On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 09:55:56AM -0800, J A wrote: > Sorry to spam the list. Still working my head around qtile development. > > I would like to use the NET widget to show IP address on my title bar. But > instead of using something as mundane as eth0 I'd like to have it > dynamically added for the tun0 interface so that when I connect It appears > and when I disconnect it disappears. > > I've done this in python before with a library but not sure where to plug > this into the qtile framework. I suppose that I could have an external > custom vpn connect and disconnect command that calls into qtile to make the > necessary changes. But I'd love it to be a bit more dynamic and passive. > > So, I was thinking of mimicking the background changer with feh that I have > where I start up a new thread that polls every 5 minutes. If i did it this > way I could do a search for the tun0 interface once a minute and if it's > there add widget and if it isn't remove the widget.
The easiest thing might be to just render the text in the widget as "". Without a border or anything, the widget should take up zero space, even if it is present in the list. Cheers, Tycho -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/20191227204816.GF15663%40cisco.
