diff --git a/common/tokenize.gperf b/common/tokenize.gperf
index 4606162a..8ce800a1 100644
--- a/common/tokenize.gperf
+++ b/common/tokenize.gperf
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ bar_data_add
 bar_properties_set
 bg
 border_color
+border_padding
+border_width
 bottom
 bottomleft
 bottomright
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ center
 color
 flex
 focus
+gap
 grow
 height
 image
@@ -21,7 +24,6 @@ line
 on
 plot_data_add
 plot_properties_set
-properties_set
 resize
 right
 shadow
@@ -34,9 +36,12 @@ text
 text_focus
 text_normal
 text_urgent
+ticks_count
+ticks_gap
 top
 topleft
 topright
 true
+vertical
 width
 yes
diff --git a/widgets/progressbar.c b/widgets/progressbar.c
index 5c65505e..d03dcbea 100644
--- a/widgets/progressbar.c
+++ b/widgets/progressbar.c
@@ -399,38 +399,6 @@ progressbar_draw(draw_context_t *ctx,
     return w->area.width;
 }
 
-/** Set various progressbar general properties:
- * gap, ticks_count, ticks_gap, border_padding, border_width, width, height and
- * vertical.
- * \param L The Lua VM state.
- * \return The number of elements pushed on the stack.
- * \luastack
- * \lvalue A widget.
- * \lparam A table with keys as properties names.
- */
-int
-luaA_progressbar_properties_set(lua_State *L)
-{
-    widget_t **widget = luaA_checkudata(L, 1, "widget");
-    progressbar_data_t *d = (*widget)->data;
-
-    luaA_checktable(L, 2);
-
-    d->gap = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "gap", d->gap);
-    d->ticks_count = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "ticks_count", d->ticks_count);
-    d->ticks_gap = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "ticks_gap", d->ticks_gap);
-    d->border_padding = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "border_padding", d->border_padding);
-    d->border_width = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "border_width", d->border_width);
-    d->width = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "width", d->width);
-    d->height = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "height", d->height);
-
-    d->vertical = luaA_getopt_boolean(L, 2, "vertical", d->vertical);
-
-    widget_invalidate_bywidget(*widget);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 /** Set various progressbar bars properties:
  * \param L The Lua VM state.
  * \return The number of elements pushed on the stack.
@@ -557,22 +525,94 @@ static int
 luaA_progressbar_index(lua_State *L)
 {
     size_t len;
+    widget_t **widget = luaA_checkudata(L, 1, "widget");
+    progressbar_data_t *d = (*widget)->data;
     const char *attr = luaL_checklstring(L, 2, &len);
 
     switch(a_tokenize(attr, len))
     {
-      case A_TK_PROPERTIES_SET:
-        lua_pushcfunction(L, luaA_progressbar_properties_set);
-        return 1;
       case A_TK_BAR_PROPERTIES_SET:
         lua_pushcfunction(L, luaA_progressbar_bar_properties_set);
-        return 1;
+        break;
       case A_TK_BAR_DATA_ADD:
         lua_pushcfunction(L, luaA_progressbar_bar_data_add);
-        return 1;
+        break;
+      case A_TK_GAP:
+        lua_pushnumber(L, d->gap);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_TICKS_GAP:
+        lua_pushnumber(L, d->ticks_gap);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_TICKS_COUNT:
+        lua_pushnumber(L, d->ticks_count);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_BORDER_PADDING:
+        lua_pushnumber(L, d->border_padding);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_BORDER_WIDTH:
+        lua_pushnumber(L, d->border_width);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_WIDTH:
+        lua_pushnumber(L, d->width);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_HEIGHT:
+        lua_pushnumber(L, d->height);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_VERTICAL:
+        lua_pushnumber(L, d->vertical);
+        break;
       default:
         return 0;
     }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+/** Newindex function for progressbar.
+ * \param L The Lua VM state.
+ * \return The number of elements pushed on the stack.
+ */
+static int
+luaA_progressbar_newindex(lua_State *L)
+{
+    size_t len;
+    widget_t **widget = luaA_checkudata(L, 1, "widget");
+    progressbar_data_t *d = (*widget)->data;
+    const char *attr = luaL_checklstring(L, 2, &len);
+
+    switch(a_tokenize(attr, len))
+    {
+      case A_TK_GAP:
+        d->gap = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "gap", d->gap);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_TICKS_COUNT:
+        d->ticks_count = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "ticks_count", d->ticks_count);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_TICKS_GAP:
+        d->ticks_gap = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "ticks_gap", d->ticks_gap);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_BORDER_PADDING:
+        d->border_padding = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "border_padding", d->border_padding);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_BORDER_WIDTH:
+        d->border_width = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "border_width", d->border_width);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_WIDTH:
+        d->width = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "width", d->width);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_HEIGHT:
+        d->height = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "height", d->height);
+        break;
+      case A_TK_VERTICAL:
+        d->vertical = luaA_getopt_boolean(L, 2, "vertical", d->vertical);
+        break;
+      default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    widget_invalidate_bywidget(*widget);
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
 /** Destroy a progressbar.
@@ -602,6 +642,7 @@ progressbar_new(alignment_t align)
     w->align = align;
     w->draw = progressbar_draw;
     w->index = luaA_progressbar_index;
+    w->newindex = luaA_progressbar_newindex;
     w->destructor = progressbar_destructor;
     d = w->data = p_new(progressbar_data_t, 1);
 
@@ -615,12 +656,4 @@ progressbar_new(alignment_t align)
     return w;
 }
 
-/* This is used for building documentation. */
-static const struct luaL_reg awesome_progressbar_meta[] __attribute__ ((unused)) =
-{
-    { "properties_set", luaA_progressbar_properties_set },
-    { "bar_properties_set", luaA_progressbar_bar_properties_set },
-    { "bar_data_add", luaA_progressbar_bar_data_add },
-};
-
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