Unable to launch Fresh Code Editor via hotkey in Niri with Arch Linux

[rsramkis]

I've been trying to configure Niri to launch Fresh Code Editor as my preferred text editor (see sample below). When I try to launch Fresh with the hotkey <Super +n> it does not launch. I can launch other text editors like Geany.

Examples of configured hotkeys

Mod+T hotkey-overlay-title="Open a Terminal: alacritty" { spawn "alacritty"; } //Launch preferred Terminal
Mod+N hotkey-overlay-title="Text Editor" { spawn "fresh"; } //Launch preferred Text Editor

Troubleshoot:

• Verified I could launch Fresh from Dock (launches in Ghostty)..
• Verified I could launch from terminal (Alacritty).
• Changed the hotkey to launch Geany.
• Checked the journal and I can see the launch was initiated "Jul 27 00:54:29 mani systemd[1744]: Started app-niri-fresh-46363.scope.".

Environment:
OS: EndeavourOS x86_64
Kernel: Linux 7.1.4-zen1-1-zen
Shell: zsh 5.9.2
WM: niri 26.04 (Wayland)
Terminal: alacritty 0.17.0

[sinelaw]

It needs a terminal, try something like

Mod+N { spawn "alacritty" "-e" "fresh"; }

[rsramkis]

Thank you for sharing your solution. This does work.

Out of curiosity (as I am testing your application on Gnome, Niri and Hyprland Desktops) are there things I should consider with this application as I am using both Ghostty and Alacritty terminals to look for bugs.