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From: leyoda <lionel@wopr.io>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:13:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] yoda: fisheye magnification for dock hover (phase B v2 / c)
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Replaces the binary 1.3× hover with a true gaussian bell curve — the
hovered icon still peaks at ~1.35×, but the ±1 neighbours also bulge
noticeably, ±2 a bit, and ±3+ relax to 1.0×. Footprint ~5 icons wide,
matching the macOS Dock fisheye feel.

Implementation in fn icon_scale_for(id):
- Reads the hovered icon's and the current icon's bounds from
  self.rectangles (already populated by the existing RectangleTracker
  subscription — no new plumbing).
- Distance = |this_center - hovered_center| along the panel's long axis
  (horizontal for Top/Bottom anchors, vertical for Left/Right).
- sigma = hovered_extent * 1.4 so the bell's half-width matches one
  icon width (neighbors clearly pulled, far icons untouched).
- scale = 1.0 + PEAK * exp(-(d/sigma)²) with PEAK = 0.35.
- Falls back to binary 1.35×/1.0× when rectangle data isn't populated
  yet (first render / resize) — visibly responsive even before the
  tracker catches up.

No widget signature changes vs v1, just a smarter formula. All five
as_icon call sites already pass the result of icon_scale_for so this
update propagates everywhere.

Still on the TODO list: smooth animation (b). Right now icon→icon
transitions snap instantly; a smoothed_hover_center + tick subscription
would lerp it. Deferred to a follow-up commit.
---
 cosmic-app-list/src/app.rs | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cosmic-app-list/src/app.rs b/cosmic-app-list/src/app.rs
index a6b967f7..7fd4337f 100755
--- a/cosmic-app-list/src/app.rs
+++ b/cosmic-app-list/src/app.rs
@@ -688,15 +688,62 @@ impl CosmicAppList {
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
     }
 
-    /// Yoda: macOS-Tahoe-style hover magnification. Returns the icon
-    /// size multiplier for a given dock item — 1.3× when the pointer
-    /// is over it, 1.0× otherwise. Called from the view() icon builders.
+    /// Yoda: macOS-Tahoe fisheye-style magnification. Returns the
+    /// per-icon size multiplier based on the distance (in pixels) from
+    /// the currently hovered icon's center to this icon's center.
+    ///
+    /// Uses a gaussian bell curve so the hovered icon peaks at
+    /// 1.0 + PEAK, immediate neighbors still bulge noticeably, and icons
+    /// further away relax back to 1.0× — that's the smooth neighbour
+    /// deformation people associate with the macOS Dock.
+    ///
+    /// Falls back to binary 1.3×/1.0× when the rectangle tracker hasn't
+    /// populated yet (first render, or just after layout changes).
     fn icon_scale_for(&self, id: &DockItemId) -> f32 {
-        if self.hovered_dock_item.as_ref() == Some(id) {
-            1.3
+        const PEAK: f32 = 0.35;
+        // sigma expressed in multiples of the hovered icon's size —
+        // 1.4 means the ±1 neighbors sit ~0.7σ away and still bulge
+        // visibly, while ±3+ has collapsed to ~1.0× (fisheye footprint
+        // close to 5 icons wide, Tahoe-ish).
+        const SIGMA_FACTOR: f32 = 1.4;
+
+        let Some(hovered_id) = self.hovered_dock_item.as_ref() else {
+            return 1.0;
+        };
+
+        // Without tracker data we can't compute distance — still peak on
+        // the hovered one so something visibly responds immediately.
+        let (Some(hovered_rect), Some(this_rect)) =
+            (self.rectangles.get(hovered_id), self.rectangles.get(id))
+        else {
+            return if id == hovered_id { 1.0 + PEAK } else { 1.0 };
+        };
+
+        let is_horizontal = matches!(
+            self.core.applet.anchor,
+            PanelAnchor::Top | PanelAnchor::Bottom
+        );
+        let hovered_center = if is_horizontal {
+            hovered_rect.x + hovered_rect.width / 2.0
         } else {
-            1.0
+            hovered_rect.y + hovered_rect.height / 2.0
+        };
+        let this_center = if is_horizontal {
+            this_rect.x + this_rect.width / 2.0
+        } else {
+            this_rect.y + this_rect.height / 2.0
+        };
+        let distance = (this_center - hovered_center).abs();
+        let icon_extent = if is_horizontal {
+            hovered_rect.width
+        } else {
+            hovered_rect.height
         }
+        .max(1.0);
+        let sigma = icon_extent * SIGMA_FACTOR;
+        // exp(-t²) bell curve, t = distance / sigma
+        let t = distance / sigma;
+        1.0 + PEAK * (-t * t).exp()
     }
 
     fn is_on_current_monitor_and_workspace(&self, toplevel_info: &ToplevelInfo) -> bool {