Allow status_command to be disabled via IPC

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/bar/status_command.c b/sway/commands/bar/status_command.c
index 6f6f81a3..5ea22525 100644
--- a/sway/commands/bar/status_command.c
+++ b/sway/commands/bar/status_command.c
@@ -13,8 +13,18 @@ struct cmd_results *bar_cmd_status_command(int argc, char **argv) {
 				"status_command", "No bar defined.");
 	}
 	free(config->current_bar->status_command);
-	config->current_bar->status_command = join_args(argv, argc);
-	wlr_log(WLR_DEBUG, "Feeding bar with status command: %s",
-			config->current_bar->status_command);
+	config->current_bar->status_command = NULL;
+
+	char *new_command = join_args(argv, argc);
+	if (strcmp(new_command, "-") != 0) {
+		config->current_bar->status_command = new_command;
+		wlr_log(WLR_DEBUG, "Feeding bar with status command: %s",
+				config->current_bar->status_command);
+	}
+
+	if (config->active && !config->validating) {
+		load_swaybars();
+	}
+
 	return cmd_results_new(CMD_SUCCESS, NULL, NULL);
 }