Module: `wibox.widget.graph`

Display multiple values as a stream of bars.

The graph goes from left to right. To change the movement's direction, use a wibox.container.mirror widget. This can also be used to have data shown from top to bottom.

To add text on top of the graph, use a wibox.layout.stack and a wibox.container.align widgets.

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

Usage:

wibox.widget {
    max_value = 29,
    widget = wibox.widget.graph
}

Class Hierarchy

gears.object
- wibox.widget.base
- - wibox.widget.graph

Info:

Copyright: 2009 Julien Danjou
Originally authored by: Julien Danjou <[email protected]>
(Full contributors list available on our github project)

Constructors

wibox.widget.graph {[args]}

Create a graph widget.

Object properties

border_width	number	Set the graph border_width.
border_color	color or nil	Set the graph border color.
color	color	Set the graph foreground color.
background_color	color	Set the graph background color.
group_colors	table	Set the colors for data groups.
max_value	number	The maximum value the graph should handle.
min_value	number	The minimum value the graph should handle.
scale	boolean	Set the graph to automatically scale its values.
clamp_bars	boolean	Clamp graph bars to keep them inside the widget for out-of-range values.
baseline_value	number	The value corresponding to the starting point of graph bars.
step_width	number	Set the width or the individual steps.
step_spacing	number	Set the spacing between the steps.
step_shape	shape	The step shape.
stack	boolean	Set the graph to draw stacks.
nan_indication	boolean	Display NaN indication.
nan_color	color	The color of NaN indication.
capacity	integer or nil	Set the graph capacity.
children	table	Get or set the children elements.	Inherited from wibox.widget.base
all_children	table	Get all direct and indirect children widgets.	Inherited from wibox.widget.base
forced_height	number or nil	Force a widget height.	Inherited from wibox.widget.base
forced_width	number or nil	Force a widget width.	Inherited from wibox.widget.base
opacity	number	The widget opacity (transparency).	Inherited from wibox.widget.base
visible	boolean	The widget visibility.	Inherited from wibox.widget.base
buttons	table	The widget buttons.	Inherited from wibox.widget.base

Deprecated object properties

height	number	Set the graph height.	Deprecated
width	number	Set the graph width.	Deprecated
stack_colors	table	Set the colors for data groups.	Deprecated

Object methods

:pick_data_group_color (group_idx) -> color	Determine the color to paint a data group with.
:compute_drawn_values_num (usable_width) -> number	Determine how many values should be drawn for a given widget width.
:add_value (value, group)	Add a value to the graph.
:clear ()	Clear the graph.
:add_button (button)	Add a new awful.button to this widget.	Inherited from wibox.widget.base
:emit_signal_recursive (signal_name, ...)	Emit a signal and ensure all parent widgets in the hierarchies also forward the signal.	Inherited from wibox.widget.base
:index (widget, recursive, ...) -> (number, widget, table)	Get the index of a widget.	Inherited from wibox.widget.base
:connect_signal (name, func)	Connect to a signal.	Inherited from gears.object
:weak_connect_signal (name, func)	Connect to a signal weakly.	Inherited from gears.object
:disconnect_signal (name, func)	Disconnect from a signal.	Inherited from gears.object
:emit_signal (name, ...)	Emit a signal.	Inherited from gears.object

Theme variables

beautiful.graph_fg	color	The graph foreground color Used, when the color property isn't set.
beautiful.graph_bg	color	The graph background color.
beautiful.graph_border_color	color	The graph border color.

Signals

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

Constructors

🔗 wibox.widget.graph {[args]}

Create a graph widget.

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
args		table	Standard widget() arguments.

Returns:

wibox.widget.graph

Object properties

🔗 border_width number · 1 signal

Set the graph border_width.

Constraints:

Default value	: `0`
Unit	: pixel
Negative allowed	: false

Usage:

for _, width in ipairs { 1, 2, 4, 10 } do
    wibox.widget {
        border_width  = width,
        border_color  = beautiful.border_color,
        widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
    }
 end

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Emit signals:

property::border_width When the border_width value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value border_width The new value affected to the property.

🔗 border_color color or nil · 1 signal · 1 theme variable

Set the graph border color.

Constraints:

Default value	: `beautiful.wibox_widget_graph_border_color`
Type description:
string	: An hexadecimal color code, such as `"#ff0000"` for red.
string	: A color name, such as `"red"`.
table	: A gradient table.
cairo.pattern	: Any valid Cairo pattern.
cairo.pattern	: A texture build from an image by gears.color.create_png_pattern
nil	: Fallback to the current value of `beautiful.graph_border_color`.
Valid values	: The border color to set.

Usage:

for _, color in ipairs {"#ff0000", "#00ff00", "#0000ff", "#ff00ff" } do
    wibox.widget {
        border_width  = 2,
        border_color  = color,
        widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
    }
 end

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Emit signals:

property::border_color When the border_color value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value border_color The new value affected to the property.

Consumed theme variables:

Theme variable	Usage
beautiful.graph_border_color	Fallback when border_color isn't set.

🔗 color color · 1 signal · 1 theme variable

Set the graph foreground color.

This color is used, when group_colors isn't set.

Constraints:

Default value	: `beautiful.graph_fg`
Type description:
string	: An hexadecimal color code, such as `"#ff0000"` for red.
string	: A color name, such as `"red"`.
table	: A gradient table.
cairo.pattern	: Any valid Cairo pattern.
cairo.pattern	: A texture build from an image by gears.color.create_png_pattern
Valid values	: The graph color.

Usage:

for _, color in ipairs {"#ff0000", "#00ff00", "#0000ff", "#ff00ff" } do
    wibox.widget {
        color     = color,
        widget    = wibox.widget.graph,
    }
 end

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Emit signals:

property::color When the color value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value color The new value affected to the property.

Consumed theme variables:

Theme variable	Usage
beautiful.graph_fg

🔗 background_color color · 1 signal · 1 theme variable

Set the graph background color.

Constraints:

Default value	: `beautiful.graph_bg`
Type description:
string	: An hexadecimal color code, such as `"#ff0000"` for red.
string	: A color name, such as `"red"`.
table	: A gradient table.
cairo.pattern	: Any valid Cairo pattern.
cairo.pattern	: A texture build from an image by gears.color.create_png_pattern
Valid values	: The graph background color.

Usage:

for _, color in ipairs {"#ff0000", "#00ff00", "#0000ff", "#ff00ff" } do
    wibox.widget {
        background_color = color,
        widget           = wibox.widget.graph,
    }
 end

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Emit signals:

property::background_color When the background_color value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value background_color The new value affected to the property.

Consumed theme variables:

Theme variable	Usage
beautiful.graph_bg

🔗 group_colors table

Set the colors for data groups.

Colors in this table are used to paint respective data groups. When this property is unset (default), the color property is used instead for all data groups. When this property is set, but there's no color for a data group in it (i.e. group_colors[group] is nil or false), then the respective data group is disabled, i.e. not drawn.

Constraints:

Default value	: `self.color`
Table content	: List of color values.
Valid values	: A table with colors for data groups.

Usage:

local colors_normal = {
    "#ff0000",
    "#00ff00", -- the data group is green
    "#0000ff"
}
local colors_transparent = {
    "#ff0000",
    "#00000000", -- the data group is transparent
    "#0000ff"
}
local colors_disabled = {
    "#ff0000",
    nil, -- the data group is disabled
    "#0000ff"
}

wibox.widget {
    stack         = true,
    group_colors  = colors_normal,
    widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    stack         = true,
    group_colors  = colors_transparent,
    widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    stack         = true,
    group_colors  = colors_disabled,
    widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
}

🔗 max_value number · 1 signal

The maximum value the graph should handle.

This value corresponds to the top of the graph. If scale is also set, the graph never scales up below this value, but it automatically scales down to make all data fit. If scale and max_value are unset, max_value defaults to 1.

Constraints:

Default value	: `1`
Negative allowed	: true

Usage:

wibox.widget {
    max_value = 30,
    widget    = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    max_value = 10,
    widget    = wibox.widget.graph,
}

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Emit signals:

property::max_value When the max_value value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value max_value The new value affected to the property.

🔗 min_value number · 1 signal

The minimum value the graph should handle.

This value corresponds to the bottom of the graph. If scale is also set, the graph never scales up above this value, but it automatically scales down to make all data fit. If scale and min_value are unset, min_value defaults to 0.

Constraints:

Default value	: `0`
Negative allowed	: true

Usage:

wibox.widget {
    max_value = 30,
    widget    = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    min_value = 10,
    max_value = 30,
    widget    = wibox.widget.graph,
}

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Emit signals:

property::min_value When the min_value value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value min_value The new value affected to the property.

🔗 scale boolean · 1 signal

Set the graph to automatically scale its values.

If this property is set to true, the graph calculates effective min_value and max_value based on the displayed data, so that all data fits on screen. The properties themselves aren't changed, but the graph is drawn as though min_value(max_value) were equal to the minimum(maximum) value among itself and the currently drawn values. If min_value(max_value) is unset, then only the drawn values are considered in this calculation.

Constraints:

Default value	: `false`
Valid values	: `true` or `false`.

Usage:

wibox.widget {
    scale  = false,
    widget = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    scale  = true,
    widget = wibox.widget.graph,
}

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Emit signals:

property::scale When the scale value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value scale The new value affected to the property.

🔗 clamp_bars boolean · 1 signal

Clamp graph bars to keep them inside the widget for out-of-range values.

Drawing values outside the [min_value, max_value] range leads to bar shapes that exceed physical widget dimensions. Most of the time this doesn't matter, because bar shapes are rectangles and bar heights aren't large enough to trigger errors in the drawing system. However for some shapes and values it does make a difference and leads to visibly different and/or invalid result.

When this property is set to true (the default), the graph clamps bars' heights to keep them within the graph.

Constraints:

Default value	: `false`
Valid values	: `true` or `false`.

Usage:

wibox.widget {
    clamp_bars    = false,
    step_width    = 9,
    step_spacing  = 1,
    step_shape    = gears.shape.arrow,
    widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    --clamp_bars    = true, --default
    step_width    = 9,
    step_spacing  = 1,
    step_shape    = gears.shape.arrow,
    widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
}

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Emit signals:

property::clamp_bars When the clamp_bars value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value clamp_bars The new value affected to the property.

🔗 baseline_value number · 1 signal

The value corresponding to the starting point of graph bars.

Constraints:

Default value	: `0`
Negative allowed	: true

Usage:

wibox.widget {
    --baseline_value = 0, --default
    min_value      = -5,
    max_value      = 5,
    widget         = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    baseline_value = 5,
    min_value      = -5,
    max_value      = 5,
    widget         = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    baseline_value = -2.5,
    min_value      = -5,
    max_value      = 5,
    widget         = wibox.widget.graph,
}

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Emit signals:

property::baseline_value When the baseline_value value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value baseline_value The new value affected to the property.

🔗 step_width number · 1 signal

Set the width or the individual steps.

Constraints:

Default value	: `1`
Unit	: pixel
Negative allowed	: false

Usage:

for _, width in ipairs {1, 2, 3, 10} do
    wibox.widget {
        step_width   = width,
        step_spacing = 1,
        step_shape   = function(cr, s_width, height)
            gears.shape.rounded_rect(cr, s_width, height, 2)
        end,
        widget       = wibox.widget.graph,
    }
 end

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Emit signals:

property::step_width When the step_width value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value step_width The new value affected to the property.

🔗 step_spacing number · 1 signal

Set the spacing between the steps.

Constraints:

Default value	: `0`
Unit	: pixel
Negative allowed	: false

Usage:

for _, spacing in ipairs {0, 2, 4, 10} do
    wibox.widget {
        step_spacing = spacing,
        widget       = wibox.widget.graph,
    }
 end

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Emit signals:

property::step_spacing When the step_spacing value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value step_spacing The new value affected to the property.

🔗 step_shape shape · 1 signal

The step shape.

Constraints:

Default value	: `gears.rect.rectangle`
Type description:
gears.shape	: Like gears.shape.circle
function:	: This can be used for custom shapes or to set parameters of existing shapes.
Function prototype:
Parameters:
cr (cairo.context)	: A Cairo context
width (number)	: The area width.
height (number)	: The area height.
Return	: The function returns nothing.

Usage:

local shapes = {
    gears.shape.squircle,
    gears.shape.octogon,
    gears.shape.rounded_bar,
    gears.shape.arrow
}

for _, shape in ipairs(shapes) do
    wibox.widget {
        step_width   = 5,
        step_spacing = 1,
        step_shape   = shape,
        widget       = wibox.widget.graph,
    }
 end

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Emit signals:

property::step_shape When the step_shape value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value step_shape The new value affected to the property.

🔗 stack boolean · 1 signal

Set the graph to draw stacks. Default is false.

When set to true, bars of each successive data group are drawn on top of bars of previous groups, instead of the baseline. This necessitates all data values to be non-negative. Negative values, if present, will trigger NaN indication.

Constraints:

Default value	: `false`
Valid values	: `true` or `false`.

Usage:

local colors = {
    "#ff0000",
    "#00ff00",
    "#0000ff"
}
local thin_arrow_shape = function(cr, width, height)
    gears.shape.arrow(cr, width, height, nil, 1, math.max(0, height-4))
end

wibox.widget {
    --stack         = false, --default
    group_colors  = colors,
    step_width    = 5,
    step_spacing  = 1,
    step_shape    = thin_arrow_shape,
    widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    stack         = true,
    group_colors  = colors,
    step_width    = 5,
    step_spacing  = 1,
    step_shape    = thin_arrow_shape,
    widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
}

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Emit signals:

property::stack When the stack value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value stack The new value affected to the property.

🔗 nan_indication boolean · 1 signal

Display NaN indication. Default is true.

When the data contains NaN values, and nan_indication is set, the corresponding area, where the value bar should have been drawn, is filled with the nan_color from top to bottom. The painting is done after all other data is rendered, to make sure that it won't be overpainted and go unnoticed.

Constraints:

Default value	: `true`
Valid values	: `true` or `false`.

Usage:

local data = {
    -5, -4, 0/0, -2, -1, 0/0, 1, 2, 3, 0/0, 5,
}

wibox.widget {
    -- nan_indication = true, -- default
    -- default nan_color
    step_width    = 9,
    step_spacing  = 1,
    widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    -- nan_indication = true, -- default
    nan_color     = "#ff00007f",
    step_width    = 9,
    step_spacing  = 1,
    widget        = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    nan_indication = false,
    step_width     = 9,
    step_spacing   = 1,
    widget         = wibox.widget.graph,
}

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Emit signals:

property::nan_indication When the nan_indication value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value nan_indication The new value affected to the property.

🔗 nan_color color · 1 signal

The color of NaN indication.

The color used when nan_indication is set. Defaults to a yellow-black diagonal stripes pattern.

Constraints:

Default value	: `"#ffff00"`
Type description:
string	: An hexadecimal color code, such as `"#ff0000"` for red.
string	: A color name, such as `"red"`.
table	: A gradient table.
cairo.pattern	: Any valid Cairo pattern.
cairo.pattern	: A texture build from an image by gears.color.create_png_pattern
Valid values	: The color of NaN indication.

Usage:

-- The red and blue data groups are constant,
-- but the green data group is a sine,
-- which, when it becomes negative,
-- triggers NaN indication in a stacked graph.
local colors = {
    "#ff0000",
    "#00ff00",
    "#0000ff"
}

wibox.widget {
    --default nan_color
    stack        = true,
    group_colors = colors,
    step_width   = 1,
    step_spacing = 1,
    widget       = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    nan_color    = "#ff00ff7f",
    stack        = true,
    group_colors = colors,
    step_width   = 1,
    step_spacing = 1,
    widget       = wibox.widget.graph,
}

wibox.widget {
    nan_indication = false,
    stack          = true,
    group_colors   = colors,
    step_width     = 1,
    step_spacing   = 1,
    widget         = wibox.widget.graph,
}

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Emit signals:

property::nan_color When the nan_color value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value nan_color The new value affected to the property.

🔗 capacity integer or nil · 1 signal

Set the graph capacity.

Since the typical uses of the graph widget imply that add_value will be called an indefinite number of times, the widget needs a way to know, when to start discarding old values from the backing array.

When capacity is set, it defines the maximum number of values to keep in each data group.

When capacity is unset (default), the number is determined heuristically, which is sufficient most of the time, unless the widget gets resized too much too fast.

Constraints:

Default value	: `nil`
Unit	: Number of value.
Negative allowed	: false
Valid values	: The maximum number of values to keep per data group (`nil` for automatic guess).

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Emit signals:

property::capacity When the capacity value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value capacity The new value affected to the property.

🔗 children table · Inherited from wibox.widget.base

Get or set the children elements.

Constraints:

Default value	: `{}`
Table content	: A list of wibox.widget.

Constraints:

Default value	: `{}`
Table content	: A list of wibox.widget.

Constraints:

Default value	: `nil`
Type description:
nil	: Let the layout decide the height. Usually using the widget native height.
number	: Enforce a number of pixels.
Unit	: pixel
Negative allowed	: false

Constraints:

Default value	: `nil`
Type description:
nil	: Let the layout decide the width. Usually using the widget native width.
number	: Enforce a number of pixels.
Unit	: pixel
Negative allowed	: false

Constraints:

Default value	: `1.0`
Unit	: A gradient between transparent (`0.0`) and opaque (`1.0`).
Minimum value	: 0.0
Maximum value	: 1.0

Constraints:

Default value	: `true`
Valid values	: `true` or `false`.

Constraints:

Default value	: `{}`
Table content	: A list of awful.button.

Deprecated object properties

🔗 height number · 1 signal

Set the graph height.

This property is deprecated. Use a wibox.container.constraint widget or forced_height.

Type constraints:

Name		Type(s)	Description
height		number	The height to set.

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Emit signals:

property::height When the height value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value height The new value affected to the property.

🔗 width number · 1 signal

Set the graph width.

This property is deprecated. Use a wibox.container.constraint widget or forced_width.

Type constraints:

Name		Type(s)	Description
width		number	The width to set.

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Emit signals:

property::width When the width value changes.

self wibox.widget.graph The object which changed (useful when connecting many object to the same callback).
new_value width The new value affected to the property.

🔗 stack_colors table

Set the colors for data groups.

This property is deprecated. Use group_colors instead.

Type constraints:

Name		Type(s)	Description
colors		table	A table with colors for data groups.

Object methods

🔗 :pick_data_group_color (group_idx) -> color

Determine the color to paint a data group with.

The graph uses this method to choose a color for a given data group. The default implementation uses a color from the group_colors table, if present, otherwise it falls back to color, then beautiful.graph_fg and finally to color red (#ff0000).

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
group_idx		number	The index of the data group.

Returns:

color

🔗 :compute_drawn_values_num (usable_width) -> number

Determine how many values should be drawn for a given widget width.

The graph uses this method to determine the upper bound on the number of values that will be drawn from each data group. This affects, among other things, how many values will be considered for autoscaling, when scale is true, and, indirectly, how many values will be kept in the backing array, when capacity is unset.

The default implementation computes the minimum number that is enough to completely cover the given width with step_width + step_spacing intervals. The graph calls this method on every redraw and the width passed is the width of the value drawing area, i.e the graph borders are subtracted (2*border_width).

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
usable_width		number

Returns:

number

🔗 :add_value (value, group)

Add a value to the graph.

The graph widget keeps its values grouped in data groups. Each data group is drawn with its own set of bars, starting with the latest value in the data group at the left edge of the graph.

Simply calling this method with a particular data group index is the only thing necessary and sufficient for creating a data group. Any natural integer as a group number is ok, but the user is advised to keep the group numbers low and consecutive for performance reasons.

There are no constraints on the value parameter, other than it should be a number.

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description	Default value
value	Optional	number	The value to be added to a graph's data group.	`NaN`
group	Optional	integer	The index of the data group.	`1`

🔗 :clear ()

Clear the graph.

Removes all values from all data groups.

🔗 :add_button (button) · Inherited from wibox.widget.base

Add a new awful.button to this widget.

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
button		awful.button	The button to add.

🔗 :emit_signal_recursive (signal_name, ...) · Inherited from wibox.widget.base

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.

Note that this function has some flaws:

The signal is only forwarded once the widget tree has been built. This happens after all currently scheduled functions have been executed. Therefore, it will not start to work right away.
In case the widget is present multiple times in a single widget tree, this function will also forward the signal multiple times (once per upward tree path).
If the widget is removed from the widget tree, the signal is still forwarded for some time, similar to the first case.

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
signal_name		string
...			Other arguments

🔗 :index (widget, recursive, ...) -> (number, widget, table) · Inherited from wibox.widget.base

Get the index of a widget.

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
widget		widget	The widget to look for.
recursive	Optional	boolean	Recursively check accross the sub-widgets hierarchy.
...	Optional	widget	Additional widgets to add at the end of the sub-widgets hierarchy "path".

Returns:

number The widget index.
widget The parent widget.
table The hierarchy path between "self" and "widget".

🔗 :connect_signal (name, func) · Inherited from gears.object

Connect to a signal.

Usage example output:

In slot [obj]   nil nil nil
In slot [obj]   foo bar 42

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
name		string	The name of the signal.
func		function	The callback to call when the signal is emitted.

Usage:

local o = gears.object{}
-- Function can be attached to signals
local function slot(obj, a, b, c)
    print("In slot", obj, a, b, c)
end
o:connect_signal("my_signal", slot)
-- Emitting can be done without arguments. In that case, the object will be
-- implicitly added as an argument.
o:emit_signal "my_signal"
-- It is also possible to add as many random arguments are required.
o:emit_signal("my_signal", "foo", "bar", 42)
-- Finally, to allow the object to be garbage collected (the memory freed), it
-- is necessary to disconnect the signal or use weak_connect_signal
o:disconnect_signal("my_signal", slot)
-- This time, the slot wont be called as it is no longer connected.
o:emit_signal "my_signal"

🔗 :weak_connect_signal (name, func) · Inherited from gears.object

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.

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
name		string	The name of the signal.
func		function	The callback to call when the signal is emitted.

🔗 :disconnect_signal (name, func) · Inherited from gears.object

Disconnect from a signal.

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
name		string	The name of the signal.
func		function	The callback that should be disconnected.

🔗 :emit_signal (name, ...) · Inherited from gears.object

Emit a signal.

Parameters:

Name		Type(s)	Description
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()

Theme variables

🔗 beautiful.graph_fg color

The graph foreground color Used, when the color property isn't set.
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Used by:

color Set the graph foreground color.

🔗 beautiful.graph_bg color

The graph background color. Used, when the background_color property isn't set.
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Used by:

background_color Set the graph background color.

🔗 beautiful.graph_border_color color

The graph border color. Used, when the border_color property isn't set.
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Used by:

border_color Set the graph border color.

Signals

🔗 widget::layout_changed · Inherited from wibox.widget.base

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.

Arguments:

Name	Type(s)	Description
self	table	The current object instance itself.
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	table	The entry from the result of wibox: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.

Arguments:

Name	Type(s)	Description
self	table	The current object instance itself.
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	table	The entry from the result of wibox: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.

Arguments:

Name	Type(s)	Description
self	table	The current object instance itself.
find_widgets_result	table	The entry from the result of wibox: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.

Arguments:

Name	Type(s)	Description
self	table	The current object instance itself.
find_widgets_result	table	The entry from the result of wibox: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.

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Module: `wibox.widget.graph`