local awful = require("awful") local wibox = require("wibox") local watch = require("awful.widget.watch") local path_to_icons = "/usr/share/icons/Arc/status/symbolic/" volume_widget = wibox.widget { { id = "icon", image = path_to_icons .. "audio-volume-muted-symbolic.svg", resize = false, widget = wibox.widget.imagebox, }, layout = wibox.container.margin(brightness_icon, 0, 0, 3), set_image = function(self, path) self.icon.image = path end } --[[ allows control volume level by: - clicking on the widget to mute/unmute - scrolling when curson is over the widget ]] volume_widget:connect_signal("button::press", function(_,_,_,button) if (button == 4) then awful.spawn("amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+") elseif (button == 5) then awful.spawn("amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%-") elseif (button == 1) then awful.spawn("amixer -D pulse sset Master toggle") end end) watch( 'amixer -D pulse sget Master', 1, function(widget, stdout, stderr, reason, exit_code) local mute = string.match(stdout, "%[(o%D%D?)%]") local volume = string.match(stdout, "(%d?%d?%d)%%") volume = tonumber(string.format("% 3d", volume)) local volume_icon_name if mute == "off" then volume_icon_name="audio-volume-muted-symbolic" elseif (volume >= 0 and volume < 25) then volume_icon_name="audio-volume-muted-symbolic" elseif (volume >= 25 and volume < 50) then volume_icon_name="audio-volume-low-symbolic" elseif (volume >= 50 and volume < 75) then volume_icon_name="audio-volume-medium-symbolic" elseif (volume >= 75 and volume <= 100) then volume_icon_name="audio-volume-high-symbolic" end volume_widget.image = path_to_icons .. volume_icon_name .. ".svg" end )