wldash

A dashboard/launcher/control-panel thing for Wayland. Requires wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.

Consider this alpha-quality: While it works, everything is subject to change with a moments notice. You may end up pulling in the latest changes, and poof, wldash suddenly turns into an artisan espresso machine.

How to use

Checkout: git clone https://github.com/kennylevinsen/wldash
Build: cargo build --release
Put somewhere: cp target/release/wldash /usr/local/bin/wldash
Run: wldash

To display wldash on all outputs, set WLDASH_ALL_OUTPUTS=1.

How to use launcher

The launcher for wldash is built-in, based on https://github.com/kennylevinsen/dot-desktop. Pluggable systems may come back in the future.

Configuration currently happen through environment variables:

WLDASH_APP_OPENER: The command used to open normal applications. For sway, the recommended value is "swaymsg exec".
WLDASH_TERM_OPENER: The command used to open terminal applications.
WLDASH_URL_OPENER: The command used to open a URL.

Features

Date and time

In nice, big letters!

3 month calendar

Scroll or click on the months to navigate.

Battery level

Over upower, only visible if upower battery is detected

Audio volume

Over pulseaudio, only visible if pulseaudio connection is successful. Scroll to adjust volume, right-click to toggle mute.

Backlight control

Using backlight sys file, only visible of backlight is detected. Scroll to adjust, right-click to toggle between the extreme values.

Launcher

Loads desktop files from the usual locations.

The launcher also accepts prefix operators to change its mode:

!: Arbitrary command
=: Calculator based on rcalc_lib. See https://docs.rs/rcalc_lib/0.9.3/rcalc_lib/

Notable missing features:

Scaling of any kind - all sizes are currently hardcoded in pixels
Configurability
Cleanup and reorganization
Proper line editor for the launcher

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