Open app drawer over windows in convergence mode

Drawer is inside the homescreen, which sits behind windows.
Home button minimized everything to reach it. Render it in
a LayerTop window instead and skip the blanket minimizeAll
in the D-Bus handler.

components/mobileshell/qml/homescreen/HomeScreen.qml

@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ Item {
         target: MobileShellState.ShellDBusClient
 
         function onOpenHomeScreenRequested() {
+            if (ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled) {
+                // In convergence mode let the containment handle everything
+                // via homeTriggered → homeAction() without touching windows.
+                root.homeTriggered();
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (windowMaximizedTracker.showingWindow) {
                 itemContainer.zoomIn();
             }

containments/homescreens/folio/qml/FolioHomeScreen.qml

@@ -515,26 +515,22 @@ Item {
                 transform: Translate { y: folderView.opacity > 0 ? 0 : folderView.height }
             }
 
-            // Click-to-dismiss overlay for popup drawer in convergence mode
+            // Click-to-dismiss overlay (mobile only; convergence uses layer-shell overlay)
             MouseArea {
                 anchors.fill: parent
-                anchors.bottomMargin: ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled ? favouritesBar.height : 0
+                visible: !ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled
-                visible: ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled && homeScreenState.appDrawerOpenProgress > 0
+                         && homeScreenState.appDrawerOpenProgress > 0
                 onClicked: folio.HomeScreenState.closeAppDrawer()
             }
 
-            // bottom app drawer
+            // bottom app drawer (mobile only; convergence uses layer-shell overlay)
             AppDrawer {
                 id: appDrawer
                 folio: root.folio
+                visible: !ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled
 
-                // Convergence: popup above dock; mobile: full-screen
+                width: parent.width
-                property bool isPopup: ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled
+                height: parent.height
-                property real popupWidth: Math.min(Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 28, parent.width * 0.5)
-                property real popupHeight: Math.min(Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 32, parent.height * 0.7)
-
-                width: isPopup ? popupWidth : parent.width
-                height: isPopup ? popupHeight : parent.height
 
                 homeScreen: root
 
@@ -544,20 +540,11 @@ Item {
                 // position for animation
                 property real animationY: (1 - homeScreenState.appDrawerOpenProgress) * (Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 2)
 
-                // Convergence popup position: above dock, left-aligned
-                property real popupX: root.leftMargin + Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
-                property real popupY: (opacity > 0)
-                    ? parent.height - favouritesBar.height - popupHeight - Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing + animationY
-                    : parent.height
-
                 // Full-screen position
-                property real fullX: 0
+                x: 0
-                property real fullY: (opacity > 0) ? animationY : parent.height
+                y: (opacity > 0) ? animationY : parent.height
 
-                x: isPopup ? popupX : fullX
+                headerHeight: Math.round(Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 4)
-                y: isPopup ? popupY : fullY
-
-                headerHeight: Math.round(Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * (appDrawer.isPopup ? 3 : 4))
                 headerItem: AppDrawerHeader {
                     id: appDrawerHeader
                     folio: root.folio
@@ -565,11 +552,11 @@ Item {
                     onReleaseFocusRequested: appDrawer.forceActiveFocus()
                 }
 
-                // Account for panels (popup handles its own margins)
+                // Account for panels
-                topPadding: appDrawer.isPopup ? 0 : root.topMargin
+                topPadding: root.topMargin
-                bottomPadding: appDrawer.isPopup ? 0 : root.bottomMargin
+                bottomPadding: root.bottomMargin
-                leftPadding: appDrawer.isPopup ? 0 : root.leftMargin
+                leftPadding: root.leftMargin
-                rightPadding: appDrawer.isPopup ? 0 : root.rightMargin
+                rightPadding: root.rightMargin
 
                 // Forward keyboard text to the search bar
                 Keys.onPressed: (event) => {

containments/homescreens/folio/qml/main.qml

@@ -85,19 +85,36 @@ ContainmentItem {
             MobileShellState.ShellDBusClient.closeActionDrawer();
         }
 
+        if (ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled) {
+            // Convergence: toggle the app drawer as a layer-shell overlay
+            // without disturbing open windows.
+            switch (folio.HomeScreenState.viewState) {
+                case Folio.HomeScreenState.AppDrawerView:
+                    folio.HomeScreenState.closeAppDrawer();
+                    break;
+                case Folio.HomeScreenState.FolderView:
+                    folio.HomeScreenState.closeFolder();
+                    break;
+                case Folio.HomeScreenState.SearchWidgetView:
+                    folio.HomeScreenState.closeSearchWidget();
+                    break;
+                case Folio.HomeScreenState.SettingsView:
+                    folio.HomeScreenState.closeSettingsView();
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    folio.HomeScreenState.openAppDrawer();
+                    break;
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (isInWindow) {
-            // Only minimize windows and go to homescreen when not in docked mode
-            if (!ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled) {
             folio.HomeScreenState.closeFolder();
             folio.HomeScreenState.closeSearchWidget();
             folio.HomeScreenState.closeAppDrawer();
             folio.HomeScreenState.goToPage(0, false);
 
             WindowPlugin.WindowUtil.minimizeAll();
-            } else {
-                // In convergence mode, toggle "show desktop" (minimize all to reveal homescreen)
-                WindowPlugin.WindowUtil.minimizeAll();
-            }
 
             // Always ensure settings view is closed
             if (folio.HomeScreenState.viewState == Folio.HomeScreenState.SettingsView) {
@@ -107,7 +124,7 @@ ContainmentItem {
         } else { // If we are already on the homescreen
             switch (folio.HomeScreenState.viewState) {
                 case Folio.HomeScreenState.PageView:
-                    if (ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled || folio.HomeScreenState.currentPage === 0) {
+                    if (folio.HomeScreenState.currentPage === 0) {
                         folio.HomeScreenState.openAppDrawer();
                     } else {
                         folio.HomeScreenState.goToPage(0, false);
@@ -221,6 +238,82 @@ ContainmentItem {
         }
     }
 
+    // App-drawer overlay — renders the popup drawer above application
+    // windows in convergence mode.  Same pattern as the dock overlay:
+    // a fullscreen layer-shell surface at LayerTop so that it appears
+    // over normal windows without minimizing them.
+    Window {
+        id: drawerOverlay
+        visible: ShellSettings.Settings.convergenceModeEnabled
+                 && folio.HomeScreenState.appDrawerOpenProgress > 0
+        color: "transparent"
+        width: Screen.width
+        height: Screen.height
+
+        LayerShell.Window.scope: "drawer-overlay"
+        LayerShell.Window.layer: LayerShell.Window.LayerTop
+        LayerShell.Window.anchors: LayerShell.Window.AnchorTop | LayerShell.Window.AnchorBottom
+                                   | LayerShell.Window.AnchorLeft | LayerShell.Window.AnchorRight
+        LayerShell.Window.exclusionZone: -1
+        LayerShell.Window.keyboardInteractivity: LayerShell.Window.KeyboardInteractivityOnDemand
+
+        // Click outside the popup to dismiss
+        MouseArea {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            onClicked: folio.HomeScreenState.closeAppDrawer()
+        }
+
+        AppDrawer {
+            id: overlayDrawer
+            folio: root.folio
+            homeScreen: folioHomeScreen
+
+            readonly property real popupWidth: Math.min(Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 28, parent.width * 0.5)
+            readonly property real popupHeight: Math.min(Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 32, parent.height * 0.7)
+            readonly property real dockHeight: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 3
+
+            width: popupWidth
+            height: popupHeight
+
+            opacity: folio.HomeScreenState.appDrawerOpenProgress < 0.5
+                ? 0 : (folio.HomeScreenState.appDrawerOpenProgress - 0.5) * 2
+
+            property real animationY: (1 - folio.HomeScreenState.appDrawerOpenProgress) * (Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 2)
+
+            x: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+            y: (opacity > 0)
+                ? parent.height - dockHeight - popupHeight - Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing + animationY
+                : parent.height
+
+            headerHeight: Math.round(Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 3)
+            headerItem: AppDrawerHeader {
+                id: overlayDrawerHeader
+                folio: root.folio
+                onReleaseFocusRequested: overlayDrawer.forceActiveFocus()
+            }
+
+            Keys.onPressed: (event) => {
+                if (event.text.trim().length > 0) {
+                    overlayDrawerHeader.addSearchText(event.text);
+                    overlayDrawerHeader.forceActiveFocus();
+                    event.accepted = true;
+                } else if (event.key === Qt.Key_Left || event.key === Qt.Key_Right
+                           || event.key === Qt.Key_Up || event.key === Qt.Key_Down) {
+                    overlayDrawerHeader.forceActiveFocus();
+                    event.accepted = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            Connections {
+                target: folio.HomeScreenState
+
+                function onAppDrawerOpened() {
+                    overlayDrawer.forceActiveFocus();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     MobileShell.HomeScreen {
         id: homeScreen
         anchors.fill: parent