Newline for clock

[Melechtna]

I prefer the time above the date, so if we could put something like \n in the feild to do this, that would be much appreciated.

[mrsteve0924]

try this in your wf-shell.ini file

clock_format = %H:%M%n%e %a

[Melechtna]

try this in your wf-shell.ini file

clock_format = %H:%M%n%e %a

This works, however, is there a way to better center everything?
The time isn't centered on the date.

[soreau]

Are you able to use spaces in the format or do they get stripped?

[Melechtna]

Are you able to use spaces in the format or do they get stripped?

As far as I can tell they get stripped

[soreau]

Well you might have better results with the command-output widget, if you don't need to click on it for the calendar.

[Melechtna]

Well you might have better results with the command-output widget, if you don't need to click on it for the calendar.

Gonna be honest, I have no idea what I'm looking at with that, or its implications

[soreau]

I tested here, and it seems this works clock_format = %l:%M:%S %p%n %a %b %d.

[Melechtna]

I tested here, and it seems this works clock_format = %l:%M:%S %p%n %a %b %d.

You're correct, however

[soreau]

Try this for command-output:

[panel]
command_output_datetime = date +'  %H:%M:%S%n %b/%m/%d'
command_output_period_datetime = 1
command_output_icon_datetime =
widgets_right = tray command-output

[Melechtna]

command_output_datetime = date +' %H:%M:%S%n %b/%m/%d'
command_output_period_datetime = 1
command_output_icon_datetime =
widgets_right = tray command-output

That kind of worked, but opening the wcm instantly nukes that

[Melechtna]

Fixed it by making sure WCM was closed before opening it agian, and it's correct looking now, but, the fonts super tiny

[soreau]

Check the wiki regarding style.

[soreau]

For example, you can write this in ~/.config/wf-shell/css/command-output.css:

.wf-panel .command-output {
  font-size: 20px;
}

[Melechtna]

Check the wiki regarding style.

I'm pretty sure I understand what to do there, but, after opening wcm to set a css directory, it ate the command_output again from wf-shell.ini

[soreau]

In general, you have to close wcm while saving the config file in an editor. The file isn't reloaded by wcm when it is modified externally.

[Melechtna]

In general, you have to close wcm while saving the config file in an editor. The file isn't reloaded by wcm when it is modified externally.

Either I don't understand what you mean, or you're not understanding what I mean. I opened wcm to set a css directory, closed wcm, pulled up the panel, saw the clock was missing, opened wf-shell.ini in my text editor, and the command was eaten again.

[soreau]

Either I don't understand what you mean, or you're not understanding what I mean. I opened wcm to set a css directory, closed wcm, pulled up the panel, saw the clock was missing, opened wf-shell.ini in my text editor, and the command was eaten again.

Hm, maybe @NamorNiradnug has an idea about that, but that's a wcm/wf-config issue and not a wf-shell issue.

But if you write a file in ~/.config/wf-shell/css/*.css such as ~/.config/wf-shell/css/command-output.css, you can drop your css in there without needing to set css_path.

[Melechtna]

command_output_datetime = date +' %H:%M:%S%n %b/%m/%d'
command_output_period_datetime = 1
command_output_icon_datetime =

On another note, perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but why couldn't we just

.wf-panel .clock {
  text-align: center;  
}

[soreau]

If that works, I don't see a reason why not. 👍

[Melechtna]

If that works, I don't see a reason why not. 👍

It doesn't, and I don't know why. I have it saved in ~/.config/wf-shell/css/clock.css. Even from reading the docs I'm not entirely sure how much normal css translates to this.

[Melechtna]

I tried something silly, and set the clocks font-size to 40, just to see if anything actually changes, and nothing happens. There is clearly something I am doing wrong.

[soreau]

You can try this patch, because it seems there is no way to center widget text with css.

[NamorNiradnug]

You can try this patch, because it seems there is no way to center widget text with css.

The patch is already unavailable, but label.set_justify(Gtk::JUSTIFY_CENTER) does exactly what's desired. I'll open a PR.

[NamorNiradnug]

Either I don't understand what you mean, or you're not understanding what I mean. I opened wcm to set a css directory, closed wcm, pulled up the panel, saw the clock was missing, opened wf-shell.ini in my text editor, and the command was eaten again.

Hm, maybe @NamorNiradnug has an idea about that, but that's a wcm/wf-config issue and not a wf-shell issue.

But if you write a file in ~/.config/wf-shell/css/*.css such as ~/.config/wf-shell/css/command-output.css, you can drop your css in there without needing to set css_path.

This is definitely a problem with wf-config, I'll look into this.