Built-in Extensions¶
CommandSet¶
- class libqtile.extension.CommandSet(**config)[source]¶
Give list of commands to be executed in dmenu style.
ex. manage mocp deamon:
Key([mod], 'm', lazy.run_extension(extension.CommandSet( commands={ 'play/pause': '[ $(mocp -i | wc -l) -lt 2 ] && mocp -p || mocp -G', 'next': 'mocp -f', 'previous': 'mocp -r', 'quit': 'mocp -x', 'open': 'urxvt -e mocp', 'shuffle': 'mocp -t shuffle', 'repeat': 'mocp -t repeat', }, pre_commands=['[ $(mocp -i | wc -l) -lt 1 ] && mocp -S'], **Theme.dmenu))),
key
default
description
background
None
‘defines the normal background color’
command
None
‘the command to be launched (string or list with arguments)’
commands
None
‘dictionary of commands where key is runable command’
dmenu_bottom
False
‘dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen’
dmenu_command
'dmenu'
‘the dmenu command to be launched’
dmenu_font
None
“override the default ‘font’ and ‘fontsize’ options for dmenu”
dmenu_height
None
‘defines the height (only supported by some dmenu forks)’
dmenu_ignorecase
False
‘dmenu matches menu items case insensitively’
dmenu_lines
None
‘dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines’
dmenu_prompt
None
‘defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field’
font
'sans'
‘defines the font name to be used’
fontsize
None
‘defines the font size to be used’
foreground
None
‘defines the normal foreground color’
pre_commands
None
‘list of commands to be executed before getting dmenu answer’
selected_background
None
‘defines the selected background color’
selected_foreground
None
‘defines the selected foreground color’
RunCommand¶
- class libqtile.extension.RunCommand(**config)[source]¶
Run an arbitrary command.
Mostly useful as a superclass for more specific extensions that need to interact with the qtile object.
Also consider simply using lazy.spawn() or writing a client.
key
default
description
background
None
‘defines the normal background color’
command
None
‘the command to be launched (string or list with arguments)’
font
'sans'
‘defines the font name to be used’
fontsize
None
‘defines the font size to be used’
foreground
None
‘defines the normal foreground color’
selected_background
None
‘defines the selected background color’
selected_foreground
None
‘defines the selected foreground color’
WindowList¶
- class libqtile.extension.WindowList(**config)[source]¶
Give vertical list of all open windows in dmenu. Switch to selected.
key
default
description
all_groups
True
‘If True, list windows from all groups; otherwise only from the current group’
background
None
‘defines the normal background color’
command
None
‘the command to be launched (string or list with arguments)’
dmenu_bottom
False
‘dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen’
dmenu_command
'dmenu'
‘the dmenu command to be launched’
dmenu_font
None
“override the default ‘font’ and ‘fontsize’ options for dmenu”
dmenu_height
None
‘defines the height (only supported by some dmenu forks)’
dmenu_ignorecase
False
‘dmenu matches menu items case insensitively’
dmenu_lines
'80'
‘Give lines vertically. Set to None get inline’
dmenu_prompt
None
‘defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field’
font
'sans'
‘defines the font name to be used’
fontsize
None
‘defines the font size to be used’
foreground
None
‘defines the normal foreground color’
item_format
'{group}.{id}: {window}'
‘the format for the menu items’
selected_background
None
‘defines the selected background color’
selected_foreground
None
‘defines the selected foreground color’