awesome-wm-widgets/_widgets/batteryarc-widget.md

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Batteryarc widget

This widget is more informative version of battery widget.

Depending of the battery status it could look following ways:

• - less than 15 percent
• - less than 15 percent, charging
• - between 15 and 40 percent
• - between 15 and 40 percent, charging
• - more than 40 percent
• - more than 40 percent, charging

If a battery level is low then warning popup will show up:

Customization

It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the following config parameters:

Name	Default	Description
font	Font	Play 6
arc_thickness	2	Thickness of the arc
show_current_level	false	Show current charge level
main_color	beautiful.fg_color	Color of the text with the current charge level and the arc
bg_color	#ffffff11	Color of the charge level background
low_level_color	#e53935	Arc color when battery charge is less that 15%
medium_level_color	#c0ca33	Arc color when battery charge is between 15% and 40%
charging	#43a047	Color of the circle inside the arc when charging
warning_msg_title	Huston, we have a problem	Title of the warning popup
warning_msg_text	Battery is dying	Text of the warning popup
warning_msg_position	bottom_right	Position of the warning popup
warning_msg_icon	~/.config/awesome/awesome-wm-widgets/batteryarc-widget/spaceman.jpg	Icon of the warning popup

Requirements

This widget requires the acpi command to be available to retrieve battery and power information.

Installation

Clone repo, include widget and use it in rc.lua:

local batteryarc_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.batteryarc-widget.batteryarc")
...
s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
	{ -- Right widgets
    	layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
		...
        --[[default]]
		batteryarc_widget(),		
        --[[or customized]]
        batteryarc_widget({
            show_current_level = true,
            arc_thickness = 1,
        }),
	}
	...

Troubleshooting

In case of any doubts or questions please raise an issue.