[FEATURE] Way to make the main window hide and only show on hover (similar to how MacOS's dock works)

[ffernn-dev]

Description of the requested feature

Not quite sure how this would be implemented in config, perhaps just :autohide true. Basically if your window is a bar and you turn this on, it will hide and slide in when the mouse is on the edge of the screen it's pinned to.

Proposed configuration syntax

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Additional context

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[fufexan]

This can already be done with a revealer somewhat. You can have an eventbox containing a revealer which contains the window contents. By default the revealer is inactive, and when hovering over the eventbox you can update a variable that triggers the revealer's state, thus showing the window.

[Zettexe]

Heres some code I have for doing this for anyone interested in doing the same (its a bottom bar but im sure you can figure out how to put it anywhere you wish)

(defwidget bottom_bar_layout []
  (box 
    :class "bar bottom"
    :halign "start"
    :space-evenly false
    (player)
    (separator)
    (disk)
    (separator_single)
  )
)

(defvar show_bar false)
(defwindow bottom-bar
  :monitor 0
  :geometry (geometry
    :y "0px"
    :width "100%"
    :height "1px"
    :anchor "bottom center"
  )
  :stacking "fg"
  (eventbox
    :halign "start" 
    :onhover "${EWW_CMD} update show_bar=true"
    :onhoverlost "${EWW_CMD} update show_bar=false"
    (revealer
      :transition "slideup"
      :reveal show_bar
      :duration "350ms"
      (bottom_bar_layout)
    )
  )
)