Kiosk stops the taskbar instead of auto-hiding it

wf-panel-pi won't auto-hide while it has notifications up, and at boot it
always does (Wi-Fi connected, updates available), so it stayed on screen.
kiosk.sh now stops the panel and its respawner as they start; the
auto-hide edit is undone on existing installs.

README.md

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ The installer:
 3. Copies the dashboard to `~/kids-dashboard/`. Writes `config.js` (location) and `screen.conf` (night schedule).
 4. Adds the kiosk to `~/.config/labwc/autostart`. If Chromium crashes, `lwrespawn` restarts it.
 5. Sets up the night-off cron jobs and the `tap-wake` systemd user service.
-6. Makes the desktop plain black with no icons and auto-hides the taskbar, since it shows for ~30s at boot
-   before Chromium starts. `--uninstall` puts the original desktop settings back.
+6. Makes the desktop plain black with no icons, since it shows for ~30s at boot before Chromium starts,
+   and the kiosk stops the taskbar. `--uninstall` puts the original desktop back (after a reboot).
 
 It's safe to re-run, and settings you don't pass are kept from the last run.
 

bin/kiosk.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ PREF="$PROFILE/Default/Preferences"
 # from a reboot at whatever level it was saved at (maybe the dim night level), and
 # tap-to-wake only acts on a screen that's off
 ( sleep 5; "$DIR/screen.sh" auto ) &
+# no taskbar on a kiosk: it shows through at boot until Chromium covers the screen, and it
+# won't auto-hide while it has notifications up. Stop it (and its respawner) as it appears.
+( for _ in $(seq 20); do
+    pkill -f 'lwrespawn /usr/bin/wf-panel-pi' 2>/dev/null; pkill -x wf-panel-pi 2>/dev/null; sleep 2
+  done ) &
 exec chromium --kiosk --user-data-dir="$PROFILE" \
   --ozone-platform=wayland --noerrdialogs --disable-infobars --no-first-run \
   --hide-crash-restore-bubble --password-store=basic --disable-pinch \

install.sh

@@ -59,16 +59,15 @@ remove_cron() { (crontab -l 2>/dev/null || true) | { grep -vE 'kids-dashboard/(s
 restart_kiosk() { pkill -f -- "--user-data-dir=$PROFILE" 2>/dev/null || true; }  # lwrespawn relaunches it
 
 # The desktop shows for ~30s at boot before Chromium covers it: make it plain black with no
-# icons, and auto-hide the taskbar. Originals are kept as *.kids-dashboard-orig for --uninstall.
+# icons (kiosk.sh stops the taskbar). Originals are kept as *.kids-dashboard-orig for --uninstall.
 PCMANFM_DIR="$HOME/.config/pcmanfm/default"
-PANEL_INI="$HOME/.config/wf-panel-pi/wf-panel-pi.ini"
 ORIG=.kids-dashboard-orig
 set_key() {  # set_key FILE KEY VALUE  (single-section ini files)
   if grep -q "^$2=" "$1"; then sed -i "s|^$2=.*|$2=$3|" "$1"; else echo "$2=$3" >> "$1"; fi
 }
-restart_desktop() { pkill -x pcmanfm 2>/dev/null || true; pkill -x wf-panel-pi 2>/dev/null || true; }  # lwrespawn relaunches them
+restart_desktop() { pkill -x pcmanfm 2>/dev/null || true; }  # lwrespawn relaunches it
 black_desktop() {
-  mkdir -p "$PCMANFM_DIR" "$(dirname "$PANEL_INI")"
+  mkdir -p "$PCMANFM_DIR"
   local out f
   # pcmanfm keeps one file per screen (desktop-items-<output>.conf); make sure every screen has one
   for out in $(XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u) WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 wlr-randr 2>/dev/null | awk '/^[^ ]/{print $1}'); do
@@ -82,13 +81,12 @@ black_desktop() {
     for k in desktop_bg desktop_fg desktop_shadow; do set_key "$f" "$k" '#000000'; done
     for k in show_trash show_mounts show_documents; do set_key "$f" "$k" 0; done
   done
-  [ -f "$PANEL_INI" ] || cp /etc/xdg/wf-panel-pi/wf-panel-pi.ini "$PANEL_INI" 2>/dev/null || echo '[panel]' > "$PANEL_INI"
-  [ -f "$PANEL_INI$ORIG" ] || cp "$PANEL_INI" "$PANEL_INI$ORIG"
-  set_key "$PANEL_INI" autohide true
 }
 restore_desktop() {
   local f
-  for f in "$PCMANFM_DIR"/*"$ORIG" "$PANEL_INI$ORIG"; do [ -f "$f" ] && mv "$f" "${f%"$ORIG"}"; done
+  for f in "$PCMANFM_DIR"/*"$ORIG" "$HOME/.config/wf-panel-pi/wf-panel-pi.ini$ORIG"; do  # (older installs edited the panel too)
+    [ -f "$f" ] && mv "$f" "${f%"$ORIG"}"
+  done
   restart_desktop
 }
 
@@ -229,8 +227,10 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 # ---- black desktop behind the kiosk ---------------------------------------------------------
-say "Desktop: plain black, taskbar auto-hidden (shows only while booting)"
+say "Desktop: plain black with no icons or taskbar (it only shows while booting)"
 black_desktop
+f="$HOME/.config/wf-panel-pi/wf-panel-pi.ini"   # undo the auto-hide an earlier version set
+[ -f "$f$ORIG" ] && mv "$f$ORIG" "$f"
 pgrep -u "$USER" -x labwc >/dev/null && restart_desktop
 
 # ---- night-off schedule + tap to wake -----------------------------------------------------