wldash

A dashboard/launcher/control-panel thing for Wayland. Requires wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.

Consider this alpha-quality: While it works, everything is subject to change with a moments notice. You may end up pulling in the latest changes, and poof, wldash suddenly turns into an artisan espresso machine.

How to use

1. Checkout: git clone https://github.com/kennylevinsen/wldash
2. Build: cargo build --release
3. Put somewhere: cp target/release/wldash /usr/local/bin/wldash
4. Run: wldash

To see the default configuration, run wldash print-config. To configure, place a file in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wldash/config.yaml (or if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set, ~/.config/wldash/config.yaml). JSON is also currently supported.

Notable settings: outptuMode can be active or all, scale can be set to 2 to half the buffer size, and the widgets (and their layout) can be configured.

For more info, look in src/config.rs.

System dependencies

dbus. See https://github.com/diwic/dbus-rs#requirements.

How to use launcher

The launcher for wldash is built-in, based on https://github.com/kennylevinsen/dot-desktop. Pluggable systems may come back in the future.

The environment variables XDG_DATA_DIRS and XDG_DATA_HOME are read to find the many applications folders that contain desktop files.

Features

Date and time

In nice, big letters!

3 month calendar

Scroll or click on the months to navigate.

Battery level

Over upower, only visible if upower battery is detected

Audio volume

Over pulseaudio, only visible if pulseaudio connection is successful. Scroll to adjust volume, right-click to toggle mute.

Backlight control

Using backlight sys file, only visible of backlight is detected. Scroll to adjust, right-click to toggle between the extreme values.

Launcher

Loads desktop files from the usual locations.

The launcher also accepts prefix operators to change its mode:

• !: Arbitrary command
• =: Calculator based on rcalc_lib. See https://docs.rs/rcalc_lib/0.9.3/rcalc_lib/

Notable missing features:

• Scaling of any kind - all sizes are currently hardcoded in pixels
• Configurability
• Cleanup and reorganization
• Proper line editor for the launcher

How to discuss

Go to #kennylevinsen @ irc.libera.chat to discuss, or use ~kennylevinsen/public-inbox@lists.sr.ht.