A Polybar script forked from polybar-windows with additional features.
- Left click: Focus window and raise it if it is minimized. If the window is already focused, minimize it.
- Middle click: Close the window.
- Right click: Select a rectangle for the window to be re-positioned to.
- Mouse wheel: Resize the window incrementally.
For a very limited multihead implementation, check out the multihead branch.
The following variables at the top of the file may be customized:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
active_text_color="#250F0B" |
The color of the name of the active window. |
active_underline="true" |
Whether to underline the active window. |
active_underline_color="#E7A09E" |
The color of the active window underline. |
inactive_text_color="#503631" |
The color of the name of inactive windows. |
inactive_underline="false" |
Whether to underline inactive windows. |
inactive_underline_color="#F1EF7D" |
The color of inactive window underline. |
separator="·" |
Character displayed between window names. |
display="window_class" |
Choose whether to display window_title, window_class or window_classname. |
case="normal" |
Options: normal, upper, lower. |
max_windows=15 |
Maximum number of displayed windows. Useful if you have limited space. Will show how many windows are hidden. (e.g. +3) |
add_spaces="true" |
Whether to add a space to the side of each window name. |
char_limit=20 |
Maximum window name length after which it will be truncated. |
resize_increment=30 |
Size in pixel of resizing steps for the mouse wheel functions. |
wm_border_width=0 |
Setting this variable might make resizing positions more accurate. |
- Save
polywins.sh, for example to~/.config/polybar/scripts. - Make the script executable with
chmod +x ~/.config/polybar/scripts/polywins.sh. - Change any setting you wish at the top of the script.
- Add the following module to your polybar config:
[module/polywins]
type = custom/script
exec = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/polywins.sh 2>/dev/null
format = <label>
label = %output%
label-padding = 1
interval = .5- Add the module to one of your bars, for example like so:
[bar/your_bar_name]
modules-center = polywinsxpropwmctrl