X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fi3bar-protocol;h=62706f74359488688bafa5a83e702aa0af5040f3;hb=3de950e0d9edf80015e70d3fd6a6ab180f15417c;hp=9225d97eab134f90b9567095f2cb2eea622ef3e0;hpb=a1691a08ba33bba654d45e80afab0dcf03cc0cfa;p=i3%2Fi3 diff --git a/docs/i3bar-protocol b/docs/i3bar-protocol index 9225d97e..62706f74 100644 --- a/docs/i3bar-protocol +++ b/docs/i3bar-protocol @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ August 2012 This document explains the protocol in which i3bar expects its input. It provides support for colors, urgency, shortening and easy manipulation. -== Rationale for chosing JSON +== Rationale for choosing JSON Before describing the protocol, let’s cover why JSON is a building block of this 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}+, @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ i3status and others will output single statuslines in one line, separated by 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 @@ -107,16 +107,19 @@ stop_signal:: 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 an 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. 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 @@ -134,6 +137,10 @@ 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 @@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ min_width:: 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:: @@ -168,6 +175,11 @@ separator_block_width:: 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). 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 @@ -201,6 +213,8 @@ 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, @@ -210,3 +224,37 @@ An example of a block which uses all possible entries follows: "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 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*: +------------------------------------------ +{ + "name": "ethernet", + "instance": "eth0", + "button": 1, + "x": 1320, + "y": 1400, + "relative_x": 12, + "relative_y": 8, + "width": 50, + "height": 22 +} +------------------------------------------