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	Play 6	Font
arc_thickness	2	Thickness of the arc
show_current_level	false	Show current charge level
size	18	Size of the widget
timeout	10	How often in seconds the widget refreshes
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_color	#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
enable_battery_warning	true	Display low battery warning
show_notification_mode	on_hover	How to trigger a notification with the battery status: on_hover, on_click or off
notification_position	top_left	Where to show she notification when triggered. Values: top_right, top_left, bottom_left, bottom_right, top_middle, bottom_middle. (default top_right)

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.