Hyprland Waybar Customization

This project provides a set of customizations for Waybar to enhance the user experience when using it with Hyprland. It integrates several tools to provide a seamless and efficient workflow.

Features

• Custom Menu: Quick access to applications and commands using Rofi.
• Clock: Displays the current time and date with a tooltip calendar.
• Disk Usage: Monitor disk usage.
• Memory and CPU Usage: Keep track of system performance.
• Dunst Notifications: Manage notifications with Dunst.
• Keyboard Layout Switcher: Easily switch between keyboard layouts.
• System Updates: Check for system updates.
• Audio Output Selector: Quickly switch between audio outputs.
• Shutdown Menu: Access shutdown, reboot, and logout options.

Tools Used

• checkupdate: Checks for system updates.
• rofi-shutdown-menu: Provides a shutdown menu using Rofi.
• rofi-audio-output-selector: Allows switching between audio outputs using Rofi.
• hyprland-keyboard-changer: Changes keyboard layouts for Hyprland.

Installation

1. Clone the repository: bash git clone https://github.com/yourusername/hyprland-waybar-customization.git cd hyprland-waybar-customization

2. Copy the configuration files: bash cp -r .config/waybar ~/.config/waybar

3. Install the required tools: Ensure you have the following tools installed:

   • checkupdate
   • rofi
   • dunst
   • hyprland
   • hyprctl

4. Configure Waybar: Edit the Waybar configuration files as needed to match your system setup.

Fedora

There's a RPM based package that can be installed on Fedora Linux using copr

1. Add the copr repository

bash copr enable cjuniorfox/hyprland-desktop

1. Install package

bash dnf install hyprland-shell-waybar

Starting the waybar

The recommended way is using the systemd user service. If you're using Hyprland or Sway, make use of uswm is prefered.

systemctl --user enable --now hyprland-shell-waybar

You can also exec directy.

start_waybar_hyprland

Configuration

Waybar Configuration

The main configuration file is located at ~/.config/waybar/config. It includes custom modules and settings for Waybar.

Custom Scripts

Custom scripts are located in ~/.config/waybar/scripts. These scripts handle various functionalities such as checking updates, switching keyboard layouts, and managing notifications.

Example Configuration

Here is an example of the Waybar configuration:

{
    "layer": "top",
    "height": 32,
    "spacing": 6,
    "include": [
        "/etc/xdg/waybar/modules.json",
        "~/.config/waybar/quick-launcher.json",
        "~/.config/waybar/modules-left.json"
    ],
    "modules-center": ["hyprland/workspaces"],
    "modules-right": [
        "idle_inhibitor",
        "disk",
        "memory",
        "cpu",
        "custom/dunst",
        "custom/block_keybind",
        "custom/hyprland_keyboard",
        "custom/updates",
        "pulseaudio",
        "battery",
        "clock",
        "tray",
        "custom/shutdown"
    ]
}

Usage

• Menu: Click on the menu icon to open the Rofi menu.
• Clock: Click on the clock to switch between time and = - date formats.
• Disk, Memory, and CPU: Monitor system performance.
• Notifications: Scroll the mouse wheel to show notifications.
• Keyboard Layout: Click to change the keyboard layout.
• System Updates: Click to check for updates.
• Audio Output: Click to switch audio outputs.
• Shutdown: Click to open the shutdown menu.

Weather

To properly get your weather location, check the location ID at https://weather.com/en-IN/weather/today. Check for your city's forecast and copy the ID from the URL. Example: Nova Friburgo - RJ is 2bf40a7aa6288f1090ab35632ce451a0014b11f0b4c370b8cd4d9a018d880a3a export the environment variable WEATHER_ID with the value.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

• Waybar
• Hyprland
• Rofi
• Dunst

Enjoy your enhanced Waybar experience with Hyprland!