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rednammoc

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Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 4

[Solved] Awesome 3.4 - PromptBox within bottom-panel

Hi,

i'm trying to figure out how to display a promptbox in a bottom-panel.

Here's my code:

wibobox = {}
for s = 1, screen.count() do
    -- Create bottom wibox
    wibobox[s] = awful.wibox({position = "bottom", screen = s})
    wibobox[s].widgets = {
        mypromptbox[s], 
        layout = awful.widget.layout.horizontal.leftright
    }
    wibobox[s].visible = false
    wibobox[s].screen = s
end

awful.key({modkey}, "F1", function()
        wibobox[mouse.screen].visible = not wibobox[mouse.screen].visible 
        awful.prompt.run({prompt = "Run: "}, 
        mypromptbox[mouse.screen],
        awful.util.spawn, awful.completion.shell,
        awful.util.getdir("cache") .. "/history")
        end)

When pressing modkey + F1 the bottom-panel appears. But there's no "visible" promptbox. Typing "firefox" and hitting enter the webbrowser opens up.

Any idea how to let mypromptbox shine?

Last edited by rednammoc (2014-02-10 22:31:18)

rednammoc

Member

Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 4

Re: [Solved] Awesome 3.4 - PromptBox within bottom-panel

Added missing declaration and initialisation of mypromptbox which was missing in the last post.

wibobox = {}
mypromptbox = {}
for s = 1, screen.count() do
    -- Create a promptbox for each screen
    mypromptbox[s] =awful.widget.prompt({layout = awful.widget.layout.leftright})
    
    -- Create bottom wibox for each screen
    wibobox[s] = awful.wibox({position = "bottom", screen = s})
    wibobox[s].widgets = {
        mypromptbox[s], 
        layout = awful.widget.layout.horizontal.leftright
    }
    wibobox[s].visible = false
    wibobox[s].screen = s
end

rednammoc

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Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 4

Re: [Solved] Awesome 3.4 - PromptBox within bottom-panel

Seems there's a problem with the awful.prompt.run-Command.

    -- Prompt
    awful.key({modkey}, "F1", function()
        wibobox[mouse.screen].visible = not wibobox[mouse.screen].visible
        mypromptbox[mouse.screen]:run({prompt = "Run:"})
        end),

For now ... less is more.

rednammoc

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Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 4

Re: [Solved] Awesome 3.4 - PromptBox within bottom-panel

... and for those of you who want a complete working solution ...

Description: Adds hidden bottom-wibox with promptbox for each screen which toggles when pressing [mod4]+[F1]. 

Init: Define wibobox and close-button.

wibobox = {}
mypromptbox = {}
wibotogglebtn = widget({ type = "imagebox" })
wibotogglebtn.image = image(beautiful.titlebar_close_button_normal)
wibotogglebtn:buttons(awful.util.table.join(
    awful.button({ }, 1, function () wibotoggle() end)  -- left mouse button click
))

Helper: Define wibotoggle function to hide/unhide wibobox and loose mypromptbox-focus.

function wibotoggle()
    wibobox[mouse.screen].visible = not wibobox[mouse.screen].visible
    keygrabber.stop()
end

Wibo-Setup Add wibobox, promptbox and close-button for each screen

for s = 1, screen.count() do
    -- Create a promptbox for each screen
    mypromptbox[s] = awful.widget.prompt({
        layout = awful.widget.layout.horizontal.leftright,
    })

    -- Create bottom wibox for each screen
    wibobox[s] = awful.wibox({position = "bottom", screen = s})
    wibobox[s].widgets = {
        {
            mypromptbox[s],
            layout = awful.widget.layout.horizontal.leftright
        },
        wibotogglebtn,
        layout = awful.widget.layout.horizontal.rightleft
    }
    wibobox[s].visible = false
    wibobox[s].screen = s
end

Key bindings: Toggle wibobx when pressing [F1] and display prompt-box and close-button.

awful.key({modkey}, "F1", function()
        wibobox[mouse.screen].visible = not wibobox[mouse.screen].visible
        awful.prompt.run({ prompt = "Run:" },
                      mypromptbox[mouse.screen].widget,
                      function (...)
                          local result = awful.util.spawn(...)
                          if type(result) == "string" then
                             promptbox.widget.text = result
                          end
                      end,
                      wibotoggle, -- toggle wibo after hitting enter
                      awful.util.getdir("cache") .. "/history", nil, 
                      wibotoggle  -- toggle wibo after hitting escape
        )
        end),

Notes: I solved this issue by checking out the awesome awful source-code (/usr/share/awesome/lib/awful).