Limited number of modules

[ChouangTseu]

Hello unix121, first of all, thank you for your work; I like what you did. I successfully installed everything on my machine, and it seems to be working well in general. However, I would like to have more than 4 modules with polybar. Currently it shows: the wifi; the workspace numbers; the time/date; the power button. I would like to add cpu & memory usage, battery status, xkeyboard, and volume. Modifying the polybar config file, I tried to add a few modules, but they do not appear on the bar on restart. I guess it has something to do with the parameters in the section [bar/i3wmthemer_bar]? Or do I have to change some other config file in the /i3wm-themer folder? Here is my polybar config file:

[bar/i3wmthemer_bar]
width = 100%
height = 27
radius = 0
fixed-center = false

background = #1d1f21
foreground = #c5c8c6

line-size = 3
line-color =

border-size = 0
border-color =

padding-left = 0
padding-right = 2

module-margin-left = 1
module-margin-right = 2

font-0 = "Source Code Pro Semibold:pixelsize=10;1"
font-1 = "Font Awesome 5 Free:style=Solid:pixelsize=10;1"
font-2 = "Font Awesome 5 Brands:pixelsize=10;1"

modules-left = wlan eth
modules-center = i3
modules-right = date powermenu

tray-position =
;tray-padding =

cursor-click = pointer
cursor-scroll = ns-resize

[module/i3]
type = internal/i3
format = <label-state> <label-mode>
index-sort = true
wrapping-scroll = false

label-mode-padding = 2
label-mode-foreground = #282a2e
label-mode-background = #1d1f21

label-focused = %index%
label-focused-background = #5f819d
label-focused-foreground = #1d1f21
label-focused-padding = 2

label-unfocused = %index%
label-unfocused-background = #81a2be
label-unfocused-foreground = #1d1f21
label-unfocused-padding = 2

label-visible = %index%
label-visible-background = #81a2be
label-visible-foreground = #1d1f21
label-visible-padding = 2

label-urgent = %index%
label-urgent-background = #BA2922
label-urgent-padding = 2

[module/wlan]
type = internal/network
interface = wlp3s0
interval = 3.0

format-connected = <ramp-signal> <label-connected>
format-connected-foreground = #1d1f21
format-connected-background = #81a2be
format-connected-padding = 2
label-connected = %essid%

format-disconnected =

ramp-signal-0 = 
ramp-signal-1 = 
ramp-signal-2 = 
ramp-signal-3 = 
ramp-signal-4 = 
ramp-signal-foreground = #1d1f21

; Test connectivity every Nth update
; A value of 0 disables the feature
; NOTE: Experimental (needs more testing)
; Default: 0
;ping-interval = 3

; @deprecated: Define min width using token specifiers (%downspeed:min% and %upspeed:min%)
; Minimum output width of upload/download rate
; Default: 3
udspeed-minwidth = 5

; Accumulate values from all interfaces
; when querying for up/downspeed rate
; Default: false
accumulate-stats = true

; Consider an `UNKNOWN` interface state as up.
; Some devices have an unknown state, even when they're running
; Default: false
unknown-as-up = true

[module/eth]
type = internal/network
interface = enp2s0f1
interval = 3.0

format-connected-padding = 2
format-connected-foreground = #1d1f21
format-connected-background = #81a2be
format-connected-prefix = " "
format-connected-prefix-foreground = #1d1f21
label-connected = %local_ip%

format-disconnected =

[module/date]
type = internal/date
interval = 5

date =
date-alt = " %Y-%m-%d"

time = %H:%M
time-alt = %H:%M:%S

format-prefix = 
format-foreground = #1d1f21
format-background = #81a2be
format-padding = 2

label = %date% %time%

[module/powermenu]
type = custom/menu

expand-right = true

format-spacing = 1

label-open = 
label-open-foreground = #81a2be
label-close =  cancel
label-close-foreground = #81a2be
label-separator = |
label-separator-foreground = #81a2be

menu-0-0 = reboot
menu-0-0-exec = menu-open-1
menu-0-1 = power off
menu-0-1-exec = menu-open-2

menu-1-0 = cancel
menu-1-0-exec = menu-open-0
menu-1-1 = reboot
menu-1-1-exec = sudo reboot

menu-2-0 = power off
menu-2-0-exec = sudo poweroff
menu-2-1 = cancel
menu-2-1-exec = menu-open-0

[settings]
screenchange-reload = true

[global/wm]
margin-top = 0
margin-bottom = 0

[module/battery]
type = internal/battery

; This is useful in case the battery never reports 100% charge
full-at = 99

; Use the following command to list batteries and adapters:
; $ ls -1 /sys/class/power_supply/
battery = BAT1
adapter = ACAD

; If an inotify event haven't been reported in this many
; seconds, manually poll for new values.
;
; Needed as a fallback for systems that don't report events
; on sysfs/procfs.
;
; Disable polling by setting the interval to 0.
;
; Default: 5
poll-interval = 5

; see "man date" for details on how to format the time string
; NOTE: if you want to use syntax tags here you need to use %%{...}
; Default: %H:%M:%S
;time-format = %H:%M

; Available tags:
;   <label-charging> (default)
;   <bar-capacity>
;   <ramp-capacity>
;   <animation-charging>
format-charging = <animation-charging> <label-charging>

; Available tags:
;   <label-discharging> (default)
;   <bar-capacity>
;   <ramp-capacity>
;   <animation-discharging>
format-discharging = <ramp-capacity> <label-discharging>

; Available tags:
;   <label-full> (default)
;   <bar-capacity>
;   <ramp-capacity>
;format-full = <ramp-capacity> <label-full>

; Available tokens:
;   %percentage% (default)
;   %time%
;   %consumption% (shows current charge rate in watts)
label-charging = Charging %percentage%%

; Available tokens:
;   %percentage% (default)
;   %time%
;   %consumption% (shows current discharge rate in watts)
label-discharging = Discharging %percentage%%

; Available tokens:
;   %percentage% (default)
label-full = Fully charged

; Only applies if <ramp-capacity> is used
ramp-capacity-0 = 
ramp-capacity-1 = 
ramp-capacity-2 = 
ramp-capacity-3 = 
ramp-capacity-4 = 

; Only applies if <bar-capacity> is used
bar-capacity-width = 10

; Only applies if <animation-charging> is used
animation-charging-0 = 
animation-charging-1 = 
animation-charging-2 = 
animation-charging-3 = 
animation-charging-4 = 
; Framerate in milliseconds
animation-charging-framerate = 750

; Only applies if <animation-discharging> is used
animation-discharging-0 = 
animation-discharging-1 = 
animation-discharging-2 = 
animation-discharging-3 = 
animation-discharging-4 = 
; Framerate in milliseconds
animation-discharging-framerate = 500

[module/cpu]
type = internal/cpu

; Seconds to sleep between updates
; Default: 1
interval = 0.5

; Available tags:
;   <label> (default)
;   <bar-load>
;   <ramp-load>
;   <ramp-coreload>
format = <label> <ramp-coreload>

; Available tokens:
;   %percentage% (default) - total cpu load
;   %percentage-cores% - load percentage for each core
;   %percentage-core[1-9]% - load percentage for specific core
label = CPU %percentage%%

ramp-coreload-0 = ▁
ramp-coreload-1 = ▂
ramp-coreload-2 = ▃
ramp-coreload-3 = ▄
ramp-coreload-4 = ▅
ramp-coreload-5 = ▆
ramp-coreload-6 = ▇
ramp-coreload-7 = █

My system: Kernel: 4.9.98-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.3.1 Desktop: i3 4.15.0.1 Distro: Manjaro Linux 17.1.10 Hakoila Machine: Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A515-51G

I would appreciate if you could help me out.

[stav121]

Hello sir, All you have to do is change those lines:

modules-left = wlan eth
modules-center = i3
modules-right = date powermenu

to:

modules-left = wlan eth
modules-center = i3
modules-right = battery cpu date powermenu

Reading the documentation of 'Polybar' would help you.

[ChouangTseu]

Thank you. Adding modules to the lines you mentioned does the trick... as long as I don't switch the theme. Whenever I switch, the added modules disappear from the config files, meaning that the lines revert back to the default:

modules-left = wlan eth
modules-center = i3
modules-right = date powermenu

How could I keep the polybar config file intact when changing a theme?

I don't know if it's of any importance for the question, but since I installed the themer, most of the Fn keys do not respond anymore; also the alternative keyboard layouts I had configured seem to be inaccessible via my usual Alt+Shift shortcut.

[stav121]

Hello again sir.

I've thought of a way to fix this issue by adding tags to the lines that must be changed through the there. It needs a bit of work but I might be able to pull it out some time soon.

About the Fn thing, most of those keys are configured inside your ~/.i3/config file, so if you have saved a backup of your original config file, just go in there and copy-paste them into your new ones.

There are a few resources you could read: https://faq.i3wm.org/question/125/how-to-change-the-systems-volume.1.html