Merge pull request #722 from vicrodh/feature/internal/qt-ci-workflows

ci: make test-crates green on the Qt tree (wayland dev lib, SafeArea guard, shader gate toolchain)

crates/qbz-qt/qml/Main.qml

@@ -167,10 +167,24 @@ ApplicationWindow {
     // takes the safe area over from Qt entirely. `HeaderBar.chromeLeftInset`
     // is where that responsibility is discharged: it reads
     // `SafeArea.margins.left` to clear the traffic lights.
-    topPadding: 0
-    bottomPadding: 0
-    leftPadding: 0
-    rightPadding: 0
+    // The four Window paddings are Qt 6.9 API (SafeArea landed in 6.9). The
+    // Linux pin is Qt 6.8 LTS, where declaring them here refuses the whole
+    // component ("Cannot assign to non-existent property") — measured on the
+    // CI VM, 2026-08-25. They only matter on macOS, so they are set there,
+    // imperatively, from a Loader that never instantiates elsewhere.
+    Loader {
+        active: QbzShell.isMacos
+        sourceComponent: Component {
+            Item {
+                Component.onCompleted: {
+                    window.topPadding = 0
+                    window.bottomPadding = 0
+                    window.leftPadding = 0
+                    window.rightPadding = 0
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     color: "#1a1a1a"
 
     // Phase 23: every domain singleton boots (registers its Qt-thread

crates/qbz-qt/qml/shell/HeaderBar.qml

@@ -100,9 +100,21 @@ Rectangle {
     // than the reference's estimate. The 78 stays only as the floor for the
     // case where the margin reads 0 (nothing to lose, and it is the number
     // the Slint build has used all along).
+    // `SafeArea` is Qt 6.9 API; the Linux pin is 6.8. The attached read lives
+    // in a macOS-only Loader so the binding never names the type elsewhere.
+    property real macSafeLeft: 0
+    Loader {
+        active: QbzShell.isMacos
+        sourceComponent: Component {
+            Item {
+                Component.onCompleted:
+                    root.macSafeLeft = Qt.binding(function() { return root.SafeArea.margins.left })
+            }
+        }
+    }
     readonly property int chromeLeftInset:
         QbzShell.isMacos && !QbzShell.systemTitleBar
-            ? Math.max(root.SafeArea.margins.left, 78)
+            ? Math.max(root.macSafeLeft, 78)
             : (root.chromeControls && root.wcOnLeft ? root.wcClusterWidth + 6 : 0)
 
     // The section-nav dropdown (catalog + panel + open/close behaviour).