From 561312c2342b82013bee981d4add419f8b1b3d93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thomas <thomas.williams29899@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:21:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Feature: Show public IP in network panel

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../modules/bar/NetworkIndicator.qml          | 55 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/NetworkIndicator.qml b/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/NetworkIndicator.qml
index 28eb448..66f856d 100644
--- a/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/NetworkIndicator.qml
+++ b/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/NetworkIndicator.qml
@@ -575,6 +575,40 @@ Item {
         }
     }
 
+    // Public (WAN-side) IP — nothing local knows this, the address on the
+    // interface is the LAN one behind NAT, so it has to come from an
+    // outside service. Polled much more slowly than the local stats since
+    // it's a real HTTP request and rarely changes.
+    property string publicIp: "—"
+
+    Process {
+        id: publicIpProc
+        command: ["curl", "-s", "--max-time", "5", "https://api.ipify.org"]
+        stdout: StdioCollector {
+            id: publicIpCollector
+            onStreamFinished: {
+                const ip = publicIpCollector.text.trim()
+                root.publicIp = /^[\d.]+$|^[0-9a-fA-F:]+$/.test(ip) ? ip : "—"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Switching networks almost always changes the public IP, so don't
+    // leave the old one up until the next slow poll.
+    onConnectedNetworkNameChanged: {
+        root.publicIp = "—"
+        if (panel.visible && root.connectedDevice !== null && !publicIpProc.running)
+            publicIpProc.running = true
+    }
+
+    Timer {
+        interval: 60000
+        repeat: true
+        triggeredOnStart: true
+        running: panel.visible && root.connectedDevice !== null
+        onTriggered: if (!publicIpProc.running) publicIpProc.running = true
+    }
+
     Process {
         id: bytesProc
         command: root.ifaceName
@@ -994,6 +1028,27 @@ Item {
 
                 }
 
+                Row {
+                    width: parent.width
+                    spacing: 4
+                    visible: root.connectedDevice !== null
+
+                    Text {
+                        text: "Public IP:"
+                        font.family: Appearance.fontFamily
+                        font.pixelSize: Appearance.fontSizeSmall
+                        color: Colors.muted
+                    }
+
+                    Text {
+                        text: root.publicIp
+                        font.family: Appearance.fontFamily
+                        font.pixelSize: Appearance.fontSizeSmall
+                        color: Colors.foreground
+                        font.bold: true
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // Captive portal banner — shown when the connectivity probe
                 // above finds either a confirmed sign-in page or a
                 // "limited" result standing between this network and the