From 5938776c26b37603202127ee0522b2663b4f6a5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ashley Wulber <ashley@system76.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:08:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: surface task helper

---
 src/core.rs        | 1 +
 src/surface/mod.rs | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core.rs b/src/core.rs
index b454f301..d52f2fe0 100644
--- a/src/core.rs
+++ b/src/core.rs
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ impl Core {
         self.app_type
     }
 
+    #[must_use]
     #[cfg(feature = "winit")]
     pub fn blur(
         &self,
diff --git a/src/surface/mod.rs b/src/surface/mod.rs
index 29a9eada..e6355b8f 100644
--- a/src/surface/mod.rs
+++ b/src/surface/mod.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ pub enum Action {
     Task(Arc<dyn Fn() -> Task<Action> + Send + Sync>),
 }
 
+pub fn surface_task<M: Send + Sync + 'static>(action: Action) -> Task<crate::Action<M>> {
+    crate::task::message(crate::Action::Cosmic(crate::app::Action::Surface(action)))
+}
+
 impl std::fmt::Debug for Action {
     #[cold]
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {