i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:50:19 +0000Manually set colors for i3status configurationshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3155/manually-set-colors-for-i3status-configurations/Is it possible to have individual colors for i3status? Like for example, when I am not using ethernet, it shows `E:down` in red. I don't want to that and I want it to be in white. I know I can set the color of `color_good` or `color_bad` for all configurations, but can I do it individually? Another use case is that I want to color the `tztime local` configuration but it is by default white in color and I want to fix that.Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:19:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3155/manually-set-colors-for-i3status-configurations/Answer by cdlscpmv for <p>Is it possible to have individual colors for i3status? Like for example, when I am not using ethernet, it shows <code>E:down</code> in red. I don't want to that and I want it to be in white.</p> <p>I know I can set the color of <code>color_good</code> or <code>color_bad</code> for all configurations, but can I do it individually? </p> <p>Another use case is that I want to color the <code>tztime local</code> configuration but it is by default white in color and I want to fix that.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3155/manually-set-colors-for-i3status-configurations/?answer=3156#post-id-3156You can easily set colors per module like this: ethernet eth0 { format_up = "E: %ip (%speed)" format_down = "E: down" color_bad = "#bbbbbb" } But it doesn't seem to work with tztime/time. And it shouldn't. There are no good or bad states for the time.Fri, 03 Jan 2014 05:01:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3155/manually-set-colors-for-i3status-configurations/?answer=3156#post-id-3156Comment by mneywn for <p>You can easily set colors per module like this:</p> <pre><code>ethernet eth0 { format_up = "E: %ip (%speed)" format_down = "E: down" color_bad = "#bbbbbb" } </code></pre> <p>But it doesn't seem to work with tztime/time. And it shouldn't. There are no good or bad states for the time.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3155/manually-set-colors-for-i3status-configurations/?comment=3157#comment-3157thanks, this worked. Though I don't care about good or bad states for time, the reason I wanted to use colors is so that when I look at the statusbar, I can see the time easily :)Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:50:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3155/manually-set-colors-for-i3status-configurations/?comment=3157#comment-3157