X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fi3bar-protocol;h=62706f74359488688bafa5a83e702aa0af5040f3;hb=c583f81c807ac38b74bb93edc273a787efcad0d0;hp=3ae144536f22b0bd58872ac6446b89eea6833881;hpb=a0add1ba7342bf17672fbfd2cdb3f87390c69b0b;p=i3%2Fi3 diff --git a/docs/i3bar-protocol b/docs/i3bar-protocol index 3ae14453..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. @@ -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 @@ -107,18 +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 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 @@ -177,7 +178,8 @@ separator_block_width:: 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 @@ -233,9 +235,14 @@ name:: instance:: Instance of the block, if set x, y:: - X11 root window coordinates where the click occured + 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*: ------------------------------------------ @@ -244,6 +251,10 @@ button:: "instance": "eth0", "button": 1, "x": 1320, - "y": 1400 + "y": 1400, + "relative_x": 12, + "relative_y": 8, + "width": 50, + "height": 22 } ------------------------------------------