Class wibox.widget.progressbar - awesome API documentation

# Class `wibox.widget.progressbar`

A progressbar widget.

To add text on top of the progressbar, a wibox.layout.stack can be used:

    wibox.widget {
        {
            max_value     = 1,
            value         = 0.5,
            forced_height = 20,
            forced_width  = 100,
            paddings      = 1,
            border_width  = 1,
            border_color  = beautiful.border_color,
            widget        = wibox.widget.progressbar,
        },
        {
            text   = '50%',
            widget = wibox.widget.textbox,
        },
        layout = wibox.layout.stack
    }

To display the progressbar vertically, use a wibox.container.rotate widget:

    wibox.widget {
        {
            max_value     = 1,
            value         = 0.33,
            widget        = wibox.widget.progressbar,
        },
        forced_height = 100,
        forced_width  = 20,
        direction     = 'east',
        layout        = wibox.container.rotate,
    }

By default, this widget will take all the available size. To prevent this, a wibox.container.constraint widget or the forced_width/forced_height properties have to be used.

### Usage:

    wibox.widget {
        max_value     = 1,
        value         = 0.33,
        forced_height = 20,
        forced_width  = 100,
        shape         = gears.shape.rounded_bar,
        border_width  = 2,
        border_color  = beautiful.border_color,
        widget        = wibox.widget.progressbar,
    }

### Info:

- Copyright: 2009 Julien Danjou
- Author: Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>

## Functions

wibox.widget.progressbar (args) | Create a progressbar widget.

## Object properties

border_color | The progressbar border color.
border_width | The progressbar border width.
bar_border_color | The progressbar inner border color.
bar_border_width | The progressbar inner border width.
color | The progressbar foreground color.
background_color | The progressbar background color.
bar_shape | The progressbar inner shape.
shape | The progressbar shape.
clip | Force the inner part (the bar) to fit in the background shape.
ticks | The progressbar to draw ticks.
ticks_gap | The progressbar ticks gap.
ticks_size | The progressbar ticks size.
max_value | The maximum value the progressbar should handle.
margins | The progressbar margins.
paddings | The progressbar padding.
forced_height | Force a widget height.
forced_width | Force a widget width.
opacity | The widget opacity (transparency).
visible | The widget visibility.

## Signals

widget::layout_changed | When the layout (size) change.
widget::redraw_needed | When the widget content changed.
button::press | When a mouse button is pressed over the widget.
button::release | When a mouse button is released over the widget.
mouse::enter | When the mouse enter a widget.
mouse::leave | When the mouse leave a widget.

## Theme variables

beautiful.progressbar_bg | The progressbar background color.
beautiful.progressbar_fg | The progressbar foreground color.
beautiful.progressbar_shape | The progressbar shape.
beautiful.progressbar_border_color | The progressbar border color.
beautiful.progressbar_border_width | The progressbar outer border width.
beautiful.progressbar_bar_shape | The progressbar inner shape.
beautiful.progressbar_bar_border_width | The progressbar bar border width.
beautiful.progressbar_bar_border_color | The progressbar bar border color.
beautiful.progressbar_margins | The progressbar margins.
beautiful.progressbar_paddings | The progressbar padding.

## Deprecated functions

wibox.widget.progressbar.set_vertical [deprecated] | Set the progressbar to draw vertically.
wibox.widget.progressbar.set_height [deprecated] | Set the progressbar height.
wibox.widget.progressbar.set_width [deprecated] | Set the progressbar width.

## Methods

wibox.widget.progressbar:set_value (value) | Set the progressbar value.
wibox.widget.progressbar:get_all_children () | Get all direct and indirect children widgets.
wibox.widget.progressbar:setup (args) | Set a declarative widget hierarchy description.
wibox.widget.progressbar:buttons (_buttons) | Set/get a widget's buttons.
wibox.widget.progressbar:emit_signal_recursive (signal_name, ...) | Emit a signal and ensure all parent widgets in the hierarchies also forward the signal.
wibox.widget.progressbar:emit_signal (name, ...) | Emit a signal.
wibox.widget.progressbar:connect_signal (name, func) | Connect to a signal.
wibox.widget.progressbar:weak_connect_signal (name, func) | Connect to a signal weakly.

## Functions

Methods

wibox.widget.progressbar (args)
  Create a progressbar widget.
  - args Standard widget() arguments. You should add width and height key to set progressbar geometry.

  ### Returns:

  A progressbar widget.

## Object properties

border_color
  The progressbar border color. If the value is nil, no border will be drawn.

  ### Type:

  - color gears.color The border color to set.

  ### See also:

  gears.color
border_width
  The progressbar border width.
bar_border_color
  The progressbar inner border color. If the value is nil, no border will be drawn.

  ### Type:

  - color gears.color The border color to set.

  ### See also:

  gears.color
bar_border_width
  The progressbar inner border width.
color
  The progressbar foreground color.

  ### Type:

  - color gears.color The progressbar color.

  ### See also:

  gears.color
background_color
  The progressbar background color.

  ### Type:

  - color gears.color The progressbar background color.

  ### See also:

  gears.color
bar_shape
  The progressbar inner shape.

  ### Type:

  - shape gears.shape (default gears.shape.rectangle)

  ### See also:

  gears.shape

  ### Usage:

      for _, shape in ipairs {'rounded_bar', 'octogon', 'hexagon', 'powerline' } do
          l:add(wibox.widget {
                value            = 0.33,
                bar_shape        = gears.shape[shape],
                bar_border_color = beautiful.border_color,
                bar_border_width = 1,
                border_width     = 2,
                border_color     = beautiful.border_color,
                paddings         = 1,
                widget           = wibox.widget.progressbar,
            })
      end

shape
  The progressbar shape.

  ### Type:

  - shape gears.shape (default gears.shape.rectangle)

  ### See also:

  gears.shape

  ### Usage:

      for _, shape in ipairs {'rounded_bar', 'octogon', 'hexagon', 'powerline' } do
          l:add(wibox.widget {
                value         = 0.33,
                shape         = gears.shape[shape],
                border_width  = 2,
                border_color  = beautiful.border_color,
                widget        = wibox.widget.progressbar,
            })
      end

clip
  Force the inner part (the bar) to fit in the background shape.

  ### Type:

  - clip boolean (default true)

  ### Usage:

      wibox.widget {
          value            = 75,
          max_value        = 100,
          border_width     = 2,
          border_color     = beautiful.border_color,
          color            = beautiful.border_color,
          shape            = gears.shape.rounded_bar,
          bar_shape        = gears.shape.rounded_bar,
          clip             = false,
          forced_height    = 30,
          forced_width     = 100,
          paddings         = 5,
          margins          = {
              top    = 12,
              bottom = 12,
          },
          widget = wibox.widget.progressbar,
      }

ticks
  The progressbar to draw ticks. Default is false.

  ### Type:

  - boolean
ticks_gap
  The progressbar ticks gap.

  ### Type:

  - number
ticks_size
  The progressbar ticks size.

  ### Type:

  - number
max_value
  The maximum value the progressbar should handle.

  ### Type:

  - number
margins
  The progressbar margins. Note that if the clip is disabled, this allows the background to be smaller than the bar.

  See the clip example.

  ### Type:

  - margins A table for each side or a number
    - top number (default 0)
    - bottom number (default 0)
    - left number (default 0)
    - right number (default 0)

  ### See also:

  wibox.widget.progressbar.clip
paddings
  The progressbar padding. Note that if the clip is disabled, this allows the bar to be taller than the background.

  See the clip example.

  ### Type:

  - padding A table for each side or a number
    - top number (default 0)
    - bottom number (default 0)
    - left number (default 0)
    - right number (default 0)

  ### See also:

  wibox.widget.progressbar.clip
forced_height
  Force a widget height.

  ### Type:

  - height number or nil The height (`nil` for automatic)
forced_width
  Force a widget width.

  ### Type:

  - width number or nil The width (`nil` for automatic)
opacity
  The widget opacity (transparency).

  ### Type:

  - opacity number The opacity (between 0 and 1) (default 1)
visible
  The widget visibility.

  ### Type:

  - boolean

## Signals

widget::layout_changed
  When the layout (size) change. This signal is emitted when the previous results of `:layout()` and `:fit()` are no longer valid. Unless this signal is emitted, `:layout()` and `:fit()` must return the same result when called with the same arguments.

  ### See also:

  widget::redraw_needed
widget::redraw_needed
  When the widget content changed. This signal is emitted when the content of the widget changes. The widget will be redrawn, it is not re-layouted. Put differently, it is assumed that `:layout()` and `:fit()` would still return the same results as before.

  ### See also:

  widget::layout_changed
button::press
  When a mouse button is pressed over the widget.

  ### Arguments:

  - lx number The horizontal position relative to the (0,0) position in the widget.
  - ly number The vertical position relative to the (0,0) position in the widget.
  - button number The button number.
  - mods table The modifiers (mod4, mod1 (alt), Control, Shift)
  - find_widgets_result The entry from the result of wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
    - drawable wibox.drawable The drawable containing the widget.
    - widget widget The widget being displayed.
    - hierarchy wibox.hierarchy The hierarchy managing the widget's geometry.
    - x number An approximation of the X position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - y number An approximation of the Y position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - width number An approximation of the width that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - height number An approximation of the height that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - widget_width number The exact width of the widget in its local coordinate system.
    - widget_height number The exact height of the widget in its local coordinate system.

  ### See also:

  mouse
button::release
  When a mouse button is released over the widget.

  ### Arguments:

  - lx number The horizontal position relative to the (0,0) position in the widget.
  - ly number The vertical position relative to the (0,0) position in the widget.
  - button number The button number.
  - mods table The modifiers (mod4, mod1 (alt), Control, Shift)
  - find_widgets_result The entry from the result of wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
    - drawable wibox.drawable The drawable containing the widget.
    - widget widget The widget being displayed.
    - hierarchy wibox.hierarchy The hierarchy managing the widget's geometry.
    - x number An approximation of the X position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - y number An approximation of the Y position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - width number An approximation of the width that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - height number An approximation of the height that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - widget_width number The exact width of the widget in its local coordinate system.
    - widget_height number The exact height of the widget in its local coordinate system.

  ### See also:

  mouse
mouse::enter
  When the mouse enter a widget.

  ### Arguments:

  - find_widgets_result The entry from the result of wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
    - drawable wibox.drawable The drawable containing the widget.
    - widget widget The widget being displayed.
    - hierarchy wibox.hierarchy The hierarchy managing the widget's geometry.
    - x number An approximation of the X position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - y number An approximation of the Y position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - width number An approximation of the width that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - height number An approximation of the height that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - widget_width number The exact width of the widget in its local coordinate system.
    - widget_height number The exact height of the widget in its local coordinate system.

  ### See also:

  mouse
mouse::leave
  When the mouse leave a widget.

  ### Arguments:

  - find_widgets_result The entry from the result of wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
    - drawable wibox.drawable The drawable containing the widget.
    - widget widget The widget being displayed.
    - hierarchy wibox.hierarchy The hierarchy managing the widget's geometry.
    - x number An approximation of the X position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - y number An approximation of the Y position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - width number An approximation of the width that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - height number An approximation of the height that the widget is visible at on the surface.
    - widget_width number The exact width of the widget in its local coordinate system.
    - widget_height number The exact height of the widget in its local coordinate system.

  ### See also:

  mouse

## Theme variables

beautiful.progressbar_bg
  The progressbar background color.
beautiful.progressbar_fg
  The progressbar foreground color.
beautiful.progressbar_shape
  The progressbar shape.

  ### See also:

  gears.shape
beautiful.progressbar_border_color
  The progressbar border color.
beautiful.progressbar_border_width
  The progressbar outer border width.
beautiful.progressbar_bar_shape
  The progressbar inner shape.

  ### See also:

  gears.shape
beautiful.progressbar_bar_border_width
  The progressbar bar border width.
beautiful.progressbar_bar_border_color
  The progressbar bar border color.
beautiful.progressbar_margins
  The progressbar margins. Note that if the clip is disabled, this allows the background to be smaller than the bar.

  ### Type:

  - margins A table for each side or a number
    - top number (default 0)
    - bottom number (default 0)
    - left number (default 0)
    - right number (default 0)

  ### See also:

  wibox.widget.progressbar.clip
beautiful.progressbar_paddings
  The progressbar padding. Note that if the clip is disabled, this allows the bar to be taller than the background.

  ### Type:

  - padding A table for each side or a number
    - top number (default 0)
    - bottom number (default 0)
    - left number (default 0)
    - right number (default 0)

  ### See also:

  wibox.widget.progressbar.clip

## Deprecated functions

wibox.widget.progressbar.set_vertical [deprecated]
  Set the progressbar to draw vertically. This doesn't do anything anymore, use a wibox.container.rotate widget.

  ### param:

  - vertical boolean
wibox.widget.progressbar.set_height [deprecated]
  Set the progressbar height. This method is deprecated. Use a wibox.container.constraint widget or forced_height.

  ### param:

  - height The height to set.
wibox.widget.progressbar.set_width [deprecated]
  Set the progressbar width. This method is deprecated. Use a wibox.container.constraint widget or forced_width.

  ### param:

  - width The width to set.

## Methods

wibox.widget.progressbar:set_value (value)
  Set the progressbar value.
  - value The progress bar value between 0 and 1.
wibox.widget.progressbar:get_all_children ()
  Get all direct and indirect children widgets. This will scan all containers recursively to find widgets Warning: This method it prone to stack overflow id the widget, or any of its children, contain (directly or indirectly) itself.

  ### Returns:

  table The children
wibox.widget.progressbar:setup (args)
  Set a declarative widget hierarchy description. See The declarative layout system
  - args An array containing the widgets disposition
wibox.widget.progressbar:buttons (_buttons)
  Set/get a widget's buttons.
  - _buttons The table of buttons that should bind to the widget.
wibox.widget.progressbar:emit_signal_recursive (signal_name, ...)
  Emit a signal and ensure all parent widgets in the hierarchies also forward the signal. This is useful to track signals when there is a dynamic set of containers and layouts wrapping the widget.
  - signal_name string
  - ... Other arguments
wibox.widget.progressbar:emit_signal (name, ...)
  Emit a signal.
  - name string The name of the signal.
  - ... Extra arguments for the callback functions. Each connected function receives the object as first argument and then any extra arguments that are given to emit_signal().
wibox.widget.progressbar:connect_signal (name, func)
  Connect to a signal.
  - name string The name of the signal.
  - func function The callback to call when the signal is emitted.
wibox.widget.progressbar:weak_connect_signal (name, func)
  Connect to a signal weakly.

  This allows the callback function to be garbage collected and automatically disconnects the signal when that happens.

  Warning: Only use this function if you really, really, really know what you are doing.

  - name string The name of the signal.
  - func function The callback to call when the signal is emitted.

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