X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=_docs%2Fi3bar-protocol;h=3ae144536f22b0bd58872ac6446b89eea6833881;hb=5f8114c4a6b86f2260a5ddf4efdf45e93914e599;hp=2cf6dd0a18ebb263552e263a080e83887ee89913;hpb=3b669adf6e67997ea586e57d692b858f64648658;p=i3%2Fi3.github.io diff --git a/_docs/i3bar-protocol b/_docs/i3bar-protocol index 2cf6dd0..3ae1445 100644 --- a/_docs/i3bar-protocol +++ b/_docs/i3bar-protocol @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ consists of a single JSON hash: *All features example*: ------------------------------ -{ "version": 1, "stop_signal": 10, "cont_signal": 12 } +{ "version": 1, "stop_signal": 10, "cont_signal": 12, "click_events": true } ------------------------------ (Note that before i3 v4.3 the precise format had to be +{"version":1}+, @@ -110,13 +110,15 @@ cont_signal:: 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) + to your stdin. === 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 @@ -134,14 +136,22 @@ color:: when it is associated. Colors are specified in hex (like in HTML), starting with a leading hash sign. For example, +#ff0000+ means red. +background:: + Overrides the background color for this particular block. +border:: + Overrides the border color for this particular block. min_width:: The minimum width (in pixels) of the block. If the content of the +full_text+ key take less space than the specified min_width, the block will be padded to the left and/or the right side, according to the +align+ key. This is useful when you want to prevent the whole status line to shift when value take more or less space between each iteration. + The value can also be a string. In this case, the width of the text given + by +min_width+ determines the minimum width of the block. This is useful + 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:: @@ -154,6 +164,20 @@ urgent:: A boolean which specifies whether the current value is urgent. Examples are battery charge values below 1 percent or no more available disk space (for non-root users). The presentation of urgency is up to i3bar. +separator:: + A boolean which specifies whether a separator line should be drawn + after this block. The default is true, meaning the separator line will + be drawn. Note that if you disable the separator line, there will still + be a gap after the block, unless you also use +separator_block_width+. +separator_block_width:: + The amount of pixels to leave blank after the block. In the middle of + 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 @@ -168,6 +192,17 @@ of the i3bar protocol. } ------------------------------------------ +In the following example, the longest (widest) possible value of the block is +used to set the minimum width: + +------------------------------------------ +{ + "full_text": "CPU 4%", + "min_width": "CPU 100%", + "align": "left" +} +------------------------------------------ + An example of a block which uses all possible entries follows: *Example*: @@ -176,10 +211,39 @@ An example of a block which uses all possible entries follows: "full_text": "E: 10.0.0.1 (1000 Mbit/s)", "short_text": "10.0.0.1", "color": "#00ff00", + "background": "#1c1c1c", + "border": "#ee0000", "min_width": 300, "align": "right", "urgent": false, "name": "ethernet", - "instance": "eth0" + "instance": "eth0", + "separator": true, + "separator_block_width": 9 +} +------------------------------------------ + +=== Click events + +If enabled i3bar will send you notifications if the user clicks on a block and +looks like this: + +name:: + Name of the block, if set +instance:: + Instance of the block, if set +x, y:: + X11 root window coordinates where the click occured +button:: + X11 button ID (for example 1 to 3 for left/middle/right mouse button) + +*Example*: +------------------------------------------ +{ + "name": "ethernet", + "instance": "eth0", + "button": 1, + "x": 1320, + "y": 1400 } ------------------------------------------