From 8d1e111f074d961a7ca2d33c7242814058380e3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tommaso Negri <me@tommasongr.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 13:07:10 +0200
Subject: allow multiple highlight levels

---
 Sources/phbar/Config.swift      |  4 +--
 Sources/phbar/Models/Cell.swift | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Sources')

diff --git a/Sources/phbar/Config.swift b/Sources/phbar/Config.swift
index 746aa7e..6244578 100644
--- a/Sources/phbar/Config.swift
+++ b/Sources/phbar/Config.swift
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ enum Config {
 	/// The color used for the bar background.
 	static let background: Color = .hex("#010408").opacity(0.825)
 
-	/// The color used to highlight a cell inside a block (see ``Cell``).
-	static let highlight: Color = .hex("#0f304a")
+	/// The colors used to highlight a cell at different levels (see ``Cell``).
+	static let highlights: [Color] = [.hex("#0f304a"), .hex("#1f689d")]
 
 	/// The blocks that make up the bar, listed in display order.
 	///
diff --git a/Sources/phbar/Models/Cell.swift b/Sources/phbar/Models/Cell.swift
index 789f615..0ad8e51 100644
--- a/Sources/phbar/Models/Cell.swift
+++ b/Sources/phbar/Models/Cell.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Foundation
+import RegexBuilder
 import SwiftUI
 
 /// A thin wrapper around a single text line captured
@@ -9,17 +10,19 @@ import SwiftUI
 /// laid out horizontally respecting the order.
 ///
 /// Besides the underlying text value, a cell holds an
-/// highlighted status that, if true, applies the special
-/// background color defined in `Config.swift`.
+/// highlight level (as Int) that, if true, applies the
+/// special background color defined in `Config.swift`.
 /// You can set the highlight at runtime by prefixing the
-/// text line with the special notation `!!`.
+/// text line with the special notation `&!<level>`, where
+/// `<level>` is a positive integer that can be used as an
+/// index to pick an highlight (count starts from 1).
 ///
-/// E.g: `echo "!! $(date "+%a %d, %H:%M:%S") "`
+/// E.g: `echo "&!1 $(date "+%a %d, %H:%M:%S") "`
 ///
-/// Highlight can have multiple use cases, but it was
-/// imagined specifically for distinguishing a single cell
-/// within a group. For example when you want to show which
-/// workspace is currently active.
+/// Highlight colors can have multiple use cases, but they
+/// were imagined specifically for distinguishing cells
+/// within a group. For example when you want to show
+/// window manager workspaces and which one is active.
 struct Cell: RawRepresentable, Identifiable {
 	/// Stable identity for SwiftUI diffing.
 	let id = UUID()
@@ -27,20 +30,41 @@ struct Cell: RawRepresentable, Identifiable {
 	/// The represented text content.
 	let rawValue: String
 
-	/// Whether the cell is highlighted or not.
-	let highlighted: Bool
+	/// The highlight level of the cell.
+	let highlight: Int
 
-	/// The background color derived from the highlighted state.
+	/// The background color derived from the highlight level.
 	///
-	/// Returns `Config.highlight` when the cell is highlighted,
-	/// otherwise `.clear` so the underlying bar background
-   /// shows through.
+	/// Returns the `Config.highlights` color at the same index
+	/// if present, otherwise `.clear` so the underlying bar
+	/// background shows through.
 	var background: Color {
-		highlighted ? Config.highlight : .clear
+		guard highlight != 0 && highlight <= Config.highlights.count else { return .clear }
+
+		return Config.highlights[highlight - 1]
 	}
 
 	init(rawValue: String) {
-		self.highlighted = rawValue.hasPrefix("!!")
-		self.rawValue = highlighted ? String(rawValue.dropFirst(2)) : rawValue
+		let pattern = Regex {
+			Optionally {
+				"&!"
+				Capture { OneOrMore(.digit) }
+			}
+			Capture { OneOrMore(.any) }
+		}
+
+		guard let match = rawValue.firstMatch(of: pattern) else {
+			self.rawValue = rawValue
+			self.highlight = 0
+			return
+		}
+
+		if let rawHighlight = match.output.1, let highlight = Int(String(rawHighlight)) {
+			self.highlight = highlight
+		} else {
+			self.highlight = 0
+		}
+
+		self.rawValue = String(match.output.2)
 	}
 }
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