Polybar-Helpers

Polybar - Helpers to create plugin/module using NodeJS

Installation

This is a Node.js module available through the npm registry. It can be installed using the npm or yarn command line tools.

npm install polybar-helpers --save

Usage

Config in polybar

; My Module
[module/test]
type = custom/script
exec = node App.js
click-left = echo left >> $HOME/.config/polybar/events
click-middle = echo middle >> $HOME/.config/polybar/events
click-right = echo right >> $HOME/.config/polybar/events
scroll-up = echo scrollUp >> $HOME/.config/polybar/events
scroll-down = echo scrollDown >> $HOME/.config/polybar/events
tail = true

App.js

const polybarHelpers = require('polybar-helpers')
 
polybarHelpers(
    (app) => {
        app.file('/home/tiago/.config/polybar/events')
        app.on(['left', 'right'], (ctx) => {
            console.log(ctx)
        })
        app.on('middle', (ctx) => {
            console.log(ctx)
            console.log(ctx.lastEvent) //return last event, e.g: left
        })
        app.on(['scrollUp', 'scrollDown'], (ctx) => {
            console.log(ctx)
            console.log(ctx.event) //return current event, e.g: scrollUp or scrollDown
        })
        app.error((msg, ctx) => {
            console.error(msg, ctx)
        })
    }
)

Dependencies

• tail: tail a file in node

License

MIT