Pcmanfm set wallpaper dir. [actions]

[muzqs]

Set wallpaper dir with pcmanfm,

The following script looks first if there are images in the selected dir.

Select a directory with images and set as Wallpaper dir.

Give it a name like : (if you change the name : look also at .desktop)

pcmanfm-mbwallpaper-dir

#!/bin/bash

# Define the config file path
CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/.config/mbwallpaper/mbwallpaper.conf"

# Check if a directory is selected
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    notify-send -u critical "Error" "No directory selected."
    exit 1
fi

# Check if the directory contains any images
has_image=0
for file in "$1"/*; do
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
        file_type=$(file -b --mime-type "$file")
        if [[ "$file_type" == "image/jpeg" || "$file_type" == "image/png" ]]; then
            has_image=1
            break
        fi
    fi
done

if [ $has_image -eq 1 ]; then
    # Check if the config file exists; if not, create the directory and the file
    if [ ! -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
        mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CONFIG_FILE")"  # Create the directory if it doesn't exist
        touch "$CONFIG_FILE"                  # Create the config file
        notify-send "Config File Created" "Config file created at: $CONFIG_FILE"
    fi

    # Write the selected directory to the config file, replacing the existing wallpaper_dir value
    if grep -q "^wallpaper_dir=" "$CONFIG_FILE"; then
        sed -i "s|^wallpaper_dir=.*|wallpaper_dir=\"$1\"|" "$CONFIG_FILE"
    else
        echo "wallpaper_dir=\"$1\"" >> "$CONFIG_FILE"
    fi

    notify-send -t 5000 -i wallpaper "Success" "Wallpaper directory has been set to: $1"
else
    notify-send -t 5000 -i error "Warning" "No JPG or PNG images detected in: $1. Please select a valid directory."
fi

Create a .desktop and cp to actions dir.

~/.local/share/file-manager/actions/<name-it>.desktop

or system wide.

/usr/local/share/file-manager/actions/<name-it>.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Action
Name=Set Wallpaper Dir
Icon=wallpaper
Profiles=profile-setwallpaperdir

[X-Action-Profile profile-setwallpaperdir]
MimeTypes=inode/directory;
Exec=/home/USER/bin/pcmanfm-mbwallpaper-dir %f
Name=Set wallpaper dir

Edit: 2 : corrected path .desktop