Dynamic Textbox

[mdSlash]

Hi there, how can I change the value of the widget.TextBox in the top bar using cmd? I've tried to create a function, but I don't know how to call it from cmd:

my_message = lambda value: value

message_a = "text 1"
message_b = "text 2"

screens = [
  Screen(
    top=bar.Bar(
      [
        widget.TextBox(text=my_message(message_a)),
        ...

[elParaguayo]

Create your widget like this:

widget.TextBox(text="text 1", name="textbox1")  # give it a unique name if you have multiple textboxes.

To update the text from the command line, do:

qtile cmd-obj -o widget textbox1 -f update -a "text 2"

[mdSlash]

Can I update the value with a variable name instead of string?

[elParaguayo]

What's the trigger for updating the text? Is there a function within your config?

[mdSlash]

I'm trying to customize a bottom bar to simply display a specific keymaps cheatsheet for specific apps when focused, similar to Vim which-key. I have variables with the keys for these apps that contain Pango markup texts in my config. I want to change them when I focus on apps using hooks. So, I'm looking for a way to achieve that. Your response is very helpful, but I want to update the value with a variable that contains the keys cheatsheet.

[elParaguayo]

Ok, if you're using a hook, then you can do something like this:

from libqtile import qtile

my_text_1 = "text 1"
my_text_2 = "text 2"

@hook.subscribe....
def my_hooked_func():
    qtile.widgets_map["textbox1"].update(my_text_2)

[mdSlash]

Awesome, thanks a lot for your efforts.