lain/alsabar.md

<- widgets

Shows and controls alsa volume with a progressbar; provides tooltips, notifications, and color changes at mute/unmute switch.

myvolumebar = lain.widgets.alsabar()

• Left click: Launch alsamixer in your terminal.
• Right click: Mute/unmute.
• Scroll wheel: Increase/decrase volume.

The function takes a table as optional argument, which can contain:

Variable	Meaning	Type	Default
timeout	Refresh timeout seconds	int	4
width	Bar width	int	63
height	Bar height	int	1
ticks	Set bar ticks on	boolean	true
ticks_size	Ticks size	int	7
vertical	Set the bar vertical	boolean	false
channel	Mixer channel	string	"Master"
step	Step at which volume is increased/decreased	string	"5%"
colors	Bar colors	table	see colors
notifications	Notifications settings	table	see notifications

colors

Variable	Meaning	Type	Default
background	Bar backgrund color	string	beautiful.bg_normal
mute	Bar mute color	string	"#EB8F8F"
unmute	Bar unmute color	string	"#A4CE8A"

notifications

Variable	Meaning	Type	Default
font	Notifications font	string	The one defined in beautiful.font
font_size	Notifications font size	string	"11"
color	Notifications color	string	beautiful.fg_focus
bar_size	Wibox height	int	18

It's crucial to set notifications.bar_size to your mywibox[s] height.

output table

Variable	Meaning	Type
bar	The widget	awful.widget.progressbar
channel	Alsa channel	string
step	Increase/decrease step	string
notify	The notification	function

You can control the widget with key bindings like these:

-- Volume control
awful.key({ altkey }, "Up",
function ()
    awful.util.spawn("amixer set " .. volume.channel .. " " .. volume.step .. "+")
    myvolumebar.notify()
end),
awful.key({ altkey }, "Down",
function ()
    awful.util.spawn("amixer set " .. volume.channel .. " " .. volume.step .. "-")
    myvolumeba.notify()
end),
awful.key({ altkey }, "m",
function ()
    awful.util.spawn("amixer set " .. volume.channel .. " playback toggle")
    myvolumebar.notify()
end),
awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "m", 
function ()
    awful.util.spawn("amixer set " .. volume.channel .. " playback 100%", false )
    myvolumebar.notify()
end),

where altkey = "Mod1".