ironbar/docs/modules/Music.md

Displays currently playing song from your music player. This module supports both MPRIS players and MPD servers. Clicking on the widget opens a popout displaying info about the current song, album art and playback controls.

in MPRIS mode, the widget will listen to all players and automatically detect/display the active one.

Configuration

Type: music

	Type	Default	Description
player_type	'mpris' or 'mpd'	mpris	Whether to connect to MPRIS players or an MPD server.
format	string	{title} / {artist}	Format string for the widget. More info below.
truncate	'start' or 'middle' or 'end' or Map	null	The location of the ellipses and where to truncate text from. Leave null to avoid truncating. Use the long-hand Map version if specifying a length.
truncate.mode	'start' or 'middle' or 'end'	null	The location of the ellipses and where to truncate text from. Leave null to avoid truncating.
truncate.length	integer	null	The fixed width (in chars) of the widget. Leave blank to let GTK automatically handle.
truncate.max_length	integer	null	The maximum number of characters before truncating. Leave blank to let GTK automatically handle.
icons.play	string or image		Icon to show when playing.
icons.pause	string or image		Icon to show when paused.
icons.prev	string or image	󰒮	Icon to show on previous button.
icons.next	string or image	󰒭	Icon to show on next button.
icons.volume	string or image	󰕾	Icon to show under popup volume slider.
icons.track	string or image	󰎈	Icon to show next to track title.
icons.album	string or image	󰀥	Icon to show next to album name.
icons.artist	string or image	󰠃	Icon to show next to artist name.
show_status_icon	boolean	true	Whether to show the play/pause icon on the widget.
icon_size	integer	32	Size to render icon at (image icons only).
cover_image_size	integer	128	Size to render album art image at inside popup.
host	string	localhost:6600	[MPD Only] TCP or Unix socket for the MPD server.
music_dir	string	$HOME/Music	[MPD Only] Path to MPD server's music directory on disc. Required for album art.

See here for information on images.

JSON

{
  "start": [
    {
      "type": "music",
      "player_type": "mpd",
      "format": "{title} / {artist}",
      "truncate": "end",
      "icons": {
        "play": "",
        "pause": ""
      },
      "music_dir": "/home/jake/Music"
    }
  ]
}

TOML

[[start]]
type = "music"
player_type = "mpd"
format = "{title} / {artist}"
music_dir = "/home/jake/Music"
truncate = "end"

[[start.icons]]
play = ""
pause = ""

YAML

start:
  - type: "music"
    player_type: "mpd"
    format: "{title} / {artist}"
    truncate: "end"
    icons:
      play: ""
      pause: ""
    music_dir: "/home/jake/Music"

Corn

{
  start = [
    {
      type = "music"
      player_type = "mpd"
      format = "{title} / {artist}"
      truncate = "end"
      icons.play = ""
      icons.pause = ""
      music_dir = "/home/jake/Music"
    }
  ]
}

Formatting Tokens

The following tokens can be used in the format config option, and will be replaced with values from the currently playing track:

Token	Description
{title}	Title
{album}	Album name
{artist}	Artist name
{date}	Release date
{track}	Track number
{disc}	Disc number
{genre}	Genre

Styling

Selector	Description
.music	Tray widget button
.music .contents	Tray widget button contents box
.music .contents .icon	Tray widget button icon (any type)
.music .contents .text-icon	Tray widget button icon (textual only)
.music .contents .image	Tray widget button icon (image only)
.popup-music	Popup box
.popup-music .album-art	Album art image inside popup box
.popup-music .title	Track title container inside popup box
.popup-music .title .icon-box	Track title icon container inside popup box
.popup-music .title .icon-box .icon	Track title icon inside its container (any type)
.popup-music .title .icon-box .text-icon	Track title icon inside its container (textual only)
.popup-music .title .icon-box .image	Track title icon inside its container (image only)
.popup-music .title .label	Track title label inside popup box
.popup-music .album	Track album container inside popup box
.popup-music .album .icon-box	Track album icon container inside popup box
.popup-music .album .icon-box .icon	Track album icon inside its container (any type)
.popup-music .album .icon-box .text-icon	Track album icon inside its container (textual only)
.popup-music .album .icon-box .image	Track album icon inside its container (image only)
.popup-music .album .label	Track album label inside popup box
.popup-music .artist	Track artist container inside popup box
.popup-music .artist .icon-box	Track artist icon container inside popup box
.popup-music .artist .icon-box .icon	Track artist icon inside its container (any type)
.popup-music .artist .icon-box .text-icon	Track artist icon inside its container (textual only)
.popup-music .artist .icon-box .image	Track artist icon inside its container (image only)
.popup-music .artist .label	Track artist label inside popup box
.popup-music .controls	Controls container inside popup box
.popup-music .controls .btn-prev	Previous button inside popup box
.popup-music .controls .btn-play	Play button inside popup box
.popup-music .controls .btn-pause	Pause button inside popup box
.popup-music .controls .btn-next	Next button inside popup box
.popup-music .volume	Volume container inside popup box
.popup-music .volume .slider	Slider inside volume container
.popup-music .volume .icon	Icon inside volume container
.popup-music .progress	Progress (seek) bar container
.popup-music .progress .slider	Slider inside progress container
.popup-music .progress .label	Duration label inside progress container

For more information on styling, please see the styling guide.