Polybar
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Table of Contents
Laptop Bar
This is my laptop’s Polybar. It is the primary status bar, and started by default by the window manager.
Setup
This first block registers the bar “laptop” with Polybar, and assigns it to the display eDP1.
; ____ __ __ ; / __ \____ / /_ __/ /_ ____ ______ ; / /_/ / __ \/ / / / / __ \/ __ `/ ___/ ; / ____/ /_/ / / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / / ;/_/ \____/_/\__, /_.___/\__,_/_/ ; /____/ [bar/laptop] bottom = true width = 100% height = 33 radius = 0 fixed-center = false enable-ipc = true monitor = eDP1 monitor-exact = true monitor-strict = true
Appearance
Here are some general appearance settings, like colors, padding, and font. Remember, in the hex colors for Polybar’s config, the first two digits are
for the alpha channel. Like this: #aarrggbb . So a color beginning with “#ff” would render with 100% opacity. Hex colors with only 6 digits will be
rendered fully opaque, and the colors will be interpreted like #rrggbb.
background = ${xrdb:polybar.color0} foreground = ${xrdb:polybar.color1} line-size = 3 line-color = #f00 padding-left = 0 padding-right = 0 font-0 = SpaceMono Nerd Font:size=16:antialias=true
Here we define the modules on the left and right sides of the laptop’s Polybar. Some system tray properties are also set. Modules appear
in the order they are listed on these next two lines. Notice the expressions that look like
${xrdb:polybar.colorx}, these will retrieve color strings from Xresources, so ricing is a little easier.
modules-left = bspwm modules-right = mpd pulse memory cpu battery date tray-position = right tray-padding = 2 tray-maxsize = 33 tray-background = ${xrdb:polybar.color2} wm-restack = bspwm scroll-up = #bspwm.next scroll-down = #bspwm.prev
Monitor Bar
The monitor’s Polybar has three modules the laptop’s (my primary) bar doesn’t: The network module, the window title, and the HDD module.
Setup
This block registers the monitor’s Polybar and assigns it to the display HDMI2.
[bar/monitor] bottom = true width = 100% height = 32 radius = 0 fixed-center = false enable-ipc = true monitor = HDMI2 monitor-exact = true monitor-strict = true
Appearance
The font size should be a little bigger for the monitor’s bar.
background = ${xrdb:polybar.color0} foreground = ${xrdb:polybar.color1} tray-position = right tray-padding = 2 tray-maxsize = 40 font-0 = SpaceMono Nerd Font:size=17:antialias=true line-size = 2 line-color = #f00 border-size = 0 padding-left = 0 padding-right = 0
Here are the modules.
scroll-up = #bspwm.next scroll-down = #bspwm.prev modules-left = bspwm modules-right = title hdd network battery date wm-restack = bspwm
Modules
HDD
Show remaining disk space.
[module/hdd] type = internal/fs mount-0 = / interval = 1 fixed-values = true spacing = 2 format-mounted = <label-mounted> label-mounted = " %free% " format-mounted-foreground = #ffee7369 #format-mounted-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color4} format-mounted-background = #6acd5349
Title
Shows the title of the currently focused window.
[module/title] type = internal/xwindow format = <label> format-foreground = #efedc4c4 format-padding = 3 label = %title% label-maxlen = 58 label-empty = bspwm label-empty-foreground = #bfddb4b4
Network
Shows upload and download traffic. Uncomment those lines to have underlines.
[module/network] type = internal/network interface = wlp0s20f3 interval = 1.0 format = <ramp-signal> <label-connected> format-connected = <ramp-signal> <label-connected> format-disconnected = "not connected" format-disconnected-foreground = #ccedc2c2 #format-disconnected-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color14} label-connected = "%downspeed:5% %upspeed:5% " label-connected-foreground = #ef83d288 format-connected-foreground = #ef83d288 #format-connected-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color13} format-connected-background = #7a539f58 ramp-signal-0 = " "
Bspwm
The Bspwm workspace listing, including focused colors, occupied colors, and
empty colors. The roman numerals in the icon strings are taken from bspwmrc.
[module/bspwm] type = internal/bspwm ws-icon-0 = "I;" ws-icon-1 = "II;爵" ws-icon-2 = "III;" ws-icon-4 = "V;" ws-icon-5 = "VI;" ws-icon-3 = "IV;" ws-icon-6 = "VII;" ws-icon-7 = "VIII;" ws-icon-8 = "IX;" label-focused = %icon% label-focused-background = #9acd5349 label-focused-foreground = #ffefcdcd #label-focused-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color6} label-focused-padding = 1 label-occupied = %icon% label-occupied-padding = 1 label-occupied-foreground = #ef5b9ad1 label-occupied-background = #9a4b8ac0 #label-occupied-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color8} label-urgent = %icon%! label-urgent-background = #ffff0000 label-urgent-padding = 1 label-empty = %icon% label-empty-background = #7addb474 label-empty-foreground = #efeec484 label-empty-padding = 1 scroll-up = bspwm-desknext scroll-down = bspwm-deskprev
MPD
MPD music player.
[module/mpd] type = internal/mpd format-online = <label-song> <icon-prev> <toggle> <icon-next> format-online-foreground = #efedc1c1 host = 127.0.0.2 port = 6600 label-active-font = 2 icon-play = icon-pause = icon-stop = + icon-prev = icon-next = label-song-maxlen = 56 label-song-ellipsis = true
Pulseaudio
Pulseaudio volume.
[module/pulse] type = internal/pulseaudio sink = alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo interval = 2 format-volume = <ramp-volume> <label-volume> format-muted = "<label-muted> " label-muted = " 奄 %percentage%%" label-muted-foreground = #ffeec484 ramp-volume-0 = " 奄" ramp-volume-0-foreground = #efdd6359 ramp-volume-1 = " 奔" ramp-volume-2 = " 墳" spacing = 2 label-volume = "%percentage%% " format-volume-foreground = #ffeec484 #format-volume-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color4} format-volume-background = #7addb474 #format-muted-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color4} click-right = pavucontrol
CPU
Average CPU percentage.
[module/cpu] type = internal/cpu interval = 1 format-prefix = " " format-foreground = #efdd6359 #format-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color14} format-background = #6acd5349 format-prefix-foreground = #ffdd6359 format-padding = 1 label = %percentage:2%%
Memory
Percentage of RAM in use.
[module/memory] type = internal/memory interval = 1 format-prefix = " " format-padding = 1 format-foreground = #ef63b268 #format-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color16} format-background = #6a539f58 format-prefix-foreground = #ff63b268 label = %percentage_used%%
Battery
Notice the animations, and the red and yellow colors, to draw attention to low battery levels.
[module/battery] type = internal/battery battery = BAT0 adapter = AC0 full-at = 98 format-foreground = #efe99781 format-charging-foreground = #efe99781 format-charging-background = #7ad98771 format-charging = <animation-charging> <label-charging> #format-charging-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color8} format-charging-padding = 1 format-discharging-foreground = #efedc5c5 format-discharging-prefix-foreground = #efe99781 format-discharging = <ramp-capacity> <label-discharging> #format-discharging-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color8} format-discharging-background = #7ad98771 format-discharging-padding = 1 format-full-prefix = " " format-full-prefix-foreground = #efe99781 format-full-foreground = #efe99781 #format-full-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color8} format-full-background = #00000000 format-full-padding = 1 ramp-capacity-4 = "" ramp-capacity-3 = "" ramp-capacity-2 = "" ramp-capacity-1 = "" ramp-capacity-0 = "" ramp-capacity-1-foreground = #efeec484 ramp-capacity-0-foreground = #efdd6359 ramp-capacity-foreground = #efe99781 animation-charging-0 = "" animation-charging-1 = "" animation-charging-2 = "" animation-charging-3 = "" animation-charging-4 = "" animation-charging-foreground = #efe99781 animation-charging-framerate = 400
Date
Tried and true date module.
[module/date] type = internal/date interval = 1 format-prefix = " " date = " %a %b %d" time = " %I:%M:%S" format-foreground = #ef78c4c1 format-prefix-foreground = #ef78c4c1 #format-underline = ${xrdb:polybar.color18} format-background = #6b489390 label = %date% %time%