How to show polybar in all monitors? #2177

66RING · 2020-09-05T07:55:28Z

Hello, I have two monitors in daily work. And polybar only show on one of the monitor that define in config.

Can I just show polybar in all my monitors?

Here is my config about montor, both no work as I expected (At the bottom are all the configuration files)

; monitor = ${env:MONITOR:eDP}
; monitor = DP-1

I want each monitor has a bar like this:

Environment:

WM: bspwm
Distro: Arch Linux x86_64, 5.8.5-arch1-1
Output of polybar -vvv:

[ring@laptop ~]%  polybar -vvv 
polybar 3.4.0-113-ga625e2b7 
Features: +alsa +curl +i3 +mpd +network(libnl) +pulseaudio +xkeyboard 
X extensions: +randr (+monitors) +composite +xkb +xrm +xcursor 
Build type: Release 
Compiler: /usr/bin/c++ 
Compiler flags: -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -O3 -DNDEBUG 
Linker flags: -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now

;==========================================================
;
;
;   ██████╗  ██████╗ ██╗  ██╗   ██╗██████╗  █████╗ ██████╗
;   ██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗██║  ╚██╗ ██╔╝██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔══██╗
;   ██████╔╝██║   ██║██║   ╚████╔╝ ██████╔╝███████║██████╔╝
;   ██╔═══╝ ██║   ██║██║    ╚██╔╝  ██╔══██╗██╔══██║██╔══██╗
;   ██║     ╚██████╔╝███████╗██║   ██████╔╝██║  ██║██║  ██║
;   ╚═╝      ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝   ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝
;
;
;   To learn more about how to configure Polybar
;   go to https://github.com/polybar/polybar
;
;   The README contains a lot of information
;
;==========================================================

[config]
dpi = 192

# bar position, apply globally
; width = 100%
; height = 5%
offset-x = 0%
offset-y = 0%
; radius = 0.0

fixed-center = true
override-redirect = false


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

[colors]
nord7 = #8FBCBB
nord8 = #2bcec2
success = #50fa7b
notice = #f1fa8c
warning = #ff5555

background = #8c000000
foreground = #ffffff
background-alt = #444
foreground-alt = #555

[bar/primary]
enable-ipc = true
width = 100%
height = 27
bottom = false
;offset-x = 1%
;offset-y = 1%
radius = 0
fixed-center = false

background = ${colors.background}
foreground = ${colors.foreground}

line-size = 3
line-color = #f00

; border-size = 4
; border-color = #00000000

padding-left = 0
padding-right = 0

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

font-0 = MacGrande:pixelsize=15;4
font-1 = FontAwesome5Free:style=Solid:pixelsize=15;3
font-2 = FontAwesome5Brands:pixelsize=15;3
font-3 = Weather Icons:pixelsize=15;2
font-4 = Source Han Sans CN:pixelsize=15;4
font-5 = DejaVuSansMono Nerd Font Mono:pixelsize=15;2
font-6 = twemoji:scale=4;2


modules-left = terminal bspwm  weather 
modules-center = title
modules-right = pulseaudio  memory cpu cputemp battery date
tray-position = right
tray-padding = 2
tray-maxsize = 60
; tray-background = #0063ff

wm-restack = bspwm

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

; monitor = ${env:MONITOR:eDP}
; monitor = DP-1

[module/bspwm]
type = internal/bspwm

label-focused = 
label-focused-foreground = ${colors.notice}
label-focused-padding = 1

label-occupied = %index%
label-occupied-padding = 1

label-urgent = 
label-urgent-background = ${colors.warning}
label-urgent-foreground = ${colors.notice}
label-urgent-padding = 1

label-empty = %index%
label-empty-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt}
label-empty-padding = 1

; Separator in between workspaces
; label-separator = |

[module/title]
type = internal/xwindow
format-foreground = #FFFDFD
;format-underline = #721ADF
format-padding = 0

label-maxlen = 20
label-empty = Desktop


[module/cpu]
type = internal/cpu
interval = 1

format = <ramp-load> <label>

ramp-load-0 = 
ramp-load-0-foreground = ${colors.success}

ramp-load-1 = 
ramp-load-1-foreground = ${colors.notice}

ramp-load-2 = 
ramp-load-2-foreground = ${colors.warning}


[module/memory]
type = internal/memory
interval = 3

format = <ramp-used> <label>

label = %gb_used%/%gb_total%

ramp-used-0 = 
ramp-used-0-foreground = ${colors.success}

ramp-used-1 = 
ramp-used-1-foreground = ${colors.notice}

ramp-used-2 = 
ramp-used-2-foreground = ${colors.warning}


[module/date]
type = internal/date
interval = 1.0
; See "http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/io/manip/put_time" for details on how to format the date string
; NOTE: if you want to use syntax tags here you need to use %%{...}

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

time = %H:%M (%a)
time-alt = %H:%M:%S (%a)

format = <label>
label = %date% %time%
label-margin = 1
; label-underline = ${colors.nord8}

[module/alsa]
type = internal/alsa

master-soundcard = default
speaker-soundcard = default
headphone-soundcard = default

master-mixer = Master

; Format 
format-volume = <ramp-volume> <label-volume>

label-muted =  muted
label-muted-foreground = ${colors.warning}

ramp-volume-0 = 
ramp-volume-0-foreground = ${colors.success}
ramp-volume-1 = 
ramp-volume-1-foreground = ${colors.notice}
ramp-volume-2 = 
ramp-volume-2-foreground = ${colors.warning}

ramp-headphones-0 = 

ramp-volume-foreground = ${colors.nord7}


[module/pulseaudio]
type = internal/pulseaudio

format-volume = <ramp-volume> <label-volume>

label-muted =  muted
label-muted-foreground = #666

ramp-volume-0 = 
ramp-volume-0-foreground = ${colors.success}
ramp-volume-1 = 
ramp-volume-1-foreground = ${colors.notice}
ramp-volume-2 = 
ramp-volume-2-foreground = ${colors.notice}
ramp-volume-3 = 
ramp-volume-3-foreground = ${colors.warning}

ramp-volume-foreground = ${colors.nord7}


[module/battery]
type = internal/battery

full-at = 100
battery = BAT0
adapter = ADP0

format-charging = <animation-charging> <label-charging>
; format-charging-underline = ${colors.foreground}
format-charging-foreground = ${colors.nord8}
animation-charging-0 = 
animation-charging-1 = 
animation-charging-2 = 
animation-charging-3 = 
animation-charging-4 = 
animation-charging-framerate = 750

format-discharging = <ramp-capacity> <label-discharging>
ramp-capacity-0 = 
ramp-capacity-1 = 
ramp-capacity-2 = 
ramp-capacity-3 = 
ramp-capacity-4 = 
label-full = 
label-full-foreground = ${colors.success}

format-charging-font = 6
format-discharging-font = 6
label-full-font = 6

[module/cputemp]
type = internal/temperature

hwmon-path = /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:18.3/hwmon/hwmon2/temp1_input
thermal-zone = 0

base-temperature = 20

warn-temperature = 80

; Format
format = <ramp> <label> 
format-warn = <label-warn> 

label-warn =  %temperature-c%
label-warn-padding = 1
label-warn-foreground = ${colors.warning}

ramp-0 = 
ramp-1 = 
ramp-2 = 
ramp-3 = 
ramp-4 = 

ramp-0-foreground = ${colors.nord8}
ramp-1-foreground = ${colors.nord8}
ramp-2-foreground = ${colors.success}
ramp-3-foreground = ${colors.success}
ramp-4-foreground = ${colors.warning}

[module/weather]
type = custom/script
exec = ~/scripts/polybar/getweather.sh
interval = 600
label-font = 4

[module/terminal]
type = custom/text
content = "   😈"
content-foreground = #fff
content-padding = 
click-left = ~/scripts/bspwm/scratchpad.sh &

[settings]
screenchange-reload = true
; compositing-background = xor
; compositing-background = screen
; compositing-foreground = source
; compositing-border = over
; pseudo-transparency = false


; vim:ft=dosini
; vim:ft=dosini

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patrick96 · 2020-09-05T10:23:54Z

One polybar instance will only display on a single monitor. If you want to display on all monitors you will have to start a separate instance for each monitor.

#763 has a lot of examples of launch scripts that run multiple polybar instances. I would recommend you try the code in this comment.

There is also already a feature request open for this at #1793 but this doesn't have priority.

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