chore: information relating Validity support into Help (#179)

* chore: information relating Validity support into Help

* chore: update CHANGELOG.md

Author: jotuel

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+- Improved Help theming and added open-fprintd link
+- Updated application dependencies 
+
 ## [1.2.1](https://github.com/cosmic-utils/enroll/releases/tag/v1.2.1) - 2026-07-15
 
 ### Fixed

i18n/en/cosmic_utils_enroll.ftl

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ clear-device-confirm = Are you sure you want to clear fingerprints for ALL known
 
 about-licenses = License information
 help-fprintd = If you have any issues please first check you have fprintd correctly installed. You can find more information from their website:
+help-validity = For some hardware, like Validity scanners for example, you need to currently use open-fprintd instead.
 help-pam = Also to be able to utilize fingerprint effectively PAM must be configured to use fprintd module for authentication. You can find examples here:
 
 settings-ui = User Interface

src/app/view.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const FPRINT_ICON: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../resources/icons/hicolor/scalabl
 const STATUS_TEXT_SIZE: u16 = 16;
 const LICENSES: &str = "https://cosmic-utils.org/enroll/licenses";
 const FREEDESKTOP_FPRINT: &str = "https://fprint.freedesktop.org/";
+const OPEN_FPRINTD: &str = "https://github.com/uunicorn/open-fprintd";
 const WIKI_ARCH: &str = "https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fprint#Login_configuration";
 pub(crate) const MAIN_PADDING: u16 = 20;
 pub(crate) const MAIN_SPACING: u16 = 20;
@@ -71,22 +72,30 @@ impl AppModel {
     pub fn help(&self) -> Element<'_, Message> {
         let cosmic_theme::Spacing { space_xxs, .. } = theme::active().cosmic().spacing;
         let help = Column::new();
-        let title_fprintd = text::title3("Fprintd");
         let help_section_fprintd = text(fl!("help-fprintd"));
         let fprintd_url = button::link(FREEDESKTOP_FPRINT)
             .on_press(Message::LaunchUrl(FREEDESKTOP_FPRINT.into()))
             .padding(0);
-        let title_pam = text::title3("PAM");
+        let validity_scanner_help_text = text(fl!("help-validity"));
+        let open_fprintd_url = button::link(OPEN_FPRINTD)
+            .on_press(Message::LaunchUrl(OPEN_FPRINTD.into()))
+            .padding(0);
+        let fprintd_section = cosmic::widget::settings::section()
+            .title("Fprintd")
+            .add(help_section_fprintd)
+            .add(fprintd_url)
+            .add(validity_scanner_help_text)
+            .add(open_fprintd_url);
         let help_section_pam = text(fl!("help-pam"));
         let wiki_arch_url = button::link(WIKI_ARCH)
             .on_press(Message::LaunchUrl(WIKI_ARCH.into()))
             .padding(0);
-        help.push(title_fprintd)
-            .push(help_section_fprintd)
-            .push(fprintd_url)
-            .push(title_pam)
-            .push(help_section_pam)
-            .push(wiki_arch_url)
+        let pam_section = cosmic::widget::settings::section()
+            .title("PAM")
+            .add(help_section_pam)
+            .add(wiki_arch_url);
+        help.push(fprintd_section)
+            .push(pam_section)
             .align_x(Alignment::Center)
             .spacing(space_xxs)
             .into()