=== Blocks in detail
full_text::
- The most simple block you can think of is one which just includes the
- only required key, the +full_text+ key. i3bar will display the string
- value and that’s it.
+ The +full_text+ will be displayed by i3bar on the status line. This is the
+ only required key.
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
when you want to set a sensible minimum width regardless of which font you
are using, and at what particular size.
align::
- Align text on the +center+ (default), +right+ or +left+ of the block, when
+ Align text on the +center+, +right+ or +left+ (default) of the block, when
the minimum width of the latter, specified by the +min_width+ key, is not
reached.
name and instance::
this gap, a separator line will be drawn unless +separator+ is
disabled. Normally, you want to set this to an odd value (the default
is 9 pixels), since the separator line is drawn in the middle.
+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).
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