dotfiles/awesome/lain/wiki/alsabar.md

Usage

Read here.

Description

Shows ALSA volume with a progressbar; provides tooltips and notifications.

local volume = lain.widget.alsabar()

Input table

Variable	Meaning	Type	Default
timeout	Refresh timeout (in seconds)	integer	5
settings	User settings	function	empty function
width	Bar width	number	63
height	Bar height	number	1
margins	Bar margins	number	1
paddings	Bar paddings	number	1
ticks	Set bar ticks on	boolean	false
ticks_size	Ticks size	integer	7
cmd	ALSA mixer command	string	"amixer"
channel	Mixer channel	string	"Master"
togglechannel	Toggle channel	string	nil
colors	Bar colors	table	see Default colors
notification_preset	Notification preset	table	See default notification_preset
followtag	Display the notification on currently focused screen	boolean	false

cmd is useful if you need to pass additional arguments to amixer. For instance, you may want to define cmd = "amixer -c X" in order to set amixer with card X.

In case mute toggling can't be mapped to master channel (this happens, for instance, when you are using an HDMI output), define togglechannel as your S/PDIF device. Read alsa page to know how.

settings can use the following variables:

Variable	Meaning	Type	Values
volume_now.level	Volume level	integer	0-100
volume_now.status	Device status	string	"on", "off"

With multiple screens, the default behaviour is to show a visual notification pop-up window on the first screen. By setting followtag to true it will be shown on the currently focused tag screen.

Default colors

Variable	Meaning	Type	Default
background	Bar backgrund color	string	"#000000"
mute	Bar mute color	string	"#EB8F8F"
unmute	Bar unmute color	string	"#A4CE8A"

Default notification_preset

notification_preset = {
    font = "Monospace 10"
}

Output table

Variable	Meaning	Type
bar	The widget	wibox.widget.progressbar
channel	ALSA channel	string
notify	The notification	function
update	Update bar	function
tooltip	The tooltip	awful.tooltip

Buttons

If you want buttons, just add the following after your widget in rc.lua.

volume.bar:buttons(awful.util.table.join(
    awful.button({}, 1, function() -- left click
        awful.spawn(string.format("%s -e alsamixer", terminal))
    end),
    awful.button({}, 2, function() -- middle click
        os.execute(string.format("%s set %s 100%%", volume.cmd, volume.channel))
        volume.update()
    end),
    awful.button({}, 3, function() -- right click
        os.execute(string.format("%s set %s toggle", volume.cmd, volume.togglechannel or volume.channel))
        volume.update()
    end),
    awful.button({}, 4, function() -- scroll up
        os.execute(string.format("%s set %s 1%%+", volume.cmd, volume.channel))
        volume.update()
    end),
    awful.button({}, 5, function() -- scroll down
        os.execute(string.format("%s set %s 1%%-", volume.cmd, volume.channel))
        volume.update()
    end)
))

Keybindings

Read here. If you want notifications, use volume.notify() instead of volume.update().