Provided by: yambar_1.11.0-1_amd64 
NAME
yambar-particles - configuration file
DESCRIPTION
Particles are what renders the tags provided by modules. Each particle defines its own set
of configuration attributes. However, the following attributes are supported by all
particles:
┌────────────────────┬──────────────┬─────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Name │ Type │ Req │ Description │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│left-margin │ int │ no │ Space, in pixels, on the left side of the │
│ │ │ │ particle │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│right-margin │ int │ no │ Space, in pixels, on the right side of the │
│ │ │ │ particle │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│margin │ int │ no │ Short-hand for setting both left-margin and │
│ │ │ │ right-margin │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│font │ font │ no │ Font to use. Note that this is an inherited │
│ │ │ │ attribute; i.e. you can set it on e.g. a list │
│ │ │ │ particle, and it will apply to all particles │
│ │ │ │ in the list. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│font-shaping │ enum │ no │ font-shaping; one of full or none. When set │
│ │ │ │ to full (the default), strings will be │
│ │ │ │ "shaped" using HarfBuzz. Requires support in │
│ │ │ │ fcft. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│foreground │ color │ no │ Foreground (text) color. Just like font, this │
│ │ │ │ is an inherited attribute. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│on-click │ associative │ no │ When set to a string, executes the string as │
│ │ array/string │ │ a command when the particle is left-clicked. │
│ │ │ │ Tags can be used. Note that the string is not │
│ │ │ │ executed in a shell. Environment variables │
│ │ │ │ are not expanded. ~/ is expanded, but only in │
│ │ │ │ the first argument. The same applies to all │
│ │ │ │ attributes associated with it, below. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│on-click.left │ string │ no │ Command to execute when the particle is left- │
│ │ │ │ clicked. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│on-click.right │ string │ no │ Command to execute when the particle is │
│ │ │ │ right-clicked. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│on-click.middle │ string │ no │ Command to execute when the particle is │
│ │ │ │ middle-clicked. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│on-click.wheel-up │ string │ no │ Command to execute every time a 'wheel-up' │
│ │ │ │ event is triggered. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│on-click.wheel-down │ string │ no │ Command to execute every time a 'wheel-down' │
│ │ │ │ event is triggered. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│on-click.previous │ string │ no │ Command to execute when the particle is │
│ │ │ │ clicked with the 'previous' button. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│on-click.next │ string │ no │ Command to execute when the particle is │
│ │ │ │ clicked with the 'next' button. │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│deco │ decoration │ no │ Decoration to apply to the particle. See │
│ │ │ │ yambar-decorations(5) │
└────────────────────┴──────────────┴─────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
EXAMPLES:
on-click as a string (handles left click):
content:
<particle>:
on-click: command args
on-click as an associative array (handles other buttons):
content:
<particle>:
on-click:
left: command-1
wheel-up: command-3
wheel-down: command-4
STRING
This is the most basic particle. It takes a format string, consisting of free text mixed
with tag specifiers.
CONFIGURATION
┌─────┬────────┬─────┬─────────────────────┐
│Name │ Type │ Req │ Description │
├─────┼────────┼─────┼─────────────────────┤
│text │ string │ yes │ Format string. Tags │
│ │ │ │ are specified with │
│ │ │ │ {tag_name}. Some │
│ │ │ │ tag types have │
│ │ │ │ suffixes that can │
│ │ │ │ be appended (e.g. │
│ │ │ │ {tag_name:suffix}). │
│ │ │ │ See yambar- │
│ │ │ │ modules(5)). │
├─────┼────────┼─────┼─────────────────────┤
│max │ int │ no │ Sets the rendered │
│ │ │ │ string's maximum │
│ │ │ │ length. If the │
│ │ │ │ final string's │
│ │ │ │ length exceeds │
│ │ │ │ this, the rendered │
│ │ │ │ string will be │
│ │ │ │ truncated, and "…" │
│ │ │ │ will be appended. │
│ │ │ │ Note that the │
│ │ │ │ trailing "…" is │
│ │ │ │ included in the │
│ │ │ │ maximum length. │
│ │ │ │ I.e. if you set max │
│ │ │ │ to '5', you will │
│ │ │ │ only get 4 │
│ │ │ │ characters from the │
│ │ │ │ string. │
└─────┴────────┴─────┴─────────────────────┘
EXAMPLES
content:
string:
text: "hello, this is footag's value: {footag}"
EMPTY
This particle is a place-holder. While it does not render any tags, margins and
decorations are rendered.
CONFIGURATION
None
EXAMPLES
content:
empty: {}
LIST
This particle is a list (or sequence, if you like) of other particles. It can be used to
render e.g. string particles with different font and/or color formatting. Or ay other
particle combinations.
But note that this means you cannot set any attributes on the list particle itself.
CONFIGURATION
┌──────────────┬──────┬─────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Name │ Type │ Req │ Description │
├──────────────┼──────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│items │ list │ yes │ List of sub particles │
├──────────────┼──────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│left-spacing │ int │ no │ Space, in pixels, between the sub particles. │
├──────────────┼──────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│right-spacing │ int │ no │ Space, in pixels, between the sub particles. Note: │
│ │ │ │ default=2 │
├──────────────┼──────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│spacing │ int │ no │ Short-hand for setting both left-spacing and right-spacing │
└──────────────┴──────┴─────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
EXAMPLES
content:
list:
spacing: 5
items:
- string: {text: hello}
- string: {text: world}
Many times, the only attribute you need to set is items. In this case, there is a shorter
form. Instead of:
content:
list:
items:
- string: ...
- string: ...
you can list the items directly:
content:
- string: ...
- string: ...
MAP
This particle maps the values of a specific tag to different particles based on
conditions. A condition takes either the form of:
<tag> <operation> <value>
Or, for boolean tags:
<tag>
Where <tag> is the tag you would like to map, <operation> is one of:
┌────┬────┬────┬───┬────┬───┐
│ == │ != │ >= │ > │ <= │ < │
└────┴────┴────┴───┴────┴───┘
and <value> is the value you would like to compare it to. If the value contains any non-
alphanumerical characters, you must surround it with ' " ' :
"hello world"
"@#$%"
Negation is done with a preceding '~':
~<tag>
~<condition>
To match for empty strings, use ' "" ':
<tag> == ""
Furthermore, you may use the boolean operators:
┌────┬────┐
│ && │ || │
└────┴────┘
in order to create more complex conditions:
<condition1> && <condition2>
You may surround <condition> with parenthesis for clarity or specifying precedence:
(<condition>)
<condition1> && (<condition2> || <condition3>)
In addition to explicit tag values, you can also specify a default/fallback particle.
Note that conditions are evaluated in the order they appear. If multiple conditions are
true, the first one will be used. This means that in a configuration such as:
tx-bitrate > 1000:
tx-bitrate > 1000000:
the second condition would never run, since whenever the second condition is true, the
first is also true. The correct way of doing this would be to invert the order of the
conditions:
tx-bitrate > 1000000:
tx-bitrate > 1000:
CONFIGURATION
┌───────────┬───────────────────┬─────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Name │ Type │ Req │ Description │
├───────────┼───────────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│conditions │ associative array │ yes │ An associative array of conditions (see above) │
│ │ │ │ mapped to particles │
├───────────┼───────────────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│default │ particle │ no │ Default particle to use, none of the conditions │
│ │ │ │ are true │
└───────────┴───────────────────┴─────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
EXAMPLES
content:
map:
default:
string:
text: this is the default particle; the tag's value is now {tag_name}
conditions:
tag == one_value:
string:
text: tag's value is now one_value
tag == another_value:
string:
text: tag's value is now another_value
For a boolean tag:
content:
map:
conditions:
tag:
string:
text: tag is true
~tag:
string:
text: tag is false
RAMP
This particle uses a range tag to index into an array of particles. This can be used for
example to map volume to a volume-level icon, or a battery's capacity level to a battery
indicator.
CONFIGURATION
┌──────┬────────┬─────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Name │ Type │ Req │ Description │
├──────┼────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│tag │ string │ yes │ The range tag (name of) to use as index │
├──────┼────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│items │ list │ yes │ List of particles. Note that the tag value is not used as-is; its │
│ │ │ │ minimum and maximum values are used to map the tag's range to the │
│ │ │ │ particle list's range. │
├──────┼────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│min │ int │ no │ If present this will be used as a lower bound instead of the tags │
│ │ │ │ minimum value. Tag values falling outside the defined range will │
│ │ │ │ get clamped to min/max. │
├──────┼────────┼─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│max │ int │ no │ If present this will be used as an upper bound instead of the │
│ │ │ │ tags maximum value. Tag values falling outside the defined range │
│ │ │ │ will get clamped to min/max. │
└──────┴────────┴─────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
EXAMPLES
content:
ramp:
tag: capacity
items:
- string: {text: }
- string: {text: }
- string: {text: }
- string: {text: }
- string: {text: }
PROGRESS-BAR
This particle renders a range tag's value as a progress bar. You control the looks of it
by defining the particles to use for the progress bar's start and end, it's size, which
particles to use for the range that has been completed, the range that has yet to be
completed, and the particle to use as the progress bar's current value indicator.
This particle also supports realtime tags, and will then auto-update itself when needed.
CONFIGURATION
┌──────────┬──────────┬─────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Name │ Type │ Req │ Description │
├──────────┼──────────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│tag │ string │ yes │ The range or realtime tag (name of) which value will be │
│ │ │ │ used as the progress bar's value. │
├──────────┼──────────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│length │ int │ yes │ The size/length of the progress bar, in characters. Note │
│ │ │ │ that the start, end and indicator particles are not │
│ │ │ │ included. │
├──────────┼──────────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│start │ particle │ yes │ The progress bar's starting character │
├──────────┼──────────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│end │ particle │ yes │ The progress bar's ending character │
├──────────┼──────────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│fill │ particle │ yes │ Particle to use in the completed range │
├──────────┼──────────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│empty │ particle │ yes │ Particle to use in the not-yet-completed range │
├──────────┼──────────┼─────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│indicator │ particle │ yes │ Particle representing the progress bar's current value │
└──────────┴──────────┴─────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
EXAMPLES
content:
progres-bar:
tag: tag_name
length: 20
start: {string: {text: ├}}
end: {string: {text: ┤}}
fill: {string: {text: ─}}
empty: {string: {text: ╌}}
indicator: {string: {text: ┼}}
SEE ALSO
yambar-tags(5), yambar-decorations(5)
2024-04-20 yambar-particles(5)