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authorMilkey Mouse <milkeymouse@meme.institute>2019-02-23 21:59:36 -0800
committerBrian Ashworth <bosrsf04@gmail.com>2019-02-24 20:05:47 -0500
commit2f7247e08a16610228067c9ec34d2b6d897e15fa (patch)
tree7cf9ef96257a196b12620cf3659a45635e818e7b /sway
parent2510e3df384d9ab7b27e66c27371ec44606f5d8e (diff)
downloadsway-2f7247e08a16610228067c9ec34d2b6d897e15fa.tar.xz
swaybar: add overlay mode (fix #1620)
Overlay mode puts the bar above normal windows and passes through/ignores any touch/mouse/keyboard events that would be sent to it.
Diffstat (limited to 'sway')
-rw-r--r--sway/commands/bar/mode.c2
-rw-r--r--sway/sway-bar.5.scd6
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sway/commands/bar/mode.c b/sway/commands/bar/mode.c
index 68a80abf..1081ad4b 100644
--- a/sway/commands/bar/mode.c
+++ b/sway/commands/bar/mode.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ static struct cmd_results *bar_set_mode(struct bar_config *bar, const char *mode
bar->mode = strdup("hide");
} else if (strcasecmp("invisible", mode) == 0) {
bar->mode = strdup("invisible");
+ } else if (strcasecmp("overlay", mode) == 0) {
+ bar->mode = strdup("overlay");
} else {
return cmd_results_new(CMD_INVALID, "Invalid value %s", mode);
}
diff --git a/sway/sway-bar.5.scd b/sway/sway-bar.5.scd
index 13827e5e..1f4ceaf2 100644
--- a/sway/sway-bar.5.scd
+++ b/sway/sway-bar.5.scd
@@ -84,11 +84,13 @@ Sway allows configuring swaybar in the sway configuration file.
debug-events`. To disable the default behavior for a button, use the
command _nop_.
-*mode* dock|hide|invisible
+*mode* dock|hide|invisible|overlay
Specifies the visibility of the bar. In _dock_ mode, it is permanently
visible at one edge of the screen. In _hide_ mode, it is hidden unless the
modifier key is pressed, though this behaviour depends on the hidden state.
- In _invisible_ mode, it is permanently hidden. Default is _dock_.
+ In _invisible_ mode, it is permanently hidden. In _overlay_ mode, it is
+ permanently visible on top of other windows. (In _overlay_ mode the bar is
+ transparent to input events.) Default is _dock_.
*hidden_state* hide|show
Specifies the behaviour of the bar when it is in _hide_ mode. When the