From 84d661d37814eb4039c4edafedb869e2b47bda95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Danielle=20For=C3=A9?= <danielle@elementary.io>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Wallpaper: DRY add_wallpaper_from_file

---
 src/IOHelper.vala        |  5 +++--
 src/Views/Wallpaper.vala | 42 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/IOHelper.vala b/src/IOHelper.vala
index 6c33e4887..abe614cae 100644
--- a/src/IOHelper.vala
+++ b/src/IOHelper.vala
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
  */
 public class PantheonShell.IOHelper : GLib.Object {
     private const string[] ACCEPTED_TYPES = {
+        "image/gif",
+        "image/heic",
         "image/jpeg",
         "image/png",
-        "image/tiff",
         "image/svg+xml",
-        "image/gif"
+        "image/tiff"
     };
 
     // Check if the filename has a picture file extension.
diff --git a/src/Views/Wallpaper.vala b/src/Views/Wallpaper.vala
index 09fa32db2..400bd2a3c 100644
--- a/src/Views/Wallpaper.vala
+++ b/src/Views/Wallpaper.vala
@@ -157,13 +157,7 @@ public class PantheonShell.Wallpaper : Switchboard.SettingsPage {
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    var local_uri = file.get_uri ();
-                    var dest = WallpaperOperation.copy_for_library (file);
-                    if (dest != null) {
-                        local_uri = dest.get_uri ();
-                    }
-
-                    add_wallpaper_from_file (file, local_uri);
+                    add_wallpaper_from_file (file);
                 }
             }
         });
@@ -329,15 +323,10 @@ public class PantheonShell.Wallpaper : Switchboard.SettingsPage {
                     var subdir = directory.resolve_relative_path (file_info.get_name ());
                     yield load_wallpapers (subdir.get_path (), cancellable, false);
                     continue;
-                } else if (!IOHelper.is_valid_file_type (file_info)) {
-                    // Skip non-picture files
-                    continue;
                 }
 
                 var file = directory.resolve_relative_path (file_info.get_name ());
-                string uri = file.get_uri ();
-
-                add_wallpaper_from_file (file, uri);
+                add_wallpaper_from_file (file);
             }
 
             if (toplevel_folder) {
@@ -387,20 +376,15 @@ public class PantheonShell.Wallpaper : Switchboard.SettingsPage {
     private bool on_drag_data_received (Value val, double x, double y) {
         var file_list = (Gdk.FileList) val;
         foreach (var file in file_list.get_files ()) {
-            var local_uri = file.get_uri ();
-
-            var dest = WallpaperOperation.copy_for_library (file);
-            if (dest != null) {
-                local_uri = dest.get_uri ();
-            }
-
-            add_wallpaper_from_file (file, local_uri);
+            add_wallpaper_from_file (file);
         }
 
         return true;
     }
 
-    private void add_wallpaper_from_file (GLib.File file, string uri) {
+    private void add_wallpaper_from_file (GLib.File file) {
+        var uri = file.get_uri ();
+
         // don't load 'removed' wallpaper on plug reload
         if (wallpaper_for_removal != null && wallpaper_for_removal.uri == uri) {
             return;
@@ -408,9 +392,23 @@ public class PantheonShell.Wallpaper : Switchboard.SettingsPage {
 
         try {
             var info = file.query_info (string.joinv (",", REQUIRED_FILE_ATTRS), 0);
+
+            if (!IOHelper.is_valid_file_type (info)) {
+                Gdk.Display.get_default ().beep ();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (!WallpaperOperation.get_is_file_in_bg_dir (file)) {
+                var local_file = WallpaperOperation.copy_for_library (file);
+                if (local_file != null) {
+                    uri = local_file.get_uri ();
+                }
+            }
+
             var thumb_path = info.get_attribute_as_string (FileAttribute.THUMBNAIL_PATH);
             var thumb_valid = info.get_attribute_boolean (FileAttribute.THUMBNAIL_IS_VALID);
             var wallpaper = new WallpaperContainer (uri, thumb_path, thumb_valid);
+
             wallpaper_model.insert_sorted (wallpaper, wallpapers_sort_function);
 
             wallpaper.trash.connect (() => {