Quickshell Bar Configuration

A minimal, i3status-inspired Wayland bar built with Quickshell. Features a clean aesthetic with status-based color coding and smooth animations.

Features

• Workspace indicator with compositor auto-detection (Hyprland, Niri)
• Window title display
• System tray built in
• Drive monitoring with configurable mount points
• Network stats with online/offline indicator (colors)
• System monitors for RAM and CPU usage
• Volume control with PipeWire integration and media controls
• Clock with calendar popup
• Power menu with lock, logout, suspend, reboot, and shutdown (configurable commands)
• Notifications with smooth animations, swipe-to-dismiss, and urgency levels
• Volume OSD overlay

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Screenshots

Workspaces & Window Title

The workspace indicator auto-detects your compositor (Hyprland or Niri) and displays active workspaces. The window title shows the currently focused window.

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System Tray

Full system tray support with right click actions!

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Drives Widget

Monitor multiple mount points with color-coded usage indicators.

State	Screenshot
Normal
Hover (shows used/total)
Popup (detailed view)

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Network Widget

Shows network interface status with upload/download speeds on hover.

Network (online)

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RAM & CPU Widgets

Real-time system resource monitoring with color-coded thresholds.

• Green: Normal usage
• Yellow: Moderate usage (>33%)
• Red: High usage (>85%)

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Volume Widget

PipeWire-integrated volume control with media player controls.

State	Screenshot
Muted
Low
Medium
High
Hover
Popup

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Clock Widget

Time display with date on hover and full calendar popup.

State	Screenshot
Normal
Hover (shows date)
Popup (calendar)

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Power Menu

Quick access to system power options.

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Notifications

Smooth animated notifications with urgency levels and swipe-to-dismiss.

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Configuration

All configuration is centralized in GlobalConfig.qml. Edit this file to customize the bar.

Colors

// i3status-inspired color scheme
backgroundColor: "#000000"    // Bar background
foregroundColor: "#ffffff"    // Primary text
dimmedColor: "#888888"        // Secondary/muted text
activeColor: "#4c7899"        // Active/accent color
urgentColor: "#ff0000"        // Urgent indicators
borderColor: "#444444"        // Borders and separators
goodColor: "#00ff00"          // Good status (green)
degradedColor: "#ffff00"      // Warning status (yellow)
badColor: "#ff0000"           // Critical status (red)

Bar Settings

barHeight: 24                 // Bar height in pixels
barPlacement: "bottom"        // "top" or "bottom"
widgetPadding: 4              // Padding around widgets
separator: "|"                // Separator character

Typography

fontFamily: "Ioskeley Mono"   // Main font
iconFont: "CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font"  // Icon font (Nerd Font)
fontSize: 14                  // Base font size
fontSizeLarge: 14             // Large text size
fontWeight: Font.Normal       // Font weight

System Tray

trayIconSize: 20              // Tray icon size
trayIconSpacing: 4            // Spacing between icons

Update Intervals

clockInterval: 1000           // Clock update (ms)
systemStatsInterval: 2000     // CPU/RAM update (ms)
networkInterval: 1000         // Network stats update (ms)
internetCheckInterval: 30000  // Internet connectivity check (ms)

Animation

animationDuration: 120        // General animations (ms)
popupAnimationDuration: 130   // Popup animations (ms)

Power Menu Commands

poweroffCommand: "systemctl poweroff"
rebootCommand: "systemctl reboot"
lockCommand: "loginctl lock-session"
logoutCommand: "loginctl terminate-session $XDG_SESSION_ID"
suspendCommand: "systemctl suspend"

Network

networkInterface: ""          // Auto-detect if empty, or specify e.g. "enp5s0"

Notifications

notificationsEnabled: true
notificationPosition: "top_right"  // top_left, top_right, bottom_left, bottom_right
notificationWidth: 350
notificationMaxVisible: 5
notificationTimeout: 5000     // Auto-dismiss delay (ms), 0 = never
notificationSpacing: 8
notificationMargin: 10

// Urgency colors
notificationLowColor: dimmedColor
notificationNormalColor: goodColor
notificationCriticalColor: badColor

Volume OSD

osdEnabled: true
osdPosition: "center"         // top, bottom, center
osdWidth: 300
osdHeight: 40
osdTimeout: 1500              // Display duration (ms)
osdMargin: 50

Drive Widget

// Mount points to monitor (max 5)
driveMountPoints: [
    { name: "root", mountpoint: "/" },
    { name: "storage", mountpoint: "/mnt/storage" },
    { name: "VMs", mountpoint: "/mnt/VMs" }
]

// Color thresholds (percentage used)
driveGoodThreshold: 50        // 0-50% = green
driveDegradedThreshold: 80    // 51-80% = yellow, >80% = red
driveUpdateInterval: 30000    // Update interval (ms)

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Dependencies

• Quickshell
• A Nerd Font (for icons)
• PipeWire (for volume control)
• Compositor: Hyprland or Niri

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Installation

1. Clone/copy to ~/.config/quickshell/
2. Edit GlobalConfig.qml to customize
3. Run quickshell or add to compositor autostart

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License

MIT