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Wallpapers Widget Options

Option Type Default Description
label string "{icon}" The format string for the wallpaper widget label. You can use placeholders like {icon} to dynamically insert icon information.
update_interval integer 60 The interval in seconds to update the wallpaper. Must be between 60 and 86400.
change_automatically boolean False Whether to automatically change the wallpaper.
image_path string "" The path to the folder containing images for the wallpaper. This field is required.
run_after list [] A list of functions to run after the wallpaper is updated.

Example Configuration

wallpapers:
  type: "yasb.wallpapers.WallpapersWidget"
  options:
    label: "{icon}"
    image_path: "C:\\Users\\{Username}\\Images" # Example path to folder with images
    change_automatically: false # Automatically change wallpaper
    update_interval: 60 # If change_automatically is true, update interval in seconds
    run_after: # List of functions to run after wallpaper is updated
      - "wal -s -t -e -q -n -i {image}", # Example command to run after wallpaper is updated
      - "cmd.exe /c start /min pwsh ./yasb.ps1", # Example command to run after wallpaper is updated

Description of Options

  • label: The format string for the wallpaper widget label. You can use placeholders like {icon} to dynamically insert icon information.
  • update_interval: The interval in seconds to update the wallpaper. Must be between 60 and 86400.
  • change_automatically: Whether to automatically change the wallpaper.
  • image_path: The path to the folder containing images for the wallpaper. This field is required.
  • run_after: A list of functions to run after the wallpaper is updated.

Example Style

.wallpapers-widget {}
.wallpapers-widget .widget-content {}
.wallpapers-widget .widget-content .label {}

Using Pywal with Wallpapers

You can use pywal to change the colors of YASB by generating them from your wallpaper. You can also switch wallpapers directly with pywal.

Installation

  1. Install ImageMagick either through their website or winget if you want to use the default wal backend:
winget install ImageMagick.ImageMagick
  1. Install pywal via pip
pip install pywal16

After this, you should be ready to use Pywal.

Usage

Run wal and point it to either a directory wal -i "path/to/dir" or an image wal -i "/path/to/img.jpg" and that's all. wal will change your wallpaper for you.

wal stores the color schemes in C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\.cache\wal\ and your wal templates must be stored in C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\.config\wal\templates\

  • Check the official documentation for creating a template file here

For usage in YASB there are several methods you can try:

  1. Using a Powershell script to append the colors generated on top of style.css

    • Click for Powershell Script 
        # Load the generated colors from wal, typically located at $HOME\.cache\wal\colors.json
  $colorsPath = "$HOME\.cache\wal\colors.json"
  # Convert the JSON colors to a PowerShell object
  $colors = Get-Content -Raw -Path $colorsPath | ConvertFrom-Json
  # Generate the @variables{} section
  $variablesSection = @"
  @variables{
      backgroundcol: $($colors.special.background);
      foregroundcol: $($colors.special.foreground);
      cursorcol: $($colors.special.cursor);
      colors0: $($colors.colors.color0);
      colors1: $($colors.colors.color1);
      colors2: $($colors.colors.color2);
      colors3: $($colors.colors.color3);
      colors4: $($colors.colors.color4);
      colors5: $($colors.colors.color5);
      colors6: $($colors.colors.color6);
      colors7: $($colors.colors.color7);
      colors8: $($colors.colors.color8);
      colors9: $($colors.colors.color9);
      colors10: $($colors.colors.color10);
      colors11: $($colors.colors.color11);
      colors12: $($colors.colors.color12);
      colors13: $($colors.colors.color13);
      colors14: $($colors.colors.color14);
      colors15: $($colors.colors.color15);
  }
  "@
  # Read the existing styles.css file, typically located at $HOME\.config\yasb\styles.css
  $stylesPath = "$HOME\.config\yasb\styles.css"
  $stylesContent = Get-Content -Raw -Path $stylesPath
  # Check if @variables{} section exists, if so replace it, otherwise prepend it
  if ($stylesContent -match "@variables\{[\s\S]*?\}") {
      # Replace the existing @variables{} section
      $newStylesContent = $stylesContent -replace "@variables\{[\s\S]*?\}", $variablesSection
  } else {
      # Prepend the new @variables{} section
      $newStylesContent = "$variablesSection`n$stylesContent"
  }
  # Trim trailing whitespace from the content
  $newStylesContent = $newStylesContent.TrimEnd()
  # Write the updated content back to styles.css
  $newStylesContent | Set-Content -Path $stylesPath

  2. Using the @import function in style.css to import colors generated from pywal. REQUIRES RESTART OF YASB EVERY TIME COLOR IS CHANGED!

    • Click for an example yasb-colors.css 
      /* Colors for YASB */
@variables{

    /* Special */
    backgroundcol: #0d0c13;
    foregroundcol: #c2c2c4;
    cursorcol: #c2c2c4;

    /* Colors */
    colors0: #0d0c13;
    colors1: #544e7f;
    colors2: #69567f;
    colors3: #7c607c;
    colors4: #80516e;
    colors5: #834457;
    colors6: #937d82;
    colors7: #908d97;
    colors8: #59596c;
    colors9: #7069aa;
    colors10: #8c73aa;
    colors11: #a680a6;
    colors12: #ab6c93;
    colors13: #af5b75;
    colors14: #c5a7ae;
    colors15: #c2c2c4;
}

    • Which you can then import and use the colors as variables like this:

    • @import url('../../.cache/wal/yasb-colors.css');
* {
    etc: 12px;
    color: var(foregroundcol);
    font-weight: 500;
}

    • And Here is a template for pywal generation of colors-yasb.css:

    • Click for yasb-colors.css template 
      /* Colors for YASB */
@variables{{

    /* Special */
    backgroundcol: {background};
    foregroundcol: {foreground};
    cursorcol: {cursor};

    /* Colors */
    colors0: {color0};
    colors1: {color1};
    colors2: {color2};
    colors3: {color3};
    colors4: {color4};
    colors5: {color5};
    colors6: {color6};
    colors7: {color7};
    colors8: {color8};
    colors9: {color9};
    colors10: {color10};
    colors11: {color11};
    colors12: {color12};
    colors13: {color13};
    colors14: {color14};
    colors15: {color15};
}}

  3. Making the entire style.css a template:

    • Click for an example style.css template 
      * {{
    font-size: 12px;
    color: {foreground};
    font-weight: 500;
    font-family: "Cascadia Mono";
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}}
.yasb-bar {{
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}}
.widget {{
    background-color: {color1};
    padding: 0 8px;
    margin: 0;
}}
.widget .label {{
    padding: 1px 2px 1px 2px;
}}
.widget .label.alt {{
    padding: 1px 8px 1px 8px;
}}
.active-window-widget {{
    border-radius: 18px;
    margin-left: 8px
}}
.container-left,
.container-center,
.container-right {{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}}

.clock-widget {{
    border-top-left-radius: 18px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 18px;
}}


.komorebi-active-layout {{
    border-top-right-radius: 18px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 18px;
    padding: 0 4px 0 0;
}}

.komorebi-active-layout .label {{
    font-weight: 600;
    padding: 2px 0 0 0;
}}
.wifi-widget {{
    padding: 0 4px 0 4px;
    border-top-left-radius: 18px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 18px;
}}

.apps-widget .widget-container,
.komorebi-workspaces .widget-container,
.wifi-widget .widget-container,
.komorebi-active-layout .widget-container {{
    background-color: {color9};
    margin: 4px 0px 4px 0;
    border-radius: 14px;
}}
.apps-widget {{
    padding: 0 4px 0 2px;
    border-top-right-radius: 18px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 18px;
}}
.komorebi-workspaces .ws-btn {{
    font-size: 16px;
    background-color: transparent;
    margin: 0 4px 0 4px;
    color: {color14};
    border: none;
}}
.komorebi-workspaces .ws-btn.populated {{
    color: #a0c3ee;
}}
.komorebi-workspaces .ws-btn:hover,
.komorebi-workspaces .ws-btn.populated:hover,
.komorebi-workspaces .ws-btn.active {{
    color: #c2daf7;
}}

.apps-widget .label {{
    font-size: 14px;
    padding: 0 2px;
}}
.apps-widget .label:hover {{
    color: #fff;
}}

/*POWER MENU WIDGET*/
.uptime {{
    font-size: 14px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    color: #ffffff;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}}
.power-menu-widget .label {{
    color: #f38ba8;
    font-size: 13px;
}}
.power-menu-popup {{
    background-color: rgba(24, 24, 37, 0.9);
    border-radius: 12px;
    border: 4px solid rgb(41, 42, 58);
}}
.power-menu-popup .button {{
    padding: 0;
    width: 240px;
    height: 120px;
    border-radius: 8px;
    background-color: rgb(41, 42, 58);
    font-family: "SegoeUI";
    color: white;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
    margin: 8px;
}}
.power-menu-popup .button.hover {{
    background-color: rgb(55, 56, 75);
    border: 1px solid rgb(55, 56, 75);
}}
.power-menu-popup .button .label {{
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95);
    font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}}
.power-menu-popup .button .icon {{
    font-size: 48px;
    padding-top: 8px;
    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
}}
.power-menu-popup .button.cancel .icon {{
    color: rgba(243, 139, 168, 0.55);
}}
.power-menu-popup .button.cancel .label {{
    color: rgba(243, 139, 168, 0.95);
}}
.power-menu-popup .button.shutdown .icon {{
    color: rgba(137, 180, 250, 0.55);
}}
.power-menu-popup .button.shutdown .label {{
    color: rgba(137, 180, 250, 0.95);
}}

/* ICONS */
.icon {{
    font-size: 16px;
}}
.volume-widget .icon {{
    color: #89b4fa;
    margin: 1px 2px 0 0;
}}
.cpu-widget .icon,
.memory-widget .icon {{
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #cba6f7;
    margin: 0 2px 1px 0;
}}
.memory-widget .icon {{
    color: #a6c9f7;
}}
.wifi-widget .icon {{
    color: #43d8d8;
    padding: 0 7px;
    margin: 0;
}}

/* WEATHER WIDGET */
.weather-widget .icon {{
    font-size: 16px;
    margin: 0 2px 1px 0;
}}
.weather-widget .icon.sunnyDay {{
    color: rgb(221, 210, 107);
}}
.weather-widget .icon.clearNight {{
    color: rgb(107, 189, 221);
    font-size: 22px;
    margin: 1px 2px 0px 0;
}}

/* MEDIA WIDGET */
.media-widget {{
    padding: 0;
    padding-left: 6px;
    margin: 0;
    border-radius: 18px;
    margin-right: 8px;
}}
.media-widget .label {{
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0);
}}
.media-widget .btn {{
    color: #acb2c9;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: 18px;
}}
.media-widget .btn:hover {{
    color: #89b4fa;
}}
.media-widget .btn.play {{
    font-size: 24px;
}}
.media-widget .btn.prev {{
    padding: 0 4px 0 4px;
}}
.media-widget .btn.next {{
    padding: 0 4px 0 4px;
}}
.media-widget .btn.disabled:hover,
.media-widget .btn.disabled {{
    color: #4e525c;
}}

/* GITHUB WIDGET */
.github-widget {{
    padding: 0 4px;
}}
.github-widget .icon {{
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #cdd6f4
}}
.github-widget .icon.new-notification {{
    color: #f38ba8;
}}
/* TASBAR WIDGET */
.taskbar-widget {{
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}}
.taskbar-widget .app-icon {{
    padding: 0 6px;
}}
    • This solution requires that you copy/paste the file generated in .cache/wal/ to .config/yasb/. Another thing to note is that if you want to change something in your style.css you have to make a template again.

    Backends

    pywal supports several color backends from which you can choose from:

    pip install colorz

    pip install colorthief

    pip install haishoku

    go install github.com/thefryscorer/schemer2@latest

    You can then use the --backend [backend] flag to use a specific backend.

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