How to define which modules may be shortened and which must not?

[tsdh]

Hi all,

I use a workspaces module on the left, the windows module in the center, and several modules on the right (cpu, memory, clock, tray, etc.). I did some CSS styling which made modules a bit wider due to margins and padding and now it happens that when the focused window has some especially long title modules on the left get shortened, e.g., the cpu module just shows ... instead of 24%.

Is there a way to define that the window module may be shortened but all other modules must not?

Thanks!

[dogknowsnx]

You can define a maximum length individually, e.g.: "max-length":20
The same goes for minimum length: "min-length": 3

[tsdh]

Alright, I've defined both for all modules which essentially have a pretty fixed size (like a percentage) and that does the job.

[tsdh]

Oh, well, it seemed like it worked but now I have an edge case. My CPU module has this config:

    "cpu": {
        "interval": 2,
        "format": "{usage}% ",
        "min-length": 6,
        "max-length": 6,
        "on-click": "foot --title btm -- btm -b"
    },

I'd argue that the widest value would be "100% " which is exactly 6 chars. But actually this widest value is shown as 100% …. Does the unicode icon  count as more than one character or what's the issue here?

[dogknowsnx]

Not sure regarding (number of) chars, but icons do vary in size sometimes.
Did you try

        "min-length": 7,
        "max-length": 7,

?

[tsdh]

Yes, then it's displayed correctly, i.e., even when I use stress to get my CPU to 100%, everything's displayed. So I'm using a max-width of one more than what I would expect now for modules with a Unicode icon.