Shows and controls alsa volume with a progressbar. Dependencies: - alsa-utils (of course) Plus tooltips, notifications, and color changes at mute/unmute switch. myvolumebar = lain.widgets.alsabar() * Left click: Launch `alsamixer` in your `terminal`. * Right click: Mute/unmute. * Scroll wheel: Increase/decrase volume. The function takes a table as optional argument, which can contain: Variable | Meaning | Type | Default --- | --- | --- | --- `width` | Bar width | int | 63 `height` | Bar height | int | 1 `ticks` | Set bar ticks on | boolean | true `ticks_size` | Ticks size | int | 7 `vertical` | Set the bar vertical | boolean | false `channel` | Mixer channel | string | "Master" `step` | Step at which volume is increased/decreased | string | "5%" `colors` | Bar colors | table | see **colors** `notifications` | Notifications settings | table | see **notifications** ### colors Variable | Meaning | Type | Default --- | --- | --- | --- `background` | Bar backgrund color | string | `beautiful.bg_normal` `mute` | Bar mute color | string | "#EB8F8F" `unmute` | Bar unmute color | string | "#A4CE8A" ### notifications Variable | Meaning | Type | Default --- | --- | --- | --- `font` | Notifications font | string | The one defined in `beautiful.font` `font_size` | Notifications font size | string | "11" `bar_size` | Wibox height | int | 18 It's **crucial** to set `notifications.bar_size` to your `mywibox[s]` height, **if** you have set it different than default (18). `lain.widgets.alsabar` outputs the following table: Variable | Type --- | --- `widget` | `awful.widget.progressbar` `channel` | string `step` | string `notify` | function Finally, you can control the widget with the following key bindings: -- Volume control awful.key({ altkey }, "Up", function () awful.util.spawn("amixer sset " .. volume.channel .. " " .. volume.step .. "+") volume.notify() end), awful.key({ altkey }, "Down", function () awful.util.spawn("amixer sset " .. volume.channel .. " " .. volume.step .. "-") volume.notify() end), awful.key({ altkey }, "m", function () awful.util.spawn("amixer set Master playback toggle") volume.notify() end), awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "m", function () awful.util.spawn("amixer set Master playback 100%", false ) volume.notify() end), where `altkey = "Mod1"`.