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The battery module displays the current capacity and state (eg. charging) of your battery.

Config

Addressed by battery

option typeof default description
bat string The battery to monitor, as in /sys/class/power_supply/ instead of auto detect.
adapter string The adapter to monitor, as in /sys/class/power_supply/ instead of auto detect.
interval integer 60 The interval in which the information gets polled.
states array A number of battery states which get activated on certain capacity levels.
See States
format string {capacity}% The format, how the time should be displayed.
format-icons array/object Based on the current capacity, the corresponding icon gets selected.
The order is low to high.
Or by the state if it is an object.
max-length integer The maximum length in character the module should display.
rotate integer Positive value to rotate the text label.
on-click string Command to execute when clicked on the module.
on-click-right string Command to execute when you right clicked on the module.
on-scroll-up string Command to execute when scrolling up on the module.
on-scroll-down string Command to execute when scrolling down on the module.
tooltip bool true Option to disable tooltip on hover.

Format replacements:

string replacement
{capacity} Capacity in percentage
{icon} Icon, as defined in format-icons.
{time} Estimate of time until full or empty. Note that this is based on the power draw at the last refresh time, not an average.

Custom Formats:

The battery module allows to define custom formats based on up to two factors. The best fitting format will be selected.

format description
format-<state> With states, a custom format can be set depending on the capacity of your battery.
format-<status> With the status, a custom format can be set depending on the status in /sys/class/power_supply/<bat>/status (in lowercase).
format-<status>-<state> You can also set a custom format depending on both vaules.

States:

  • Every entry (state) consits of a <name> (typeof: string) and a <value> (typeof: integer).
    • The state can be adressed as a CSS class in the style.css. The name of the CSS class is the <name> of the state. Each class gets activated when the current capacity is equal or below the configured <value>.
    • Also each state can have its own format. Those con be configured via format-<name>. Or if you want to differntiate a bit more even as format-<status>-<state>. For more information see custom formats.

Example:

"battery": {
    "bat": "BAT2",
    "interval": 60,
    "states": {
        "warning": 30,
        "critical": 15
    },
    "format": "{capacity}% {icon}",
    "format-icons": ["", "", "", "", ""],
    "max-length": 25
}

Style

  • #battery
  • #battery.<status>
    • <status> is the value of /sys/class/power_supply/<bat>/status in lowercase.
  • #battery.<state>
    • <state> can be defined in the config. For more information see states
  • #battery.<status>.<state>
    • Combination of both <status> and <state>.
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