py3status VS i3status-rust

Hey everyone. I recently switched from i3status to py3status but I am running into one issue. When it displays a battery notification using the i3-nagbar and the status bar is hidden, it renders correctly. However, when I show the status bar and hide it again, the outline of the status bar is still there, blocking the i3-nagbar.

Hey everyone. I recently switched to py3status, a wrapper around i3status. However, I had one problem with the battery module. When it sends notifications for low battery, it displays an i3-nagbar. While this nagbar is displayed, I display the status bar. When I hide the status bar again, the outline of the status bar stays, hiding the nagbar. When I click the X on the nagbar, it only updates when I redisplay the status bar.

Did you have a look at py3status? It's compatible with i3status (you can start with the same configuration file), but offers a lot of modules to extend the functionality of i3status.

I’m not sure which distro you’re running but if you haven’t seen the official documentation, please do so. If the community here isn’t able to help you, please open a ticket on GitHub. My guess is you don’t have the correct version of Python. Which distro are you using?

If you want icons and clickable items on the bar you need to use something like https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust

https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust/tree/master/examples is about twice as good. The way i3blocks handles clicks is quite frankly kind of crap.

I assume you have installed latest stable version which is 0.22. The relavant config is https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust/blob/v0.22.0/examples/config.toml

What's the version of i3-status you are using. As per their README, https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust , there are two versions 0.22 and 0.3. Make sure you are using compatible versions according to your config.

Yeah, much better than the default i3status, it is well documented, you can check its screenshots and documents for more into. https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust/blob/master/doc/themes.md

Setup is a Clevo laptop with an eGPU and 3 external monitors, running i3wm with i3status-rust. Keyboard is an Ergodone (chinese knockoff of ZSA's Ergodox EZ) with MX Browns and caps are a white and green set from AliExpress, that was basically the only DSA blank set for this keyboard I could find that would also have homing notches.