local wibox = require("wibox") local awful = require("awful") local watch = require("awful.widget.watch") spotify_widget = wibox.widget.textbox() spotify_widget:set_font('Play 9') spotify_widget:connect_signal("button::release", function() awful.spawn('sp play'); end) -- optional icon, could be replaced by spotfiy logo (https://developer.spotify.com/design/) spotify_icon = wibox.widget.imagebox() spotify_icon:set_image("/usr/share/icons/Arc/devices/22/audio-headphones.png") watch( "sp current-oneline", 1, function(widget, stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode) spotify_widget:set_text(stdout) end ) spotify_widget:connect_signal("button::press", function(_,_,_,button) if (button == 1) then awful.spawn("sp play", false) end end)