Are CLASSES supported for custom prompt segments?

[aschleifer]

Hello, I have a custom prompt segment in my p10k configuration and would like to use CLASSES similar to the aws or kubecontext segment in order to use different colors based on the output of the segment.

I have used typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_<MY_SEGMENT_NAME>_CLASSES=(...) and typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_<MY_SEGMENT_NAME>_<MY_CLASS_NAME>_BACKGROUND=202 but I don't see any change in the behavior.

Am I doing something wrong?

[romkatv]

CLASSES aren't supported for all segments out of the box. You can either use states (there is an example in p10k help segment) or (better), use a plain if or case within your custom segment and apply conditional formatting.

function prompt_my_pwd() {
  local content=$PWD

  case $content/ in
    ~/*)
      # Orange background if the current directory is under $HOME.
      local bg=202
    ;;
    *)
      # Otherwise blue background.
      local bg=27
    ;;
  esac

  p10k segment -b $bg -t "${content//\%/%%}"
}

It's almost always easier to format the content of your custom prompt segments directly within the prompt_ function rather than by using POWERLEVEL9K_ parameters.