Displays currently playing song from your music player. This module supports both MPRIS players and MPD servers. Clicking on the widget opens a popout displaying info about the current song, album art and playback controls. in MPRIS mode, the widget will listen to all players and automatically detect/display the active one. ![Screenshot showing MPD widget with track playing with popout open](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5057870/184539664-a8f3ad5b-69c0-492d-a27d-82303c09a347.png) ## Configuration > Type: `music` | | Type | Default | Description | |-------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `player_type` | `mpris` or `mpd` | `mpris` | Whether to connect to MPRIS players or an MPD server. | | `format` | `string` | `{icon} {title} / {artist}` | Format string for the widget. More info below. | | `truncate` or `truncate.mode` | `start` or `middle` or `end` | `null` | The location of the ellipses and where to truncate text from. Leave null to avoid truncating. Use the long-hand version if specifying a length. | | `truncate.length` | `integer` | `null` | The maximum number of characters before truncating. Leave blank to let GTK automatically handle. | | `icons.play` | `string` | `` | Icon to show when playing. | | `icons.pause` | `string` | `` | Icon to show when paused. | | `icons.volume` | `string` | `墳` | Icon to show under popup volume slider. | | `host` | `string` | `localhost:6600` | [MPD Only] TCP or Unix socket for the MPD server. | | `music_dir` | `string` | `$HOME/Music` | [MPD Only] Path to MPD server's music directory on disc. Required for album art. |
JSON ```json { "start": [ { "type": "music", "player_type": "mpd", "format": "{icon} {title} / {artist}", "truncate": "end", "icons": { "play": "", "pause": "" }, "music_dir": "/home/jake/Music" } ] } ```
TOML ```toml [[start]] type = "music" player_type = "mpd" format = "{icon} {title} / {artist}" music_dir = "/home/jake/Music" truncate = "end" [[start.icons]] play = "" pause = "" ```
YAML ```yaml start: - type: "music" player_type: "mpd" format: "{icon} {title} / {artist}" truncate: "end" icons: play: "" pause: "" music_dir: "/home/jake/Music" ```
Corn ```corn { start = [ { type = "music" player_type = "mpd" format = "{icon} {title} / {artist}" truncate = "end" icons.play = "" icons.pause = "" music_dir = "/home/jake/Music" } ] } ```
### Formatting Tokens The following tokens can be used in the `format` config option, and will be replaced with values from the currently playing track: | Token | Description | |--------------|--------------------------------------| | `{icon}` | Either `icons.play` or `icons.pause` | | `{title}` | Title | | `{album}` | Album name | | `{artist}` | Artist name | | `{date}` | Release date | | `{track}` | Track number | | `{disc}` | Disc number | | `{genre}` | Genre | | `{duration}` | Duration in `mm:ss` | | `{elapsed}` | Time elapsed in `mm:ss` | ## Styling | Selector | Description | |------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| | `#music` | Tray widget button | | `#popup-music` | Popup box | | `#popup-music #album-art` | Album art image inside popup box | | `#popup-music #title` | Track title container inside popup box | | `#popup-music #title .icon` | Track title icon label inside popup box | | `#popup-music #title .label` | Track title label inside popup box | | `#popup-music #album` | Track album container inside popup box | | `#popup-music #album .icon` | Track album icon label inside popup box | | `#popup-music #album .label` | Track album label inside popup box | | `#popup-music #artist` | Track artist container inside popup box | | `#popup-music #artist .icon` | Track artist icon label inside popup box | | `#popup-music #artist .label` | Track artist label inside popup box | | `#popup-music #controls` | Controls container inside popup box | | `#popup-music #controls #btn-prev` | Previous button inside popup box | | `#popup-music #controls #btn-play-pause` | Play/pause button inside popup box | | `#popup-music #controls #btn-next` | Next button inside popup box | | `#popup-music #volume` | Volume container inside popup box | | `#popup-music #volume #slider` | Volume slider popup box | | `#popup-music #volume .icon` | Volume icon label inside popup box |