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commit 213270aef5cb2e7f96cb38f62472ef275f5ecb93
parent 11648d9f4accfff82d22aa060e0aa8ba77327593
Author: ryukamish <[email protected]>
Date:   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:32:54 +0530

add: custom window title module for waybar

Diffstat:
M
.config/waybar/config.jsonc
 | 
15
+++++++++++----
M
.config/waybar/style.css
 | 
2
+-
A
.local/bin/waybar-window
 | 
0

3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.config/waybar/config.jsonc b/.config/waybar/config.jsonc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	"position": "top",
 	"modules-left": [
     "clock",
-		"sway/window"
+		"custom/window"
 	],
 	"modules-center": [
 		"sway/workspaces"
@@ -21,9 +21,16 @@
 		"all-outputs": true,
 		"format": "{name}"
 	},
-	"sway/window": {
-	"format": "<span color='#aaaaaa'>{app_id} {title}</span>",
-	"max-length": 40
+	"custom/window": {
+		"exec": "~/.local/bin/waybar-window",
+		"exec-if": "~/.local/bin/waybar-window",
+		"format": "<span color='#aaaaaa'>{}</span>",
+		"return-type": "json",
+		"max-length": 60,
+		"tooltip": false,
+		// titles where special characters are present weren't being shown
+		// this solves that
+		"escape": true
 	},
 	"clock": {
 		"format": "{:%a, %b %d/%m/%y %H:%M}",
diff --git a/.config/waybar/style.css b/.config/waybar/style.css
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ window#waybar {
 
 #clock,
 #battery,
-#window,
+#custom-window,
 #backlight,
 /* Custom modules */
 #custom-vpn,
diff --git a/.local/bin/waybar-window b/.local/bin/waybar-window
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