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Jake Stanger edited this page Dec 27, 2024 · 19 revisions

Displays currently playing song from your music player. This module supports both MPRIS players and MPD servers. Clicking on the widget opens a popout displaying info about the current song, album art and playback controls.

in MPRIS mode, the widget will listen to all players and automatically detect/display the active one.

Screenshot showing MPD widget with track playing with popout open

Configuration

Type: music

Type Default Description
player_type 'mpris' or 'mpd' mpris Whether to connect to MPRIS players or an MPD server.
format string {title} / {artist} Format string for the widget. More info below.
truncate 'start' or 'middle' or 'end' or off or Map off The location of the ellipses and where to truncate text from. Leave null to avoid truncating. Use the long-hand Map version if specifying a length.
truncate.mode 'start' or 'middle' or 'end' or off off The location of the ellipses and where to truncate text from. Leave null to avoid truncating.
truncate.length integer null The fixed width (in chars) of the widget. Leave blank to let GTK automatically handle.
truncate.max_length integer null The maximum number of characters before truncating. Leave blank to let GTK automatically handle.
icons.play string or image Icon to show when playing.
icons.pause string or image Icon to show when paused.
icons.prev string or image 󰒮 Icon to show on previous button.
icons.next string or image 󰒭 Icon to show on next button.
icons.volume string or image 󰕾 Icon to show under popup volume slider.
icons.track string or image 󰎈 Icon to show next to track title.
icons.album string or image 󰀥 Icon to show next to album name.
icons.artist string or image 󰠃 Icon to show next to artist name.
show_status_icon boolean true Whether to show the play/pause icon on the widget.
icon_size integer 32 Size to render icon at (image icons only).
cover_image_size integer 128 Size to render album art image at inside popup.
host string localhost:6600 [MPD Only] TCP or Unix socket for the MPD server.
music_dir string $HOME/Music [MPD Only] Path to MPD server's music directory on disc. Required for album art.
JSON
{
  "start": [
    {
      "type": "music",
      "player_type": "mpd",
      "format": "{title} / {artist}",
      "truncate": "end",
      "icons": {
        "play": "",
        "pause": ""
      },
      "music_dir": "/home/jake/Music"
    }
  ]
}
TOML
[[start]]
type = "music"
player_type = "mpd"
format = "{title} / {artist}"
music_dir = "/home/jake/Music"
truncate = "end"

[start.icons]
play = ""
pause = ""
YAML
start:
  - type: "music"
    player_type: "mpd"
    format: "{title} / {artist}"
    truncate: "end"
    icons:
      play: ""
      pause: ""
    music_dir: "/home/jake/Music"
Corn
{
  start = [
    {
      type = "music"
      player_type = "mpd"
      format = "{title} / {artist}"
      truncate = "end"
      icons.play = ""
      icons.pause = ""
      music_dir = "/home/jake/Music"
    }
  ]
}

Formatting Tokens

The following tokens can be used in the format config option, and will be replaced with values from the currently playing track:

Token Description
{title} Title
{album} Album name
{artist} Artist name
{date} Release date
{track} Track number
{disc} Disc number
{genre} Genre

Styling

Selector Description
.music Tray widget button
.music .contents Tray widget button contents box
.music .contents .icon Tray widget button icon (any type)
.music .contents .text-icon Tray widget button icon (textual only)
.music .contents .image Tray widget button icon (image only)
.popup-music Popup box
.popup-music .album-art Album art image inside popup box
.popup-music .title Track title container inside popup box
.popup-music .title .icon-box Track title icon container inside popup box
.popup-music .title .icon-box .icon Track title icon inside its container (any type)
.popup-music .title .icon-box .text-icon Track title icon inside its container (textual only)
.popup-music .title .icon-box .image Track title icon inside its container (image only)
.popup-music .title .label Track title label inside popup box
.popup-music .album Track album container inside popup box
.popup-music .album .icon-box Track album icon container inside popup box
.popup-music .album .icon-box .icon Track album icon inside its container (any type)
.popup-music .album .icon-box .text-icon Track album icon inside its container (textual only)
.popup-music .album .icon-box .image Track album icon inside its container (image only)
.popup-music .album .label Track album label inside popup box
.popup-music .artist Track artist container inside popup box
.popup-music .artist .icon-box Track artist icon container inside popup box
.popup-music .artist .icon-box .icon Track artist icon inside its container (any type)
.popup-music .artist .icon-box .text-icon Track artist icon inside its container (textual only)
.popup-music .artist .icon-box .image Track artist icon inside its container (image only)
.popup-music .artist .label Track artist label inside popup box
.popup-music .controls Controls container inside popup box
.popup-music .controls .btn-prev Previous button inside popup box
.popup-music .controls .btn-play Play button inside popup box
.popup-music .controls .btn-pause Pause button inside popup box
.popup-music .controls .btn-next Next button inside popup box
.popup-music .volume Volume container inside popup box
.popup-music .volume .slider Slider inside volume container
.popup-music .volume .icon Icon inside volume container
.popup-music .progress Progress (seek) bar container
.popup-music .progress .slider Slider inside progress container
.popup-music .progress .label Duration label inside progress container

For more information on styling, please see the styling guide.

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