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authorstreetturtle <streetturtle@gmail.com>2020-06-12 19:37:21 -0400
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# Spotify widget
-This widget displays currently playing song on [Spotify for Linux](https://www.spotify.com/download/linux/) client: ![screenshot](./spo-wid-default.png) and consists of two parts:
+This widget displays currently playing song on [Spotify for Linux](https://www.spotify.com/download/linux/) client: ![screenshot](./spo-wid-1.png)
+
+Some features:
- status icon which shows if music is currently playing
- artist and name of the current song
+ - dim widget if spotify is paused
+ - trim long artist/song names
+ - tooltip with more info about the song
## Controls
@@ -24,6 +29,11 @@ It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the
| `play_icon` | `/usr/share/icons/Arc/actions/24/player_play.png` | Play icon |
| `pause_icon` | `/usr/share/icons/Arc/actions/24/player_pause.png` | Pause icon |
| `font` | `Play 9`| Font |
+| `dim_when_paused` | `false` | Decrease the widget opacity if spotify is paused |
+| `dim_opacity` | `0.2` | Widget's opacity when dimmed, `dim_when_paused` should be set to `true` |
+| `max_length` | `15` | Maximum lentgh of artist and title names. Text will be ellipsized if longer. |
+| `show_tooltip` | `true`| Show tooltip on hover with information about the playing song |
+
### Example:
@@ -31,21 +41,29 @@ It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the
spotify_widget({
font = 'Ubuntu Mono 9',
play_icon = '/usr/share/icons/Papirus-Light/24x24/categories/spotify.svg',
- pause_icon = '/usr/share/icons/Papirus-Dark/24x24/panel/spotify-indicator.svg'
+ pause_icon = '/usr/share/icons/Papirus-Dark/24x24/panel/spotify-indicator.svg',
+ dim_when_paused = true,
+ dim_opacity = 0.5,
+ max_length = -1,
+ show_tooltip = false
})
```
-Gives following widget:
+Gives following widget
+
+Playing:
+![screenshot](./spotify-widget-custom-playing.png)
-![screenshot](./spo-wid-custom.png)
+Paused:
+![screenshot](./spotify-widget-custom-paused.png)
## Installation
First you need to have spotify CLI installed, it uses dbus to communicate with spotify-client:
```bash
-git clone https://gist.github.com/fa6258f3ff7b17747ee3.git
-cd ./fa6258f3ff7b17747ee3
+git clone https://gist.github.com/wandernauta/6800547.git
+cd ./6800547
chmod +x sp
sudo cp ./sp /usr/local/bin/
```