Is it possbile to add custom script execution for on-click event in "wlr/taskbar"?

[dirDahsul]

Hello,

I would like to do my own custom functionality for event execution.
I'm refering to the "on-click" event for "wlr/taskbar". https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/wiki/Module:-Taskbar

Basically, would like to not be restricted to pre-defined actions:
activate Bring the application into foreground.
minimize Toggle application's minimized state.
minimize-raise Bring the application into foreground or toggle its minimized state.
maximize Toggle application's maximized state.
fullscreen Toggle application's fullscreen state.
close Close the application.

Is there a way to execute a custom script for "on-click", and if not, is there a workaround for achieving that result?
For me, I would like:
"on-click": "bash script.sh {state}", where I'm passing Format replacements to the script, even if nothing is passed to the script, I'm also okay. Is there a way to have it execute custom functionality and not be restricted?

[rawsta]

You would probably need a wrapper script to make sure it opens the way you want.
And likely depends on what WM you are using. (I use Sway)

For example, I have a variable for floating terms to open btop, when I click on CPU:

set $task_manager footclient --app-id floating_shell --window-size-chars 140x60 btop

... and then in my waybar config:

"cpu": {
    "interval": 10,
    "format": "󰘚",
    "format-critical": "󰀦 {percentage}%",
    "states": {
        "warning": 70,
        "critical": 90
    },
    "on-click": "swaymsg exec \\$task_manager",
    "tooltip": true
},

But as I said, I use Sway which comes with Swaymsg, which sends messages to Sway over the IPC Socket.

Hope it helps a bit.

[orangutanrider]

https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/wiki/Module:-Taskbar
wlr/taskbar:

on-click | The action which should be triggered when clicking on the applications button in the taskbar with the left mouse button.

https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/wiki/Module:-CPU
cpu:

on-click | Command to execute when clicking on the module.

(wlr/taskbar: The action which should be triggered)
(cpu: Command to execute)

OP is referring to wlr/taskbar, which doesn't seem to let you execute commands, you only get to do 'actions'
https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/wiki/Module:-Taskbar#actions

activate, minimize, minimize-raise, maximize, fullscreen, close

I've been looking and the answer seems like no to me; You don't get to execute commands via wlr/taskbar click events.
Unless you found something, maybe you could consider re-opening this: #3996

[orangutanrider]

There is this for wlr/taskbar:

on-update | string | Command to execute when the module is updated.

Maybe if you combine that with {state} and {app_id} you can get behavior similar to what you're looking for, hard to say.
There aren't a lot of examples out there on that, most I could find is this #3250

[orangutanrider]

Browsing around other people's dot-files too, it is difficult to find anyone using on-update
Try this search: https://github.com/search?q=dotfiles+wlr%2Ftaskbar+on-update&type=code
There is basically nothing.

[orangutanrider]

I went down this rabbit-hole myself, with the intent of having right-click menus for my taskbar windows.
Maybe on-update can be utilized, not sure.

[orangutanrider]

I might come back to this at some point.

Waybar/src/AModule.cpp

Line 96 in 161367d

pid_children_.push_back(util::command::forkExec(config_["on-update"].asString()));

Theoretically, you could almost just do a code-transplant of this, into one the triggers.
A bit more complicated than that though really.