tried this config as the workspaces on i3 never worked for me even just after installing i3-gaps clean without touching anyhting. It looked like this:
Now I took your code and pasted it 1:1 into my polybar modules.conf and i3 config but none of the workspaces showed up, now there is showing up nothing at all anymore.
Any idea what the problem is? Sorry, I am not very familiar with changing the looks of a menubar/wm just yet…
As I said before, I tried your exact config and it didn not work which is why I tried to mess with it in the first place. I tried again, still no workspaces showing up.
Configs now are:
; ws-icon-[0-9]+ = label;icon
; NOTE: The label needs to match the name of the i3 workspace
ws-icon-0 = term;
ws-icon-1 = ffox;
ws-icon-2 = email;
ws-icon-3 = file;
ws-icon-4 = music;
ws-icon-5 = gimp;
ws-icon-6 = edit;
ws-icon-7 = torr;
;ws-icon-default =
set $WS1 “1:term”
set $WS2 “2:ffox”
set $WS3 “3:email”
set $WS4 “4:file”
set $WS5 “5:music”
set $WS6 “6:gimp”
set $WS7 “7:edit”
set $WS8 “8:torr”
Also, any idea why the vanilla ws indicator did not work in the first place?
I think I got it.
In the i3 config file, $Mon1 and $Mon2 were by standard defined as HDMI1 and HDMI2. As I am using a dual screen setup with 1x HDMI flatscreen and the internal notebook screen, I had to change Mon1 to eDP1 and it is now at least showing something where the workspaces should be.
Will have to tweak further, but I will let you know how it all turned out when I am done. Thanks anyways @Dobbie03!
edit:
Yep, it is working now. Looking good like that:
Again, your exact code did not work for me. I assume it might be something like not having defined the ${} variables, maybe? Anyway, I do now have a mix of your example and the modified vanilla version that works just fine so I am happy for now
