How can I automatically resize wibar?

[none9632]

I have configured wibar so that the output is automatically updated. But there is a problem with the fact that the output can go beyond the borders of wibar. How can this problem be solved?

Example:

Code:

mycpu = wibox.widget {
   align  = "center",
   valign = "center",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

mycputemp = wibox.widget {
   align  = "center",
   valign = "center",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

myram = wibox.widget {
   align  = "center",
   valign = "center",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

mybattery = wibox.widget {
   align  = "center",
   valign = "center",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

myupdates = wibox.widget {
   markup = " <span font='MyFont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#c38a48'></span> . ",
   align  = "center",
   valign = "center",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

mykeyboardlayout = awful.widget.keyboardlayout()
mykeyboardlayout_icon = wibox.widget {
   markup = " <span font='MyFont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#d499e5'></span>",
   align  = "center",
   valign = "center",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

mytextclock = wibox.widget {
   format = ' %H:%M ',
   widget = wibox.widget.textclock
}
mytextclock_icon = wibox.widget {
   markup = " <span font='MyFont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#51afef'></span>",
   align  = "center",
   valign = "center",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
      s.mywibox = awful.wibar {
         screen  = s,
         align   = "right",
         margins = {
            top   = 14,
            right = 14
         },
         width   = 586,
         height  = 42,
         bg      = "#1c252acc",
         widget  = {
            {
               layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
               expand = "none",

               mycpu,
               mycputemp,
               myram,
               mybattery,
               myupdates,
               mykeyboardlayout_icon,
               mykeyboardlayout,
               mytextclock_icon,
               mytextclock
            },
            widget = wibox.container.margin
         }
      }
end)

gears.timer {
   timeout   = 1.5,
   call_now  = true,
   autostart = true,
   callback  = function()
      awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("cpu",
                                        function(out)
                                           cpu_out = " <span font='Myfont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#ff6c6b'></span> " ..
                                              out:gsub("%\n", "") .. " "
      end)
      awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon3/temp1_input",
                                        function(out)
                                           mycputemp.markup = " <span font='Myfont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#ffaf00'></span> " ..
                                              math.floor(tonumber(out)/1000+0.5) .. "°C "
      end)
      awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("ram",
                                        function(out)
                                           ram_out = " <span font='Myfont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#98be65'></span> " ..
                                              out:gsub("%\n", "") .. " "
      end)
      awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/capacity",
                                        function(out)
                                           bat_out = " <span font='MyFont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#46d9ff'></span> " ..
                                              out:gsub("%\n", "") .. "% "
      end)

      mycpu.markup     = cpu_out
      myram.markup     = ram_out
      mybattery.markup = bat_out
   end
}

[Aire-One]

Wibar doesn't currently handle automatic resize based on its content length. You'll have to keep track of the size of the content manually and size the wibar manually when the contents change.

I know @Elv13 had plan to make the wibar derivate from popup (which have auto-resize capabilities), but I'm not aware of progress on it.

[none9632]

The best solution I could find was to use awful.popup instead of awful.wibar.

mycpu = wibox.widget { widget = wibox.widget.textbox }

mycputemp = wibox.widget { widget = wibox.widget.textbox }

myram = wibox.widget { widget = wibox.widget.textbox }

mybattery = wibox.widget { widget = wibox.widget.textbox }

myupdates = wibox.widget {
   markup = " <span font='MyFont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#c38a48'></span> . ",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

mykeyboardlayout = awful.widget.keyboardlayout()
mykeyboardlayout_icon = wibox.widget {
   markup = " <span font='MyFont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#d499e5'></span>",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

mytextclock = wibox.widget {
   format = ' %H:%M ',
   widget = wibox.widget.textclock
}
mytextclock_icon = wibox.widget {
   markup = " <span font='MyFont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#51afef'></span>",
   widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
      s.mywibox = awful.popup {
         screen  = s,
         placement = function(c)
            return awful.placement.top_right(c, { margins = 14 })
         end,
         minimum_height = 42,
         bg      = "#1c252acc",
         widget  = {
            {
               layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
               expand = "none",
               mycpu,
               mycputemp,
               myram,
               mybattery,
               myupdates,
               mykeyboardlayout_icon,
               mykeyboardlayout,
               mytextclock_icon,
               mytextclock
            },
            widget = wibox.container.margin
         }
      }

      s.mywibox:struts({top = s.mywibox.minimum_height + beautiful.useless_gap * 2})
end)

gears.timer {
   timeout   = 1.5,
   call_now  = true,
   autostart = true,
   callback  = function()
      awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("cpu",
                                        function(out)
                                           mycpu.markup = " <span font='Myfont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#ff6c6b'></span> " ..
                                              out:gsub("%\n", "") .. " "
      end)
      awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon3/temp1_input",
                                        function(out)
                                           mycputemp.markup = " <span font='Myfont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#ffaf00'></span> " ..
                                              math.floor(tonumber(out)/1000+0.5) .. "°C "
      end)
      awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("ram",
                                        function(out)
                                           myram.markup = " <span font='Myfont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#98be65'></span> " ..
                                              out:gsub("%\n", "") .. " "
      end)
      awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/capacity",
                                        function(out)
                                           mybattery.markup = " <span font='MyFont' size='16.5pt' foreground='#46d9ff'></span> " ..
                                              out:gsub("%\n", "") .. "% "
      end)
   end
}