Waybar on Mir

[alan_g]

I happened across Waybar and wondered if it works with Mir…

$ miral-app --wayland-extensions wl_shell:xdg_wm_base:zwlr_layer_shell_v1:zxdg_output_manager_v1 --startup-apps waybar

…nice!

[alan_g]

Five simple steps to using Waybar with egmde

Here’s Waybar working with the latest version of the egmde snap (on the --edge) channel.

There are a five steps needed to get this working:

0. Install the egmde snap from edge

snap install --classic --edge egmde

1. Install Waybar

sudo apt install waybar

2. Egmde needs configuring to launch waybar

$ cat ~/.config/egmde.config 
wallpaper-top=0x000000
wallpaper-bottom=0x92006a
no-of-workspaces=4
shell-components=waybar

4. The default Waybar configuration isn’t quite suitable

Here’s what I use:

$ cat ~/.config/waybar/config
{
    "layer": "bottom", // Waybar at top layer
    "height": 30, // Waybar height (to be removed for auto height)
    "modules-left": ["network"],
    "modules-center": ["clock"],
    "modules-right": ["cpu", "memory", "temperature", "battery"],
    "tray": {
        // "icon-size": 21,
        "spacing": 10
    },
    "clock": {
        "format": "{:%y-%m-%d %H:%M}",
        "tooltip-format": "{:%y-%m-%d | %H:%M}",
        "format-alt": "{:%H:%M}"
    },
    "cpu": {
        "format": "CPU: {usage}%",
        "tooltip": false
    },
    "memory": {
        "format": "Mem: {}%"
    },
    "temperature": {
        // "thermal-zone": 2,
        // "hwmon-path": "/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon2/temp1_input",
        "critical-threshold": 80,
        // "format-critical": "{temperatureC}°C {icon}",
        "format": "{temperatureC}°C",
        "format-icons": ["", "", ""]
    },
    "battery": {
        "states": {
            // "good": 95,
            "warning": 30,
            "critical": 15
        },
        "format-alt": "{capacity}% {icon}",
        "format-charging": "{capacity}% ",
        "format-plugged": "{capacity}% ",
        "format": "{time} ({capacity}%)",
        // "format-good": "", // An empty format will hide the module
        // "format-full": "",
        "format-icons": ["", "", "", "", ""]
    },
    "network": {
        // "interface": "wlp2*", // (Optional) To force the use of this interface
        "format-wifi": "{essid} ({signalStrength}%)",
        "format-ethernet": "{ifname}: {ipaddr}/{cidr} ",
        "format-linked": "{ifname} (No IP) ",
        "format-disconnected": "Disconnected ⚠",
        "format-alt": "{ifname}: {ipaddr}/{cidr}"
    }
}

$ cat ~/.config/waybar/style.css 
* {
    border: none;
    border-radius: 0;
    /* `otf-font-awesome` is required to be installed for icons */
    font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
    min-height: 0;
}

window#waybar {
    /*background-color: rgba(43, 48, 59, 0.5);
    border-bottom: 3px solid rgba(100, 114, 125, 0.5);*/
    background-color: rgba(146, 0, 106, 0.3);
    border-bottom: 3px solid rgba(73, 0, 53, 0.3);
    color: #ffffff;
    transition-property: background-color;
    transition-duration: .5s;
}

window#waybar.hidden {
    opacity: 0.2;
}

window#waybar.termite {
    background-color: #3F3F3F;
}

window#waybar.chromium {
    background-color: #000000;
    border: none;
}

#mode {
    background-color: #64727D;
    border-bottom: 3px solid #ffffff;
}

#clock,
#battery,
#cpu,
#memory,
#temperature,
#backlight,
#network,
#pulseaudio,
#custom-media,
#tray,
#mode,
#idle_inhibitor,
#mpd {
    padding: 0 10px;
    margin: 0 4px;
    color: #ffffff;
}

#clock {
    background-color: #64727D;
}

#battery {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    color: #000000;
}

#battery.charging {
    color: #ffffff;
    background-color: #26A65B;
}

@keyframes blink {
    to {
        background-color: #ffffff;
        color: #000000;
    }
}

#battery.critical:not(.charging) {
    background-color: #f53c3c;
    color: #ffffff;
    animation-name: blink;
    animation-duration: 0.5s;
    animation-timing-function: linear;
    animation-iteration-count: infinite;
    animation-direction: alternate;
}

label:focus {
    background-color: #000000;
}

#cpu {
    background-color: #2ecc71;
    color: #000000;
}

#memory {
    background-color: #9b59b6;
}

#backlight {
    background-color: #90b1b1;
}

#network {
    background-color: #2980b9;
}

#network.disconnected {
    background-color: #f53c3c;
}

#temperature {
    background-color: #f0932b;
}

#temperature.critical {
    background-color: #eb4d4b;
}

#tray {
    background-color: #2980b9;
}

5. Sign out and log into egmde

Enjoy!