Default Configuration

Added in version 3.6.0.

Polybar's default configuration lives in /etc/polybar/config.ini and is loaded if no other configuration file can be found.

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 12;   To learn more about how to configure Polybar
 13;   go to https://github.com/polybar/polybar
 14;
 15;   The README contains a lot of information
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 18
 19[colors]
 20background = #282A2E
 21background-alt = #373B41
 22foreground = #C5C8C6
 23primary = #F0C674
 24secondary = #8ABEB7
 25alert = #A54242
 26disabled = #707880
 27
 28[bar/example]
 29width = 100%
 30height = 24pt
 31radius = 6
 32
 33; dpi = 96
 34
 35background = ${colors.background}
 36foreground = ${colors.foreground}
 37
 38line-size = 3pt
 39
 40border-size = 4pt
 41border-color = #00000000
 42
 43padding-left = 0
 44padding-right = 1
 45
 46module-margin = 1
 47
 48separator = |
 49separator-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
 50
 51font-0 = monospace;2
 52
 53modules-left = xworkspaces xwindow
 54modules-right = filesystem pulseaudio xkeyboard memory cpu wlan eth date
 55
 56cursor-click = pointer
 57cursor-scroll = ns-resize
 58
 59enable-ipc = true
 60
 61; wm-restack = generic
 62; wm-restack = bspwm
 63; wm-restack = i3
 64
 65; override-redirect = true
 66
 67; This module is not active by default (to enable it, add it to one of the
 68; modules-* list above).
 69; Please note that only a single tray can exist at any time. If you launch
 70; multiple bars with this module, only a single one will show it, the others
 71; will produce a warning. Which bar gets the module is timing dependent and can
 72; be quite random.
 73; For more information, see the documentation page for this module:
 74; https://polybar.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/modules/tray.html
 75[module/systray]
 76type = internal/tray
 77
 78format-margin = 8pt
 79tray-spacing = 16pt
 80
 81[module/xworkspaces]
 82type = internal/xworkspaces
 83
 84label-active = %name%
 85label-active-background = ${colors.background-alt}
 86label-active-underline= ${colors.primary}
 87label-active-padding = 1
 88
 89label-occupied = %name%
 90label-occupied-padding = 1
 91
 92label-urgent = %name%
 93label-urgent-background = ${colors.alert}
 94label-urgent-padding = 1
 95
 96label-empty = %name%
 97label-empty-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
 98label-empty-padding = 1
 99
100[module/xwindow]
101type = internal/xwindow
102label = %title:0:60:...%
103
104[module/filesystem]
105type = internal/fs
106interval = 25
107
108mount-0 = /
109
110label-mounted = %{F#F0C674}%mountpoint%%{F-} %percentage_used%%
111
112label-unmounted = %mountpoint% not mounted
113label-unmounted-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
114
115[module/pulseaudio]
116type = internal/pulseaudio
117
118format-volume-prefix = "VOL "
119format-volume-prefix-foreground = ${colors.primary}
120format-volume = <label-volume>
121
122label-volume = %percentage%%
123
124label-muted = muted
125label-muted-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
126
127[module/xkeyboard]
128type = internal/xkeyboard
129blacklist-0 = num lock
130
131label-layout = %layout%
132label-layout-foreground = ${colors.primary}
133
134label-indicator-padding = 2
135label-indicator-margin = 1
136label-indicator-foreground = ${colors.background}
137label-indicator-background = ${colors.secondary}
138
139[module/memory]
140type = internal/memory
141interval = 2
142format-prefix = "RAM "
143format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.primary}
144label = %percentage_used:2%%
145
146[module/cpu]
147type = internal/cpu
148interval = 2
149format-prefix = "CPU "
150format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.primary}
151label = %percentage:2%%
152
153[network-base]
154type = internal/network
155interval = 5
156format-connected = <label-connected>
157format-disconnected = <label-disconnected>
158label-disconnected = %{F#F0C674}%ifname%%{F#707880} disconnected
159
160[module/wlan]
161inherit = network-base
162interface-type = wireless
163label-connected = %{F#F0C674}%ifname%%{F-} %essid% %local_ip%
164
165[module/eth]
166inherit = network-base
167interface-type = wired
168label-connected = %{F#F0C674}%ifname%%{F-} %local_ip%
169
170[module/date]
171type = internal/date
172interval = 1
173
174date = %H:%M
175date-alt = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
176
177label = %date%
178label-foreground = ${colors.primary}
179
180[settings]
181screenchange-reload = true
182pseudo-transparency = true
183
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