Module: naughty.layout.box

A notification popup widget.

By default, the box is composed of many other widgets:

Usage example

Info:

  • Copyright: 2017 Emmanuel Lepage Vallee
  • Author: Emmanuel Lepage Vallee <[email protected]>

Constructors

naughty.layout.box {[args]} Create a notification popup box.

Object properties

notification naughty.notification The widget notification object.
widget_template widget The widget template to construct the box content.
border_width integer Border width. Inherited from wibox
border_color string Border color. Inherited from wibox
ontop boolean On top of other windows. Inherited from wibox
cursor string The mouse cursor. Inherited from wibox
visible boolean Visibility. Inherited from wibox
opacity number The opacity of the wibox, between 0 and 1. Inherited from wibox
type string The window type (desktop, normal, dock, …). Inherited from wibox
x integer The x coordinates. Inherited from wibox
y integer The y coordinates. Inherited from wibox
width width The width of the wibox. Inherited from wibox
height height The height of the wibox. Inherited from wibox
screen screen The wibox screen. Inherited from wibox
drawable drawable The wibox’s drawable. Inherited from wibox
widget widget The widget that the wibox displays. Inherited from wibox
window string The X window id. Inherited from wibox
shape_bounding N/A The wibox’s bounding shape as a (native) cairo surface. Inherited from wibox
shape_clip N/A The wibox’s clip shape as a (native) cairo surface. Inherited from wibox
shape_input N/A The wibox’s input shape as a (native) cairo surface. Inherited from wibox
shape gears.shape The wibar’s shape. Inherited from wibox
input_passthrough boolean Forward the inputs to the client below the wibox. Inherited from wibox
buttons buttons_table Get or set mouse buttons bindings to a wibox. Inherited from wibox
bg c The background of the wibox. Inherited from wibox
bgimage gears.suface or string or function The background image of the drawable. Inherited from wibox
fg color The foreground (text) of the wibox. Inherited from wibox

Object methods

:geometry (A) Get or set wibox geometry. Inherited from wibox
:struts (strut) Get or set wibox struts. Inherited from wibox
:setup {[args]} Set a declarative widget hierarchy description. Inherited from wibox
:find_widgets (x, y) Find a widget by a point. Inherited from wibox

Theme variables

beautiful.notification_max_width number The maximum notification width.
beautiful.notification_position string The maximum notification position.
beautiful.bg_normal color The default background color. Inherited from wibox
beautiful.fg_normal color The default foreground (text) color. Inherited from wibox


Constructors

naughty.layout.box {[args]} · 1 theme variable
Create a notification popup box.

Parameters:

  • args
    • widget_template table A widget definition template which will be instantiated for each box.
    • notification naughty.notification The notification object.
    • position string The position. See naughty.notification.position.
    • border_width integer Border width.
    • border_color string Border color.
    • ontop boolean On top of other windows. (default false)
    • cursor string The mouse cursor.
    • visible boolean Visibility.
    • opacity number The opacity, between 0 and 1. (default 1)
    • type string The window type (desktop, normal, dock, …).
    • x integer The x coordinates.
    • y integer The y coordinates.
    • width integer The width.
    • height integer The height.
    • screen screen The wibox screen.
    • widget wibox.widget The widget that the wibox displays.
    • shape_bounding The wibox’s bounding shape as a (native) cairo surface.
    • shape_clip The wibox’s clip shape as a (native) cairo surface.
    • shape_input The wibox’s input shape as a (native) cairo surface.
    • bg color The background.
    • bgimage surface The background image of the drawable.
    • fg color The foreground (text) color.
    • shape gears.shape The shape.
    • input_passthrough boolean If the inputs are forward to the element below. (default false)

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Consumed theme variables:

Theme variable Usage
beautiful.notification_positionIf position is not defined in the notification object (or in this constructor).

Object properties

notification (naughty.notification) · 1 signal
The widget notification object.
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Emit signals:

  • property::notification When the notification value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
    • new_value notification The new value affected to the property.
widget_template (widget) · 1 theme variable

The widget template to construct the box content.

Usage example

The default template is (less or more):

{
    {
        {
            {
                {
                    naughty.widget.icon,
                    {
                        naughty.widget.title,
                        naughty.widget.message,
                        spacing = 4,
                        layout  = wibox.layout.fixed.vertical,
                    },
                    fill_space = true,
                    spacing    = 4,
                    layout     = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
                },
                naughty.list.actions,
                spacing = 10,
                layout  = wibox.layout.fixed.vertical,
            },
            margins = beautiful.notification_margin,
            widget  = wibox.container.margin,
        },
        id     = "background_role",
        widget = naughty.container.background,
    },
    strategy = "max",
    width    = width(beautiful.notification_max_width
        or beautiful.xresources.apply_dpi(500)),
    widget   = wibox.container.constraint,
}

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Consumed theme variables:

Theme variable Usage
beautiful.notification_max_widthThe maximum width for the resulting widget.
border_width (integer) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
Border width.
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Emit signals:

  • property::border_width When the border_width value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
border_color (string) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal

Border color.

Please note that this property only support string based 24 bit or 32 bit colors:

Red Blue
 _|  _|
#FF00FF
   T‾
 Green


Red Blue
 _|  _|
#FF00FF00
   T‾  ‾T
Green   Alpha

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Emit signals:

  • property::border_color When the border_color value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
ontop (boolean) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
On top of other windows.
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Emit signals:

  • property::ontop When the ontop value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
cursor (string) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The mouse cursor.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::cursor When the cursor value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
visible (boolean) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
Visibility.
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Emit signals:

  • property::visible When the visible value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
opacity (number) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The opacity of the wibox, between 0 and 1.

Type constraints:

  • opacity number (between 0 and 1)

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Emit signals:

  • property::opacity When the opacity value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
type (string) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The window type (desktop, normal, dock, …).

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::type When the type value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
x (integer) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The x coordinates.
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Emit signals:

  • property::x When the x value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
y (integer) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The y coordinates.
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Emit signals:

  • property::y When the y value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
width (width) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The width of the wibox.
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Emit signals:

  • property::width When the width value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
height (height) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The height of the wibox.
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Emit signals:

  • property::height When the height value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
screen (screen) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The wibox screen.
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Emit signals:

  • property::screen When the screen value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
    • new_value screen The new value affected to the property.
drawable (drawable) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The wibox’s drawable.
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Emit signals:

  • property::drawable When the drawable value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
widget (widget) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The widget that the wibox displays.
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Emit signals:

  • property::widget When the widget value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
    • new_value widget The new value affected to the property.
window (string) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The X window id.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::window When the window value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
shape_bounding (N/A) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The wibox’s bounding shape as a (native) cairo surface.

If you want to set a shape, let say some rounded corners, use the shape property rather than this. If you want something very complex, for example, holes, then use this.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::shape_bounding When the shape_bounding value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
shape_clip (N/A) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The wibox’s clip shape as a (native) cairo surface.

The clip shape is the shape of the window content rather than the outer window shape.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::shape_clip When the shape_clip value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
shape_input (N/A) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The wibox’s input shape as a (native) cairo surface.

The input shape allows to disable clicks and mouse events on part of the window. This is how input_passthrough is implemented.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::shape_input When the shape_input value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
shape (gears.shape) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The wibar’s shape.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::shape When the shape value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
    • new_value shape The new value affected to the property.
input_passthrough (boolean) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
Forward the inputs to the client below the wibox.

This replace the shape_input mask with an empty area. All mouse and keyboard events are sent to the object (such as a client) positioned below this wibox. When used alongside compositing, it allows, for example, to have a subtle transparent wibox on top a fullscreen client to display important data such as a low battery warning.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::input_passthrough When the input_passthrough value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
    • new_value boolean The new value affected to the property.
buttons (buttons_table) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
Get or set mouse buttons bindings to a wibox.

Type constraints:

  • buttons_table A table of buttons objects, or nothing.

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Emit signals:

  • property::buttons When the buttons value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
bg (c) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal · 1 theme variable
The background of the wibox.

The background color can be transparent. If there is a compositing manager such as compton, then it will be real transparency and may include blur (provided by the compositor). When there is no compositor, it will take a picture of the wallpaper and blend it.

Type constraints:

  • The c background to use. This must either be a cairo pattern object, nil or a string that gears.color() understands.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::bg When the bg value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
    • new_value The The new value affected to the property.

Consumed theme variables:

Theme variable Usage
beautiful.bg_normalThe default (fallback) bg color.
bgimage (gears.suface or string or function) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
The background image of the drawable.

If image is a function, it will be called with (context, cr, width, height) as arguments. Any other arguments passed to this method will be appended.

Type constraints:

  • image gears.suface, string or function A background image or a function.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::bgimage When the bgimage value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
    • new_value image The new value affected to the property.
fg (color) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal · 1 theme variable
The foreground (text) of the wibox.

Type constraints:

  • c color The foreground to use. This must either be a cairo pattern object, nil or a string that gears.color() understands.
  • color

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Emit signals:

  • property::fg When the fg value changes.
    • self naughty.layout.box The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
    • new_value c The new value affected to the property.

Consumed theme variables:

Theme variable Usage
beautiful.fg_normalThe default (fallback) fg color.

Object methods

:geometry (A) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
Get or set wibox geometry. That’s the same as accessing or setting the x, y, width or height properties of a wibox.

Parameters:

  • A table with coordinates to modify.

Returns:

    A table with wibox coordinates and geometry.

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Emit signals:

  • property::geometry When the geometry change.
    • geo table The geometry table.
:struts (strut) · Inherited from wibox · 1 signal
Get or set wibox struts.

Struts are the area which should be reserved on each side of the screen for this wibox. This is used to make bars and docked displays. Note that awful.wibar implements all the required boilerplate code to make bar. Only use this if you want special type of bars (like bars not fully attached to the side of the screen).

Parameters:

  • strut A table with new strut, or nothing

Returns:

    The wibox strut in a table.

See also:


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Emit signals:

  • property::struts
:setup {[args]} · Inherited from wibox
Set a declarative widget hierarchy description. See The declarative layout system

Parameters:

  • args An array containing the widgets disposition
:find_widgets (x, y) · Inherited from wibox
Find a widget by a point. The wibox must have drawn itself at least once for this to work.

Parameters:

  • x number X coordinate of the point
  • y number Y coordinate of the point

Returns:

    table A sorted table of widgets positions. The first element is the biggest container while the last is the topmost widget. The table contains x, y, width, height and widget.

Theme variables

beautiful.notification_max_width (number)
The maximum notification width.
beautiful.notification_position (string)

The maximum notification position.

Valid values are:

  • top_left
  • top_middle
  • top_right
  • bottom_left
  • bottom_middle
  • bottom_right
beautiful.bg_normal (color) · Inherited from wibox
The default background color.

The background color can be transparent. If there is a compositing manager such as compton, then it will be real transparency and may include blur (provided by the compositor). When there is no compositor, it will take a picture of the wallpaper and blend it.

See also:

beautiful.fg_normal (color) · Inherited from wibox
The default foreground (text) color.

See also:

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