feat(hyprlua/orbit-menu): sci-fi zoom navigation + holographic overlay + opening intro

Replaces the plain Gtk.Stack crossfade with a focal-point zoom (Gtk.Fixed +
Gsk.Transform): the clicked node's screen position becomes a pivot the parent
page zooms into while the child page slides in from that exact spot and grows
to become the new center — like a moon becoming the planet you now orbit.
Going back reverses the same motion around the same remembered point
(_stack_origins tracks it per depth).

Adds a holographic overlay (config.json "hologram" toggle, default on):
violet scanlines + a looping sweep band + magenta/red noise specs with real
per-particle lifetimes (fade in/out, not single-frame flicker), all composited
through a radial mask so it reads as one soft-edged glow over the menu rather
than tinting the whole square canvas.

Adds an opening-only intro (never plays between nodes): each button starts
invisible and fades in on a staggered cascade — center first, then ring nodes
in order — with a bright noise burst flashing at each node's position the
instant it starts appearing, like it's condensing out of the static.

Also fixes a transparency regression: the new hologram DrawingArea sits above
everything via Gtk.Overlay, and the cyberqueer theme's aggressive `*` selector
was painting it an opaque background, hiding the whole menu — forced
transparent via CSS, same fix pattern as the earlier orbit-node label bug.

desktopenvs/hyprlua/orbit-menu/config.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Tiny user-editable config file: ~/.local/state/orbit-menu/config.json.
 
-Currently a single toggle. Read once at startup (main.py); the satellites flag
+Read once at startup (main.py); flags are passed into OrbitMenu's constructor
-is passed into OrbitMenu's constructor rather than polled, so a change takes
+rather than polled, so a change takes effect on the next orbit-menu-start.sh
-effect on the next orbit-menu-start.sh restart, not live.
+restart, not live.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import json
 
 from paths import CONFIG_FILE, ensure_dirs
 
-_DEFAULTS = {"satellites": True}
+_DEFAULTS = {"satellites": True, "hologram": True}
 
 
 def _load() -> dict:
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ def _load() -> dict:
 
 def satellites_enabled() -> bool:
     return bool(_load().get("satellites", True))
+
+
+def hologram_enabled() -> bool:
+    return bool(_load().get("hologram", True))

desktopenvs/hyprlua/orbit-menu/main.py

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ class OrbitMenuApp(Gtk.Application):
         Gtk.Application.do_startup(self)
         theme.load_css()
         self.window = OrbitMenu(menu_tree.full_menu_root(), on_close=self._on_closed,
-                                satellites=config.satellites_enabled())
+                                satellites=config.satellites_enabled(),
+                                hologram=config.hologram_enabled())
         self._current_mode = "menu"
         self._register_actions()
         self.hold()  # stay alive with no visible window

desktopenvs/hyprlua/orbit-menu/orbit_menu.py

@@ -6,12 +6,19 @@ re-centers the view on that child and draws a fresh ring for *its* children —
 same base element recursively applied, so orbits nest arbitrarily deep. Clicking the
 center (or Backspace) steps back out one level; Escape closes the menu.
 
-Each level is rendered once into its own Gtk.Fixed page and cached in a Gtk.Stack
+Each level is rendered once into its own Gtk.Fixed page and cached in a plain dict
-keyed by the path of indices taken to reach it (e.g. (2, 0)); navigating in either
+keyed by the path of indices taken to reach it (e.g. (2, 0)). Navigating between
-direction just swaps the stack's visible child, and the Stack's own CROSSFADE
+levels plays a sci-fi-orbital-map zoom (see _start_transition/_update_transition):
-transition gives the nested navigation a smooth fade instead of a hard cut. A
+the clicked node's on-screen position becomes a focal point — the parent page
-category with a dynamic child list (open windows, user scripts) passes
+zooms *into* that fixed point (as if diving toward it, everything else rushing off
-`dynamic=True` so its page is rebuilt — never cached — on every visit.
+past the edges) while the child page slides in from that exact spot and grows from
+a small dot up to the full view, becoming the new center, like a moon becoming the
+planet you now orbit. Going back plays the same motion in reverse around the same
+point (each depth's focal point is remembered in _stack_origins). Driven by the
+same per-frame tick callback that animates the satellites, using GTK4's
+Gsk.Transform (via Gtk.Fixed.set_child_transform) to scale each page around an
+arbitrary pivot. A category with a dynamic child list (open windows, user scripts)
+passes `dynamic=True` so its page is rebuilt — never cached — on every visit.
 
 Ported from the ~/code.dev/test-astralmenu prototype onto raw Gtk4LayerShell (no
 Astal.Window dependency) to match astal-menu/window.py's layer-shell approach.
@@ -29,15 +36,19 @@ import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "4.0")
 gi.require_version("Gdk", "4.0")
+gi.require_version("Gsk", "4.0")
+gi.require_version("Graphene", "1.0")
 gi.require_version("Gtk4LayerShell", "1.0")
-from gi.repository import Gdk, Gtk  # noqa: E402
+from gi.repository import Gdk, Graphene, Gsk, Gtk  # noqa: E402
 from gi.repository import Gtk4LayerShell as LayerShell  # noqa: E402
 
 # CyberQueer accent/violet, matching style/_colors.css — hardcoded here (as
 # lib/border.py does for its own Cairo drawing) since Cairo paints directly and
-# doesn't see GTK CSS @define-color names.
+# doesn't see GTK CSS @define-color names. _MAGENTA has no CSS counterpart —
+# it's only used for the hologram noise specs (see _draw_hologram_noise).
 _ACCENT = (0xE4 / 255, 0x00 / 255, 0x46 / 255)
 _VIOLET = (0x50 / 255, 0x18 / 255, 0xDD / 255)
+_MAGENTA = (0.92, 0.0, 0.65)
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -109,17 +120,24 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
     _BRACKET_CHANCE = 0.45
 
     def __init__(self, root: MenuItem, on_close: Optional[Callable[[], None]] = None,
-                 satellites: bool = True):
+                 satellites: bool = True, hologram: bool = True):
         super().__init__()
         self.add_css_class("orbit-menu-window")
         self._on_close = on_close
         self._satellites_enabled = satellites
+        self._hologram_enabled = hologram
 
         self._root = root
         self._stack_path: list[int] = []          # indices taken from root
+        self._stack_origins: list[tuple[float, float]] = []   # focal point per depth, for _go_back
         self._pages: dict[tuple, Gtk.Fixed] = {}   # cached pages, keyed by path
-        self._page_rings: dict[str, Gtk.DrawingArea] = {}
+        self._page_rings: dict[Gtk.Fixed, Gtk.DrawingArea] = {}
+        self._page_buttons: dict[Gtk.Fixed, list[tuple[Gtk.Widget, float, float]]] = {}
         self._current_ring: Gtk.DrawingArea | None = None
+        self._current_page: Gtk.Fixed | None = None
+        self._transition: dict | None = None       # active zoom/fade nav transition, if any
+        self._intro: dict | None = None            # active opening "materialize" animation, if any
+        self._holo_particles: list[dict] = []      # persistent hologram noise specs, see _update_hologram_particles
 
         # satellite/mouse-parallax state (unused entirely if satellites=False)
         cx = cy = self.CANVAS_SIZE / 2
@@ -131,12 +149,24 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
 
         self._init_layer_shell()
 
-        self._gtkstack = Gtk.Stack(
+        self._viewport = Gtk.Fixed()
-            transition_type=Gtk.StackTransitionType.CROSSFADE,
+        self._viewport.set_size_request(self.CANVAS_SIZE, self.CANVAS_SIZE)
-            transition_duration=220,
+
-        )
+        # Hologram overlay: a single DrawingArea painted on top of EVERYTHING
-        self._gtkstack.set_size_request(self.CANVAS_SIZE, self.CANVAS_SIZE)
+        # (buttons included), covering the whole menu regardless of which page is
-        self.set_child(self._gtkstack)
+        # showing. set_can_target(False) so it never steals clicks meant for the
+        # buttons underneath.
+        self._hologram_area = Gtk.DrawingArea()
+        self._hologram_area.set_size_request(self.CANVAS_SIZE, self.CANVAS_SIZE)
+        self._hologram_area.set_can_target(False)
+        self._hologram_area.set_draw_func(self._draw_hologram_frame)
+        self._hologram_area.add_css_class("orbit-hologram")
+
+        root_overlay = Gtk.Overlay()
+        root_overlay.add_css_class("orbit-root-overlay")
+        root_overlay.set_child(self._viewport)
+        root_overlay.add_overlay(self._hologram_area)
+        self.set_child(root_overlay)
 
         keys = Gtk.EventControllerKey()
         keys.connect("key-pressed", self._on_key)
@@ -148,7 +178,7 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
             motion.connect("leave", self._on_motion_leave)
             self.add_controller(motion)
 
-        self._show_path(())
+        self._show_path((), animate=False)
 
     # -- layer shell ----------------------------------------------------
     def _init_layer_shell(self) -> None:
@@ -175,6 +205,15 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
         return None if item.dynamic else path
 
     # -- page construction ------------------------------------------------
+    @classmethod
+    def _ring_position(cls, count: int, idx: int) -> tuple[float, float]:
+        """Where ring node `idx` (of `count`) sits — same formula every page
+        uses, so a click handler can compute a node's position without needing
+        the built page widget (used as the zoom's focal point, see _on_node_clicked)."""
+        cx = cy = cls.CANVAS_SIZE / 2
+        angle = -math.pi / 2 + idx * (2 * math.pi / max(count, 1))
+        return cx + cls.RADIUS * math.cos(angle), cy + cls.RADIUS * math.sin(angle)
+
     def _build_page(self, path: tuple) -> tuple[Gtk.Fixed, Gtk.DrawingArea]:
         current = self._item_at(path)
         fixed = Gtk.Fixed()
@@ -186,6 +225,11 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
         children = current.resolved_children()
         fixed.put(ring, 0, 0)
 
+        # (widget, x, y) for every button on this page, center first — used only by
+        # the opening "materialize from noise" intro (see _start_intro), which needs
+        # each button's position to fade it in and spawn a noise burst there.
+        buttons: list[tuple[Gtk.Widget, float, float]] = []
+
         center_btn = Gtk.Button()
         center_btn.set_has_frame(False)
         center_btn.add_css_class("orbit-center")
@@ -195,13 +239,12 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
         center_btn.set_size_request(self.CENTER_SIZE, self.CENTER_SIZE)
         center_btn.connect("clicked", lambda *_a: self._go_back())
         fixed.put(center_btn, cx - self.CENTER_SIZE / 2, cy - self.CENTER_SIZE / 2)
+        buttons.append((center_btn, cx, cy))
 
         count = len(children)
         node_positions: list[tuple[float, float]] = []
         for i, item in enumerate(children):
-            angle = -math.pi / 2 + i * (2 * math.pi / max(count, 1))
+            nx, ny = self._ring_position(count, i)
-            nx = cx + self.RADIUS * math.cos(angle)
-            ny = cy + self.RADIUS * math.sin(angle)
             node_positions.append((nx, ny))
 
             node_btn = Gtk.Button()
@@ -214,6 +257,9 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
             node_btn.set_tooltip_text(item.label)
             node_btn.connect("clicked", lambda *_a, idx=i: self._on_node_clicked(idx))
             fixed.put(node_btn, nx - self.NODE_SIZE / 2, ny - self.NODE_SIZE / 2)
+            buttons.append((node_btn, nx, ny))
+
+        self._page_buttons[fixed] = buttons
 
         assignments = self._pick_assignments(node_positions, center=(cx, cy)) \
             if self._satellites_enabled else []
@@ -445,6 +491,116 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
             cr.show_text(text)
             cr.restore()
 
+    # -- holographic overlay --------------------------------------------------
+    # Config-toggleable (~/.local/state/orbit-menu/config.json's "hologram" key,
+    # see config.py); painted once, on top of the whole menu, independent of
+    # which page is showing — see the Gtk.Overlay setup in __init__.
+    _HOLO_TINT = _VIOLET               # scanlines/sweep/flicker: violet
+    _HOLO_SCANLINE_GAP = 4.0
+    _HOLO_SWEEP_PERIOD = 3.4           # seconds for one top-to-bottom pass
+    _HOLO_SWEEP_HALF_HEIGHT = 90.0
+    _HOLO_NOISE_COUNT = 370              # specs alive at once (each with its own lifetime, not per-frame)
+    _HOLO_NOISE_COLORS = [_MAGENTA, _ACCENT]   # magenta + red only
+    _HOLO_NOISE_LIFETIME = (0.6, 1.7)   # seconds a given spec persists before being replaced
+    _HOLO_NOISE_FADE_IN = 0.2           # fraction of lifetime spent fading in
+    _HOLO_NOISE_FADE_OUT = 0.5         # fraction of lifetime spent fading out (at the end)
+    _HOLO_MASK_INNER = RADIUS + 8       # full-strength out to just past the ring nodes
+    # faded out completely by here — capped so it fully resolves to 0 before the
+    # canvas edge (CANVAS_SIZE/2), not just before the corners
+    _HOLO_MASK_OUTER = min(RADIUS + NODE_SIZE * 1.4, CANVAS_SIZE / 2 - 10)
+
+    def _draw_hologram_frame(self, _area, cr, width: float, height: float) -> None:
+        if self._hologram_enabled:
+            self._draw_hologram(cr, width, height)
+
+    def _draw_hologram(self, cr, width: float, height: float) -> None:
+        """Draws the whole effect into an offscreen group, then composites it back
+        through a radial-gradient alpha mask centered on the canvas — full strength
+        around the ring, soft-fading to nothing by _HOLO_MASK_OUTER, so it reads as
+        one big glow over the menu instead of tinting the whole square canvas."""
+        cx, cy = width / 2, height / 2
+        cr.push_group()
+        self._draw_hologram_content(cr, width, height)
+        pattern = cr.pop_group()
+
+        mask = cairo.RadialGradient(cx, cy, self._HOLO_MASK_INNER, cx, cy, self._HOLO_MASK_OUTER)
+        mask.add_color_stop_rgba(0.0, 1, 1, 1, 1)
+        mask.add_color_stop_rgba(1.0, 1, 1, 1, 0)
+        cr.set_source(pattern)
+        cr.mask(mask)
+
+    def _draw_hologram_content(self, cr, width: float, height: float) -> None:
+        r, g, b = self._HOLO_TINT
+
+        # faint horizontal scanlines
+        cr.save()
+        cr.set_source_rgba(r, g, b, 0.05)
+        cr.set_line_width(1.0)
+        y = 0.0
+        while y < height:
+            cr.move_to(0, y)
+            cr.line_to(width, y)
+            y += self._HOLO_SCANLINE_GAP
+        cr.stroke()
+        cr.restore()
+
+        # a bright band sweeping top -> bottom on a loop, like a hologram scan pass
+        phase = (self._sat_time % self._HOLO_SWEEP_PERIOD) / self._HOLO_SWEEP_PERIOD
+        sweep_y = phase * height
+        hh = self._HOLO_SWEEP_HALF_HEIGHT
+        grad = cairo.LinearGradient(0, sweep_y - hh, 0, sweep_y + hh)
+        grad.add_color_stop_rgba(0.0, r, g, b, 0.0)
+        grad.add_color_stop_rgba(0.5, r, g, b, 0.10)
+        grad.add_color_stop_rgba(1.0, r, g, b, 0.0)
+        cr.set_source(grad)
+        cr.rectangle(0, sweep_y - hh, width, hh * 2)
+        cr.fill()
+
+        # subtle overall flicker so it doesn't look perfectly static
+        flicker = 0.018 + 0.012 * math.sin(self._sat_time * 11.0)
+        cr.set_source_rgba(r, g, b, max(0.0, flicker))
+        cr.paint()
+
+        self._draw_hologram_noise(cr, width, height)
+
+    def _update_hologram_particles(self, width: float, height: float) -> None:
+        """Age out expired specs and top back up to _HOLO_NOISE_COUNT — each spec
+        keeps its position/color for its own randomized lifetime (_HOLO_NOISE_
+        LIFETIME) instead of every spec being replaced every single frame."""
+        now = self._sat_time
+        self._holo_particles = [p for p in self._holo_particles if now - p["birth"] < p["life"]]
+        while len(self._holo_particles) < self._HOLO_NOISE_COUNT:
+            self._holo_particles.append({
+                "x": random.uniform(0, width),
+                "y": random.uniform(0, height),
+                "w": random.uniform(1.0, 2.6),
+                "h": random.uniform(1.0, 2.0),
+                "color": random.choice(self._HOLO_NOISE_COLORS),
+                "peak_alpha": random.uniform(0.08, 0.30),
+                "birth": now,
+                "life": random.uniform(*self._HOLO_NOISE_LIFETIME),
+            })
+
+    def _draw_hologram_noise(self, cr, width: float, height: float) -> None:
+        """Colored specs that persist for a real lifetime, fading in then out —
+        reads as signal static/interference rather than the smooth violet wash the
+        scanlines/sweep alone would give, without the single-frame teleport flicker
+        redrawing everything from scratch every tick would cause."""
+        self._update_hologram_particles(width, height)
+        now = self._sat_time
+        for p in self._holo_particles:
+            t = (now - p["birth"]) / p["life"]   # 0 (birth) .. 1 (death)
+            if t < self._HOLO_NOISE_FADE_IN:
+                envelope = t / self._HOLO_NOISE_FADE_IN
+            elif t > 1.0 - self._HOLO_NOISE_FADE_OUT:
+                envelope = max(0.0, (1.0 - t) / self._HOLO_NOISE_FADE_OUT)
+            else:
+                envelope = 1.0
+            r, g, b = p["color"]
+            cr.set_source_rgba(r, g, b, p["peak_alpha"] * envelope)
+            cr.rectangle(p["x"], p["y"], p["w"], p["h"])
+            cr.fill()
+
     # -- mouse parallax / animation loop -------------------------------------
     def _on_motion(self, _ctrl, x: float, y: float) -> None:
         self._mouse_target = (x, y)
@@ -464,38 +620,238 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
         ease = 1 - math.exp(-dt * 6.0)   # frame-rate independent lerp toward the cursor
         self._mouse_smooth = (sx + (mx - sx) * ease, sy + (my - sy) * ease)
 
-        if self._current_ring is not None:
+        tr = self._transition
+        if tr is not None:
+            self._update_transition()
+            if tr.get("old_ring") is not None:
+                tr["old_ring"].queue_draw()
+            if tr.get("new_ring") is not None:
+                tr["new_ring"].queue_draw()
+        elif self._satellites_enabled and self._current_ring is not None:
             self._current_ring.queue_draw()
+
+        if self._intro is not None:
+            self._update_intro()
+
+        if self._hologram_enabled:
+            self._hologram_area.queue_draw()
         return True   # keep ticking every frame while the window is mapped
 
+    # -- zoom/fade navigation transition --------------------------------------
+    # Sci-fi-orbital-map feel: the clicked node IS the focal point. Going in, the
+    # parent page zooms in on that point (as if diving toward it, everything else
+    # rushing off past the edges) while the child page slides in from that same
+    # screen position and grows from a small dot up to full size, becoming the new
+    # center — like a moon becoming the planet you now orbit. Going back reverses
+    # the exact same motion around the exact same point.
+    _ZOOM_DURATION = 0.34            # seconds — a bit more cinematic than a plain fade
+    _ZOOM_CHILD_START = 0.4          # child page starts at this scale, sitting at the focal point
+    _ZOOM_PARENT_END = 2.4           # parent page zooms into the focal point up to this scale
+
+    def _focal_zoom_transform(self, fx: float, fy: float, scale: float) -> Gsk.Transform:
+        """Scale a page around an arbitrary point (fx, fy) instead of its own
+        center — used for the page that stays put but zooms into/out of the
+        focal point (translate(focal) . scale . translate(-focal))."""
+        t = Gsk.Transform.new()
+        t = t.translate(Graphene.Point().init(fx, fy))
+        t = t.scale(scale, scale)
+        t = t.translate(Graphene.Point().init(-fx, -fy))
+        return t
+
+    def _slide_zoom_transform(self, target_x: float, target_y: float, scale: float) -> Gsk.Transform:
+        """Map a page's own center to on-screen position (target_x, target_y) at
+        the given scale — used for the page that slides between the focal point
+        and the canvas center while growing/shrinking to become the full view."""
+        c = self.CANVAS_SIZE / 2
+        t = Gsk.Transform.new()
+        t = t.translate(Graphene.Point().init(target_x, target_y))
+        t = t.scale(scale, scale)
+        t = t.translate(Graphene.Point().init(-c, -c))
+        return t
+
+    def _start_transition(self, new_page: Gtk.Fixed, direction: str, animate: bool,
+                          focal: Optional[tuple[float, float]] = None) -> None:
+        old_page = self._current_page
+        if old_page is new_page:
+            return
+        if self._transition is not None:
+            self._finalize_transition()   # snap any in-flight transition instantly first
+
+        if new_page.get_parent() is None:
+            self._viewport.put(new_page, 0, 0)
+
+        if not animate or old_page is None:
+            new_page.set_opacity(1.0)
+            self._viewport.set_child_transform(new_page, None)
+            if old_page is not None and old_page.get_parent() is not None:
+                self._viewport.set_child_transform(old_page, None)
+                self._viewport.remove(old_page)
+            self._transition = None
+            return
+
+        c = self.CANVAS_SIZE / 2
+        fx, fy = focal if focal is not None else (c, c)
+        new_page.set_opacity(0.0)
+        self._transition = {
+            "old": old_page, "new": new_page,
+            "old_ring": self._page_rings.get(old_page),
+            "new_ring": self._page_rings.get(new_page),
+            "start": None,                    # set on the first tick, in _sat_time units
+            "forward": direction == "in",
+            "focal": (fx, fy),
+        }
+
+    def _update_transition(self) -> None:
+        tr = self._transition
+        if tr is None:
+            return
+        if tr["start"] is None:
+            tr["start"] = self._sat_time
+        progress = (self._sat_time - tr["start"]) / self._ZOOM_DURATION
+        progress = min(1.0, max(0.0, progress))
+        eased = progress * progress * (3 - 2 * progress)   # smoothstep
+
+        c = self.CANVAS_SIZE / 2
+        fx, fy = tr["focal"]
+        forward = tr["forward"]
+
+        # The "slide" page is whichever one occupies the canvas-center full view at
+        # one end of the animation and the small focal-point dot at the other: the
+        # child when going in (0 -> 1 = focal -> center), the child when going back
+        # too but reversed (1 -> 0 = center -> focal) since it's the outgoing side.
+        if forward:
+            slide_page, zoom_page = tr["new"], tr["old"]
+            slide_t0, slide_t1 = (fx, fy), (c, c)
+            slide_s0, slide_s1 = self._ZOOM_CHILD_START, 1.0
+            zoom_s0, zoom_s1 = 1.0, self._ZOOM_PARENT_END
+        else:
+            slide_page, zoom_page = tr["old"], tr["new"]
+            slide_t0, slide_t1 = (c, c), (fx, fy)
+            slide_s0, slide_s1 = 1.0, self._ZOOM_CHILD_START
+            zoom_s0, zoom_s1 = self._ZOOM_PARENT_END, 1.0
+
+        tx = slide_t0[0] + (slide_t1[0] - slide_t0[0]) * eased
+        ty = slide_t0[1] + (slide_t1[1] - slide_t0[1]) * eased
+        slide_scale = slide_s0 + (slide_s1 - slide_s0) * eased
+        self._viewport.set_child_transform(slide_page, self._slide_zoom_transform(tx, ty, slide_scale))
+
+        if zoom_page is not None:
+            zoom_scale = zoom_s0 + (zoom_s1 - zoom_s0) * eased
+            self._viewport.set_child_transform(zoom_page, self._focal_zoom_transform(fx, fy, zoom_scale))
+
+        tr["new"].set_opacity(eased)
+        if tr["old"] is not None:
+            tr["old"].set_opacity(1.0 - eased)
+
+        if progress >= 1.0:
+            self._finalize_transition()
+
+    def _finalize_transition(self) -> None:
+        """Snap the active transition to its end state — called both when it
+        completes naturally and to interrupt one cleanly if navigation happens
+        again before the previous transition finished."""
+        tr = self._transition
+        if tr is None:
+            return
+        self._viewport.set_child_transform(tr["new"], None)
+        tr["new"].set_opacity(1.0)
+        if tr["old"] is not None:
+            self._viewport.set_child_transform(tr["old"], None)
+            if tr["old"].get_parent() is not None:
+                self._viewport.remove(tr["old"])
+        self._transition = None
+
+    # -- opening intro: nodes materialize from holo-noise ----------------------
+    # Only plays when the menu transitions closed -> open (see open_at_root), never
+    # between nodes — that's the separate zoom transition above. Each button starts
+    # invisible and fades in on its own staggered delay (center first, then ring
+    # nodes in order around the circle); the instant a button starts fading in, a
+    # tight burst of extra hologram noise flashes at its position and burns off,
+    # like the node is condensing out of the static.
+    _INTRO_CENTER_DELAY = 0.0
+    _INTRO_RING_START = 0.10        # ring nodes begin after the center starts
+    _INTRO_RING_STAGGER = 0.055     # gap between consecutive ring nodes' start
+    _INTRO_FADE_DURATION = 0.30
+    _INTRO_BURST_COUNT = 10
+    _INTRO_BURST_RADIUS = 26.0
+    _INTRO_BURST_LIFETIME = (0.35, 0.7)
+
+    def _start_intro(self, page: Gtk.Fixed) -> None:
+        buttons = self._page_buttons.get(page)
+        if not buttons:
+            self._intro = None
+            return
+        entries = []
+        for i, (widget, x, y) in enumerate(buttons):
+            widget.set_opacity(0.0)
+            delay = self._INTRO_CENTER_DELAY if i == 0 else \
+                self._INTRO_RING_START + (i - 1) * self._INTRO_RING_STAGGER
+            entries.append({"widget": widget, "x": x, "y": y, "delay": delay, "burst_spawned": False})
+        self._intro = {"start": self._sat_time, "entries": entries}
+
+    def _spawn_holo_burst(self, x: float, y: float) -> None:
+        colors = [self._HOLO_TINT, self._HOLO_TINT, _MAGENTA, _ACCENT]   # mostly violet
+        for _ in range(self._INTRO_BURST_COUNT):
+            angle = random.uniform(0, 2 * math.pi)
+            radius = random.uniform(0, self._INTRO_BURST_RADIUS)
+            self._holo_particles.append({
+                "x": x + radius * math.cos(angle), "y": y + radius * math.sin(angle),
+                "w": random.uniform(1.0, 2.8), "h": random.uniform(1.0, 2.2),
+                "color": random.choice(colors),
+                "peak_alpha": random.uniform(0.20, 0.45),   # brighter than ambient noise
+                "birth": self._sat_time,
+                "life": random.uniform(*self._INTRO_BURST_LIFETIME),
+            })
+
+    def _update_intro(self) -> None:
+        intro = self._intro
+        if intro is None:
+            return
+        now = self._sat_time - intro["start"]
+        done = True
+        for e in intro["entries"]:
+            t = now - e["delay"]
+            if t < 0:
+                done = False
+                continue
+            if not e["burst_spawned"]:
+                if self._hologram_enabled:
+                    self._spawn_holo_burst(e["x"], e["y"])
+                e["burst_spawned"] = True
+            progress = min(1.0, t / self._INTRO_FADE_DURATION)
+            eased = progress * progress * (3 - 2 * progress)
+            e["widget"].set_opacity(eased)
+            if progress < 1.0:
+                done = False
+        if done:
+            self._intro = None
+
     # -- navigation ---------------------------------------------------------
-    def _show_path(self, path: tuple) -> None:
+    def _show_path(self, path: tuple, direction: str = "in", animate: bool = True,
+                   focal: Optional[tuple[float, float]] = None) -> None:
         key = self._cache_key(path)
-        name = "/".join(str(i) for i in path) or "root"
+        if key is not None and key in self._pages:
-        # a dynamic path (or one passing through a dynamic ancestor) is rebuilt fresh
+            page = self._pages[key]
-        # and swapped in under a throwaway name so the stack still crossfades to it.
+            ring = self._page_rings[page]
-        if key is None:
+        else:
             page, ring = self._build_page(path)
-            name = f"{name}#live"
+            self._page_rings[page] = ring
-            old = self._gtkstack.get_child_by_name(name)
+            if key is not None:
-            if old is not None:
+                self._pages[key] = page
-                self._gtkstack.remove(old)
+
-            self._gtkstack.add_named(page, name)
+        self._start_transition(page, direction=direction, animate=animate, focal=focal)
-            self._page_rings[name] = ring
-        elif key not in self._pages:
-            page, ring = self._build_page(path)
-            self._pages[key] = page
-            self._gtkstack.add_named(page, name)
-            self._page_rings[name] = ring
-        self._gtkstack.set_visible_child_name(name)
         self._stack_path = list(path)
-        self._current_ring = self._page_rings.get(name)
+        self._current_ring = ring
+        self._current_page = page
 
     def _on_node_clicked(self, idx: int) -> None:
         path = tuple(self._stack_path)
-        item = self._item_at(path).resolved_children()[idx]
+        children = self._item_at(path).resolved_children()
+        item = children[idx]
         if item.resolved_children():
-            self._show_path(path + (idx,))
+            focal = self._ring_position(len(children), idx)
+            self._stack_origins.append(focal)
+            self._show_path(path + (idx,), direction="in", focal=focal)
         else:
             if item.action:
                 item.action()
@@ -503,7 +859,8 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
 
     def _go_back(self) -> None:
         if self._stack_path:
-            self._show_path(tuple(self._stack_path[:-1]))
+            focal = self._stack_origins.pop() if self._stack_origins else None
+            self._show_path(tuple(self._stack_path[:-1]), direction="out", focal=focal)
         else:
             self._close()
 
@@ -528,19 +885,31 @@ class OrbitMenu(Gtk.Window):
     def set_root(self, root: MenuItem) -> None:
         """Swap the whole tree (e.g. power-only <-> full category menu). Any
         cached pages belonged to the old tree's indices, so they're dropped."""
-        pages = self._gtkstack.get_pages()
+        self._transition = None
-        for child in [pages.get_item(i).get_child() for i in range(pages.get_n_items())]:
+        child = self._viewport.get_first_child()
-            self._gtkstack.remove(child)
+        while child is not None:
+            nxt = child.get_next_sibling()
+            self._viewport.set_child_transform(child, None)
+            self._viewport.remove(child)
+            child = nxt
         self._pages.clear()
         self._page_rings.clear()
+        self._page_buttons.clear()
         self._current_ring = None
+        self._current_page = None
+        self._stack_origins.clear()
+        self._intro = None
         self._root = root
 
     def open_at_root(self) -> None:
-        """Reset to the top of the tree (dynamic pages along the way get rebuilt
+        """Reset to the top of the tree, instantly (no zoom on open) — dynamic
-        the next time they're actually visited, not eagerly here)."""
+        pages along the way get rebuilt the next time they're actually visited,
-        self._show_path(())
+        not eagerly here. Plays the "materialize from noise" intro (see
+        _start_intro) every time, since this only runs on closed -> open, never
+        on in-menu navigation."""
+        self._show_path((), animate=False)
+        self._start_intro(self._current_page)
         self.set_visible(True)
         self.present()
-        if self._satellites_enabled and self._tick_id is None:
+        if self._tick_id is None:
             self._tick_id = self.add_tick_callback(self._on_tick)

desktopenvs/hyprlua/orbit-menu/style/style.css

@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
 /* orbit-menu — CyberQueer radial menu.
  * Colors come from _colors.css (@text/@bg/@accent/@violet/@danger), loaded first
- * by theme.py. Nested-level transitions are handled by the Gtk.Stack's own
+ * by theme.py. Nested-level navigation is a manual zoom (see orbit_menu.py's
- * CROSSFADE (see orbit_menu.py); this file only owns per-node hover/glow.
+ * _update_transition); this file only owns per-node hover/glow.
  */
 
 window.orbit-menu-window {
     background: transparent;
 }
 
+/* The cyberqueer theme's `* { background-color: #1a1a1a }` paints DrawingArea
+ * nodes too (unlike plain Box/Frame containers, which this GTK build's renderer
+ * leaves alone — see lib/border.py in astal-menu for the same observation). The
+ * hologram overlay sits on TOP of the entire menu via Gtk.Overlay, so if it kept
+ * that background it would hide everything underneath it — force both it and its
+ * Gtk.Overlay parent transparent. */
+.orbit-root-overlay,
+.orbit-hologram {
+    background: transparent;
+    background-color: transparent;
+    background-image: none;
+}
+
 .orbit-center,
 .orbit-node {
     border-radius: 9999px;