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Sun, 19 Oct 2014 01:16:32 +0000

How do I set up a 1px border around i3bar? Thanks

Answer by ANOKNUSA for
How do I set up a 1px border around i3bar?

Thanks

Sun, 19 Oct 2014 05:17:54 +0000

Short answer: This is not possible without hacking the source code. Long answer: If you're looking to add a colored border around i3bar, you'd have to add new code to the existing code base. I haven't bothered looking into this myself. However, if what you're looking for is to add a 1px border *of the same color as the bar*, to serve as padding around the status line and workspace list, this is already done by i3bar. The height is set according to (font size) + 6 logical pixels. In `/i3bar/src/xcb.c`: 1115 void init_xcb_late(char *fontname) { 1116 if (fontname == NULL) 1117 fontname = "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1"; 1118 1119 /* Load the font */ 1120 font = load_font(fontname, true); 1121 set_font(&font); 1122 DLOG("Calculated Font-height: %d\n", font.height); --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1123 bar_height = font.height + logical_px(6); <----THIS SETS THE BAR SIZE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1124 1125 xcb_flush(xcb_connection); 1126 1127 if (config.hide_on_modifier == M_HIDE) 1128 register_xkb_keyevents(); 1129 } If you're willing to build i3 (or at least i3bar) from source, you can play around with that setting to tweak it to your liking.

Comment by jr88er for

Short answer: This is not possible without hacking the source code.

Long answer: If you're looking to add a colored border around i3bar, you'd have to add new code to the existing code base. I haven't bothered looking into this myself. However, if what you're looking for is to add a 1px border of the same color as the bar, to serve as padding around the status line and workspace list, this is already done by i3bar. The height is set according to (font size) + 6 logical pixels. In <i3 source root>/i3bar/src/xcb.c:

1115 void init_xcb_late(char *fontname) {
1116     if (fontname == NULL)
1117         fontname = "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1";
1118
1119     /* Load the font */
1120     font = load_font(fontname, true);
1121     set_font(&font);
1122     DLOG("Calculated Font-height: %d\n", font.height);
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1123     bar_height = font.height + logical_px(6); <----THIS SETS THE BAR SIZE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1124
1125     xcb_flush(xcb_connection);
1126
1127     if (config.hide_on_modifier == M_HIDE)
1128         register_xkb_keyevents();
1129 }

If you're willing to build i3 (or at least i3bar) from source, you can play around with that setting to tweak it to your liking.

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:23:04 +0000

Thank you for the answers, very helpful of you.

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Answer by ANOKNUSA for How do I set up a 1px border around i3bar? Thanks

Answer by ANOKNUSA for
How do I set up a 1px border around i3bar?

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