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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.awesome/9659/focus=9662

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Jacco <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Today I ported my configuration to 3.5. I really like the changes, but I
> am missing a certain feature. Previously I could turn the visibility of
> a widget object on or off.
>
> example = widget({ type = "imagebox" })
> example.visible = false
>
> I have yet to find an equivalent. I turn the visibility of widgets on
> and off based on certain events, ie hide all mpd controls except play if
> mpd isn't playing or don't show up/down rates of network interfaces that
> aren't connect, this prevents my wiboxes from cluttering with pointless
> information.
>
> Short story: how to do this with wibox.widget objects? Specifically
> wibox.widget.imagebox and wibox.widget.textbox.
>
> Thanks for you help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jacco
>
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