You can find an example of a shell script which can be used as your
+status_command+ in the bar configuration at
-http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/tree/contrib/trivial-bar-script.sh?h=next
+https://github.com/i3/i3/blob/next/contrib/trivial-bar-script.sh
=== Header in detail
processing.
The default value (if none is specified) is SIGSTOP.
cont_signal::
- Specify to i3bar the signal (as an integer)to send to continue your
+ Specify to i3bar the signal (as an integer) to send to continue your
processing.
The default value (if none is specified) is SIGCONT.
click_events::
- If specified and true i3bar will write a infinite array (same as above)
+ If specified and true i3bar will write an infinite array (same as above)
to your stdin.
=== Blocks in detail
full_text::
The +full_text+ will be displayed by i3bar on the status line. This is the
- only required key.
+ only required key. If +full_text+ is an empty string, the block will be
+ skipped.
short_text::
Where appropriate, the +short_text+ (string) entry should also be
provided. It will be used in case the status line needs to be shortened
markup::
A string that indicates how the text of the block should be parsed. Set to
+"pango"+ to use https://developer.gnome.org/pango/stable/PangoMarkupFormat.html[Pango markup].
- Set to +"none"+ to not use any markup (default).
+ Set to +"none"+ to not use any markup (default). Pango markup only works
+ if you use a pango font.
If you want to put in your own entries into a block, prefix the key with an
underscore (_). i3bar will ignore all keys it doesn’t understand, and prefixing
X11 root window coordinates where the click occurred
button::
X11 button ID (for example 1 to 3 for left/middle/right mouse button)
+relative_x, relative_y::
+ Coordinates where the click occurred, with respect to the top left corner
+ of the block
+width, height::
+ Width and height (in px) of the block
*Example*:
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"instance": "eth0",
"button": 1,
"x": 1320,
- "y": 1400
+ "y": 1400,
+ "relative_x": 12,
+ "relative_y": 8,
+ "width": 50,
+ "height": 22
}
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