How to move the default taskbar

anon37670755 · August 13, 2018, 12:39pm

I want to move the default taskbar (I believe this is polybar) to the bottom of the screen rather than the top, how do I do so?

altman · August 13, 2018, 12:43pm

This link might help you out:

https://archlabs-knowledge-base.gitbooks.io/knowledge_base/content/polybar.html

As well as this link:

pippo · August 13, 2018, 1:17pm

Put the bar at the bottom of the screen:

bottom = true

anon37670755 · August 13, 2018, 1:18pm

Thank you I will give that a shot.

anon37670755 · August 13, 2018, 2:10pm

Sorry but it doesn’t work. When I saved the file it restarts the taskbar and that is it.

Is this the file I should be editing /home/username/.config/polybar?

pippo · August 13, 2018, 2:36pm

Have you got a /home/username/.config/polybar/bar ?
I think it should be there, cannot check at the moment.

anon37670755 · August 13, 2018, 2:38pm

Weird, I am missing the bar folder

pippo · August 13, 2018, 2:40pm

Maybe /home/username/.config/polybar/fullbar ?
What is the content of your /home/username/.config/polybar?

anon37670755 · August 13, 2018, 2:42pm

I have sessions folder, config, master.conf and modules.conf

pippo · August 13, 2018, 2:45pm

Can you please check if you currently have a line: bottom = false in master.conf ?
As I said I am away and I don’t remember the name of the file you’re suppose to edit.

natemaia · August 13, 2018, 3:58pm

Edit ~/.config/polybar/master.conf.

Line 40

; change
bottom = false

; to
bottom = true

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