Herbstluftwm workspaces for polybar

config

[module/herbstluftwm]
type = custom/script

exec-if = ps -C herbstluftwm >/dev/null 2>&1
exec = MONITOR=HDMI-0 ~/.config/polybar/herbstluftwm.sh
tail = true

herbstluftwm.sh

#!/bin/sh

hash herbstclient xrandr

print_tags() {
	for tag in $(herbstclient tag_status "$1"); do
		name=${tag#?}
		state=${tag%$name}
		case "$state" in
		'#')
			printf '%%{R} %s %%{R}' "$name"
			;;
		'+')
			printf '%%{F#cccccc}%%{R} %s %%{R}%%{F-}' "$name"
			;;
		'!')
			printf '%%{R} %s! %%{R}' "$name"
			;;
		'.')
			printf '%%{F#cccccc} %s %%{F-}' "$name"
			;;
		*)
			printf ' %s ' "$name"
		esac
	done
	printf '\n'
}

geom_regex='[[:digit:]]\+x[[:digit:]]\++[[:digit:]]\++[[:digit:]]\+'
geom=$(xrandr --query | grep "^$MONITOR" | grep -o "$geom_regex")
monitor=$(herbstclient list_monitors | grep "$geom" | cut -d: -f1)

print_tags "$monitor"

IFS="$(printf '\t')" herbstclient --idle | while read -r hook args; do
	case "$hook" in
	tag*)
		print_tags "$monitor"
		;;
	esac
done

Hi, is it possible to change the tag by clicking on this module? I've read some docs but it looks that this implementation doesn't allow to interact with. Thanks for your feedback :-)

Hi, yes it is possible to make them clickable. See the Polybar wiki's section on formatting on how to do so. Basically just wrap each tag name in ${A1:herbstclient use $name:}.

This worked for me "%{A1:herbstclient use $name:}$name %{A}".