow;
 
-    if (activeWin && !activeWin.skipTaskbar) {
+    if (activeWin) {
-        actApp = (activeWin.resourceClass || activeWin.desktopFileName || "").toLowerCase();
+        var actCls = (activeWin.resourceClass || activeWin.desktopFileName || activeWin.resourceName || "").toLowerCase();
+        if (!actCls && activeWin.caption) actCls = activeWin.caption.toLowerCase();
+        if (actCls && actCls !== "quickshell" && actCls !== "plasmashell") {
+            actApp = actCls;
+        }
         if (activeWin.fullScreen) {
             isFullscreen = true;
         }
@@ -18,16 +22,20 @@ function updateWindows() {
         if (w.fullScreen && (w.active || w === activeWin)) {
             isFullscreen = true;
         }
-        if ((w.normalWindow || w.fullScreen || w.managed) && !w.skipTaskbar) {
+        if (w.normalWindow || w.fullScreen || w.managed) {
-            var cls = (w.resourceClass || w.desktopFileName || "").toLowerCase();
+            var cls = (w.desktopFileName || w.resourceClass || w.resourceName || "").toLowerCase();
             if (!cls && w.caption) cls = w.caption.toLowerCase();
-            if (cls && cls !== "quickshell" && cls !== "plasmashell" && cls.indexOf("status_icon") === -1 && cls.indexOf("tray") === -1 && cls.indexOf("desktop") === -1) {
+            if (cls) {
+                var isSystemShell = (cls === "quickshell" || cls === "plasmashell" || cls === "krunner" ||
+                                     cls.indexOf("status_icon") !== -1 || cls.indexOf("tray") !== -1 || cls.indexOf("desktop") !== -1);
+                if (!isSystemShell) {
                     if (openApps.indexOf(cls) === -1) {
                         openApps.push(cls);
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
+    }
 
     callDBus("io.quickshell.ActiveApp", "/ActiveApp", "io.quickshell.ActiveApp", "updateState", actApp, JSON.stringify(openApps), isFullscreen ? "true" : "false");
 }

quickshell/services/python/active_window_service.py

@@ -138,6 +138,44 @@ def resolve_game_info(app_lower):
                 "icon": game_icon
             }
 
+    # Handle Overwatch & Battle.net games
+    if 'overwatch' in app_lower:
+        ow_icon = "overwatch"
+        for d in _search_dirs:
+            if not os.path.exists(d): continue
+            for ext in ['.svg', '.png']:
+                t = os.path.join(d, "overwatch" + ext)
+                if os.path.exists(t):
+                    ow_icon = t
+                    break
+        return {
+            "appId": app_lower,
+            "name": "Overwatch",
+            "icon": ow_icon
+        }
+
+    if 'battle.net' in app_lower or 'battlenet' in app_lower:
+        return {
+            "appId": app_lower,
+            "name": "Battle.net",
+            "icon": "battle.net"
+        }
+
+    # Handle Heroic & Bottles games
+    if 'heroic' in app_lower:
+        return {
+            "appId": app_lower,
+            "name": "Heroic Games Launcher",
+            "icon": "com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl"
+        }
+
+    if 'bottles' in app_lower:
+        return {
+            "appId": app_lower,
+            "name": "Bottles Game",
+            "icon": "com.usebottles.bottles"
+        }
+
     # Handle Lutris games
     if 'lutris' in app_lower:
         lutris_desktops = glob.glob(os.path.expanduser('~/.local/share/applications/lutris-*.desktop'))
@@ -151,10 +189,11 @@ def resolve_game_info(app_lower):
                 }
 
     # Handle Wine / Proton / Gamescope generic titles
-    if app_lower in ['wine', 'wine64', 'proton', 'gamescope']:
+    if app_lower in ['wine', 'wine64', 'proton', 'gamescope'] or 'wine' in app_lower or 'proton' in app_lower or app_lower.endswith('.exe'):
+        clean_name = os.path.basename(app_lower).replace('.exe', '').replace('_', ' ').title()
         return {
             "appId": app_lower,
-            "name": app_lower.capitalize() + " Game",
+            "name": clean_name if clean_name else "Game",
             "icon": "com.valvesoftware.Steam"
         }