nwg-wrapper VS gtk-layer-shell

Usage: sway-mode [-c,--config config-file] [-C,--css css-file] mode Puts sway into mode 'mode' and displays some help by extracting a section from the config file. Options: -c,--config config_file location of your config file (/home/bhepple/.config/sway/config) -C,--css css_file location of your css file (/home/bhepple/.config/nwg-wrapper/mode-help.css) Requires nwg-wrapper https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-wrapper Assumes modes are defined in the config file like this: mode "foobar" { ... } To use this, reassign the bindkey command for the mode like this: bindsym $mod+s exec sway-mode "swap" and in the mode definition, change the mode ending keys to # back to default mode bindsym q exec pkill nwg-wrapper; mode "default" bindsym Return exec pkill nwg-wrapper; mode "default" bindsym Escape exec pkill nwg-wrapper; mode "default" Here's a sample CSS file: window { font-family: "Monospace"; color: rgba (255, 255, 255, 1.0); background-color: rgba (255, 255, 255, 0.1); } #box-inner { background-color: rgba (23, 53, 63, 0.7); border-radius: 5px; border-style: dotted; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgba (156, 142, 122, 0.7); padding: 10px; }

Here's a script that uses nwg-wrapper to display a countdown - it would be easy to modify it to display a digital clock.

Maybe take a look at nwg-wrapper

The countdown into gtklock is created by my script sway-count which uses nwg-wrapper.

For example, this works using nwg-wrapper :

Nope. https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-wrapper/commit/f4c4dc6e9a568ade8b3bce02d73f528a50b02928

Here's my script. It forks off a playerctl --follow with a custom format to work around read skipping empty items (like a song without an artist). You don't have to do that, I just prefer that so I can add nwg-wrapper to view album art and song title on my desktop without spinning up another playerctl read loop.

If your compositor supports layer-shell (i.e., not Gnome) then maybe nwg-wrapper would work.

I had a play with gtklock today and wondered if it would work with nwg-wrapper to enhance the lock screen. It turns out that they work together very well - see screenshot. I've also modified my script for various styles of locking so that it supports gtklock: mylock

Here an example with GTK and python https://github.com/wmww/gtk-layer-shell/blob/master/examples/simple-example.py

% waybar [2022-05-20 15:00:42.483] [info] Using configuration file /home/cas/.config/waybar/config [2022-05-20 15:00:42.483] [info] Using CSS file //gnu/store/x9bb4v37xdb5cnin5sc8yqxkqkcvfwyp-waybar-0.9.9/etc/xdg/waybar/style.css [2022-05-20 15:00:42.538] [warning] Waybar has been built without rfkill support. [2022-05-20 15:00:42.538] [warning] module keyboard-state: Unknown module: keyboard-state [2022-05-20 15:00:42.540] [warning] For a functional tray you must have libappindicator-* installed and export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity [2022-05-20 15:00:42.540] [warning] As using a timezone, some format args may be missing as the date library haven't got a release since 2018. ** (waybar:4938): WARNING **: 15:00:42.567: gtk-layer-shell v0.6.0 may not work on GTK v3.24.30. If you experience crashes, check https://github.com/wmww/gtk-layer-shell/blob/master/compatibility.md ** (waybar:4938): ERROR **: 15:00:42.704: unhandled exception (type std::exception) in signal handler: what: Type is not convertible to string zsh: trace trap waybar

shivodit @ ~ $ waybar [2021-11-04 18:16:32.685] [info] Resources files: /home/shivodit/.config/waybar/config, /home/shivodit/.config/waybar/style.css [2021-11-04 18:16:56.160] [warning] For a functional tray you must have libappindicator-* installed and export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity [2021-11-04 18:16:56.167] [error] media stopped unexpectedly, is it endless? ** (waybar:2188): WARNING **: 18:16:56.184: gtk-layer-shell v0.6.0 may not work on GTK v3.24.30. If you experience crashes, check https://github.com/wmww/gtk-layer-shell/blob/master/compatibility.md [2021-11-04 18:16:56.312] [info] Bar configured (width: 1920, height: 30) for output: DP-1

Ummm. .. not always the case that the client is at fault. For example the layer shell protocols of Wayland allows you to create desktop components like popup menus etc. Now the tricky part is established desktop environments like GNOME uses the xdg_surface, hence GTK only has binding or focuses explicitly on that. This has given others who wants to implement a layer shell like this gtk-layer-shell library has to do some hacking as workaround. As you see currently only tested to work with gtk3 2.24 26.while many rolling releases are already shifting gtk3 2.24.30. Some window managers or rather say status bar like waybar ( the most popular status bar project ) uses this library. And this creates problem for those wants to use any status bar that depends on tk layer shell library and are on recent updates on gtk. Gtk only sees xdg_surface, is not in a mood to support other libraries.

This may be a stupid question but would it be possible to use relm to make a panel or notification widgets for non gnome wayland desktop? I know this can be achieved through GTK layer shell however they do not support GTK4 because gnome want to support they layer shell protocol. Curios if you would gnome if this can be done another way directly with GTK4?

** (waybar:110789): WARNING **: 22:07:43.480: gtk-layer-shell v0.6.0 may not work on GTK v3.24.27. If you experience crashes, check https://github.com/wmww/gtk-layer-shell/blob/master/compatibility.md