style: add sunset palette and soft background glows

README.md

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ Search is case- and accent-insensitive. Ranking is exact name, prefix, substring
 
 ## Native UI
 
-The launcher now follows the Raycast reference: a 750 × 474-point, titlebar-free dark panel with rounded corners, native translucency and shadow, a large borderless search field, compact icon rows, neutral rounded selection, right-aligned application labels, and a bottom-right launch pill with a Return key hint. It deliberately uses dark appearance for this initial visual direction.
+The launcher keeps its Raycast-inspired 750 × 474-point, titlebar-free rounded panel, large borderless search field, compact icon rows, right-aligned application labels, and bottom-right launch pill. Its Sunset palette uses a dark brown background, soft amber and rust glows, warm cream text, and orange accents on the caret, selection, and action outline.
 
-AppKit still provides text editing, table navigation, scrolling, application icons, controls, menus, fonts, semantic colors, and visual-effect materials. Custom styling is limited to layout, rounded surfaces, and selection drawing; increased-contrast settings add a selection outline. No third-party UI dependencies, copied Raycast branding, or nonfunctional Actions menu.
+AppKit still provides text editing, table navigation, scrolling, application icons, controls, menus, fonts, and visual-effect materials. The background uses cached native radial gradients that fade to transparent: static soft blobs, without animations, timers, image assets, blur filters, or third-party UI dependencies. Decorative drawing does not intercept clicks. Increased-contrast settings strengthen the selection outline, and text colors are tuned for readability across the glows and selection.
 
 - `Sources/Conjure`: application lifecycle, native window, and application launching.
 - `Sources/ConjureKit`: filesystem discovery and search ranking.

Sources/Conjure/LauncherBackground.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import AppKit
+
+@MainActor
+enum SunsetPalette {
+    static let background = NSColor(srgbRed: 0.12, green: 0.09, blue: 0.08, alpha: 0.96)
+    static let text = NSColor(srgbRed: 1.00, green: 0.89, blue: 0.71, alpha: 1)
+    static let secondaryText = NSColor(srgbRed: 0.85, green: 0.78, blue: 0.65, alpha: 1)
+    static let accent = NSColor(srgbRed: 0.95, green: 0.58, blue: 0.23, alpha: 1)
+    static let selectionFill = accent.withAlphaComponent(0.12)
+    static let selectionBorder = accent.withAlphaComponent(0.30)
+    static let ember = NSColor(srgbRed: 0.76, green: 0.27, blue: 0.18, alpha: 1)
+}
+
+@MainActor
+final class LauncherBackground: NSView {
+    private let amber = NSGradient(colors: [
+        SunsetPalette.accent.withAlphaComponent(0.18),
+        SunsetPalette.accent.withAlphaComponent(0.065),
+        SunsetPalette.accent.withAlphaComponent(0),
+    ])!
+    private let ember = NSGradient(colors: [
+        SunsetPalette.ember.withAlphaComponent(0.26),
+        SunsetPalette.ember.withAlphaComponent(0.10),
+        SunsetPalette.ember.withAlphaComponent(0),
+    ])!
+
+    override func hitTest(_ point: NSPoint) -> NSView? { nil }
+
+    override func draw(_ dirtyRect: NSRect) {
+        SunsetPalette.background.setFill()
+        dirtyRect.fill()
+        let upperGlow = NSPoint(x: bounds.width * 0.58, y: bounds.height * 0.94)
+        ember.draw(fromCenter: upperGlow, radius: 0, toCenter: upperGlow,
+                   radius: bounds.width * 0.40, options: [])
+        let lowerGlow = NSPoint(x: bounds.width * 0.88, y: bounds.height * 0.10)
+        amber.draw(fromCenter: lowerGlow, radius: 0, toCenter: lowerGlow,
+                   radius: bounds.width * 0.55, options: [])
+        let leftGlow = NSPoint(x: bounds.width * 0.08, y: bounds.height * 0.65)
+        NSGraphicsContext.saveGraphicsState()
+        NSGraphicsContext.current?.cgContext.setAlpha(0.45)
+        amber.draw(fromCenter: leftGlow, radius: 0, toCenter: leftGlow,
+                   radius: bounds.width * 0.32, options: [])
+        NSGraphicsContext.restoreGraphicsState()
+    }
+}

Sources/Conjure/LauncherWindowController.swift

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ final class LauncherWindowController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate, NSSe
         NSApp.activate()
         window?.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
         window?.makeFirstResponder(searchField)
-        (searchField.currentEditor() as? NSTextView)?.insertionPointColor = .labelColor
+        (searchField.currentEditor() as? NSTextView)?.insertionPointColor = SunsetPalette.accent
         refreshApplications()
     }
 
@@ -66,14 +66,18 @@ final class LauncherWindowController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate, NSSe
         content.layer?.masksToBounds = true
         content.layer?.borderWidth = 0.5
         window.contentView = content
-        let tint = NSView(frame: content.bounds)
-        tint.autoresizingMask = [.width, .height]
-        tint.wantsLayer = true
-        content.addSubview(tint)
+        let background = LauncherBackground(frame: content.bounds)
+        background.autoresizingMask = [.width, .height]
+        background.setAccessibilityElement(false)
+        content.addSubview(background)
 
-        searchField.placeholderString = "Search for apps…"
-        searchField.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 20)
-        searchField.textColor = .labelColor
+        let searchFont = NSFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20)
+        searchField.font = searchFont
+        searchField.placeholderAttributedString = NSAttributedString(
+            string: "Search for apps…",
+            attributes: [.foregroundColor: SunsetPalette.secondaryText, .font: searchFont]
+        )
+        searchField.textColor = SunsetPalette.text
         searchField.isBordered = false
         searchField.drawsBackground = false
         searchField.focusRingType = .none
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ final class LauncherWindowController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate, NSSe
 
         let symbol = NSImageView()
         symbol.image = NSImage(systemSymbolName: "sparkles", accessibilityDescription: nil)
-        symbol.contentTintColor = .tertiaryLabelColor
+        symbol.contentTintColor = SunsetPalette.accent
         symbol.setAccessibilityElement(false)
         let header = NSStackView(views: [symbol, searchField])
         header.orientation = .horizontal
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ final class LauncherWindowController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate, NSSe
 
         let sectionLabel = NSTextField(labelWithString: "Applications")
         sectionLabel.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 12, weight: .semibold)
-        sectionLabel.textColor = .secondaryLabelColor
+        sectionLabel.textColor = SunsetPalette.secondaryText
 
         let column = NSTableColumn(identifier: NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier("application"))
         column.resizingMask = .autoresizingMask
@@ -134,14 +138,14 @@ final class LauncherWindowController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate, NSSe
         scrollView.horizontalScrollElasticity = .none
 
         statusLabel.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 12)
-        statusLabel.textColor = .secondaryLabelColor
+        statusLabel.textColor = SunsetPalette.secondaryText
         statusLabel.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.defaultLow, for: .horizontal)
-        emptyLabel.textColor = .secondaryLabelColor
+        emptyLabel.textColor = SunsetPalette.secondaryText
         emptyLabel.alignment = .center
 
         openButton.isBordered = false
         openButton.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 14, weight: .medium)
-        openButton.contentTintColor = .labelColor
+        openButton.contentTintColor = SunsetPalette.text
         openButton.keyEquivalent = "\r"
         openButton.target = self
         openButton.action = #selector(openSelection)
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ final class LauncherWindowController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate, NSSe
         openButton.toolTip = "Open the selected application (Return). Use ↑ and ↓ to select."
         let returnKey = NSTextField(labelWithString: "↵")
         returnKey.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 14)
-        returnKey.textColor = .secondaryLabelColor
+        returnKey.textColor = SunsetPalette.secondaryText
         returnKey.alignment = .center
         returnKey.wantsLayer = true
         returnKey.layer?.cornerRadius = 5
@@ -208,11 +212,11 @@ final class LauncherWindowController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate, NSSe
             returnKey.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 18),
         ])
         window.effectiveAppearance.performAsCurrentDrawingAppearance {
-            let border = NSColor.separatorColor.cgColor
+            let border = SunsetPalette.secondaryText.withAlphaComponent(0.22).cgColor
             content.layer?.borderColor = border
-            returnKey.layer?.borderColor = border
-            actionPill.layer?.borderColor = border
-            tint.layer?.backgroundColor = NSColor.textBackgroundColor.withAlphaComponent(0.85).cgColor
+            returnKey.layer?.borderColor = SunsetPalette.secondaryText.withAlphaComponent(0.35).cgColor
+            actionPill.layer?.borderColor = SunsetPalette.accent.withAlphaComponent(0.35).cgColor
+            actionPill.layer?.backgroundColor = SunsetPalette.accent.withAlphaComponent(0.08).cgColor
         }
         window.initialFirstResponder = searchField
     }
@@ -315,10 +319,11 @@ final class LauncherWindowController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate, NSSe
         icon.setAccessibilityElement(false)
         let label = NSTextField(labelWithString: "")
         label.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 14, weight: .medium)
+        label.textColor = SunsetPalette.text
         label.lineBreakMode = .byTruncatingTail
         let kind = NSTextField(labelWithString: "Application")
         kind.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 14)
-        kind.textColor = .secondaryLabelColor
+        kind.textColor = SunsetPalette.secondaryText
         kind.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.required, for: .horizontal)
         kind.setAccessibilityElement(false)
         cell.imageView = icon
@@ -418,13 +423,12 @@ private final class LauncherPanel: NSPanel {
 @MainActor
 private final class LauncherRowView: NSTableRowView {
     override func drawSelection(in dirtyRect: NSRect) {
-        let selection = NSBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds, xRadius: 10, yRadius: 10)
-        NSColor.unemphasizedSelectedContentBackgroundColor.withAlphaComponent(0.55).setFill()
+        let selection = NSBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds.insetBy(dx: 0.75, dy: 0.75), xRadius: 10, yRadius: 10)
+        SunsetPalette.selectionFill.setFill()
         selection.fill()
-        if NSWorkspace.shared.accessibilityDisplayShouldIncreaseContrast {
-            NSColor.labelColor.setStroke()
-            selection.lineWidth = 1
+        let increasedContrast = NSWorkspace.shared.accessibilityDisplayShouldIncreaseContrast
+        (increasedContrast ? SunsetPalette.accent : SunsetPalette.selectionBorder).setStroke()
+        selection.lineWidth = increasedContrast ? 1.5 : 0.5
         selection.stroke()
     }
 }
-}