improve brightness widget

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/brightness-widget/brightness.lua b/brightness-widget/brightness.lua
index af6449a..704d6be 100644
--- a/brightness-widget/brightness.lua
+++ b/brightness-widget/brightness.lua
@@ -1,25 +1,33 @@
 local wibox = require("wibox")
-local awful = require("awful")
-local gears = require("gears")
 local watch = require("awful.widget.watch")
 
-brightness_widget = wibox.widget.textbox()
-brightness_widget:set_font('Play 9')
+--local get_brightness_cmd = "xbacklight -get"
+local get_brightness_cmd = "light -G"
+local path_to_icons = "/usr/share/icons/Arc/status/symbolic/"
 
-brightness_icon = wibox.widget {
+local brightness_text = wibox.widget.textbox()
+brightness_text:set_font('Play 9')
+
+local brightness_icon = wibox.widget {
     {
-    	image = "/usr/share/icons/Arc/status/symbolic/display-brightness-symbolic.svg",
+    	image = path_to_icons .. "display-brightness-symbolic.svg",
     	resize = false,
         widget = wibox.widget.imagebox,
     },
     layout = wibox.container.margin(brightness_icon, 0, 0, 3)
 }
 
+brightness_widget = wibox.widget {
+    brightness_text,
+    brightness_icon,
+    layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
+}
+
 watch(
-    "xbacklight -get", 1,
+    get_brightness_cmd, 1,
     function(widget, stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
         local brightness_level = tonumber(string.format("%.0f", stdout))
         widget:set_text(brightness_level)
     end,
-    brightness_widget
+    brightness_text
 )
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