Many widgets do not work properly (or at all) with multiple monitors

[elenapan]

Many widgets do not work properly (or at all) with multiple monitors

[paradoxsupreme]

ok nvm thanks.I already did that .Great job with your config btw.its really beautiful!

[elenapan]

The issues should be fixed now.

[paradoxsupreme]

Any way to make them work for dual monitor setup?
thanks!

[elenapan]

Unfortunately, not until I fix it. If you would like to use this config with multiple monitors for the time being, I suggest replacing these widgets with AwesomeWM's "native" taglist.

[elenapan]

As of the latest commit db310f8, Lovelace and Skyfall taglists now work with multiple monitors.

[neoscaler]

Would like to add that the new lock screen only locks one screen, which is if you use multiple screens ... not very secure.

// edit: Just saw lock screen is already in the list. Nevermind.

[neoscaler]

For me, the taglist and wibar is duplicated on my main screen when I am using a dual screen setup. Please see the screenshot here: https://imgur.com/a/DQ5JtQf

[elenapan]

the taglist and wibar is duplicated

Hmm that is strange. Could you please also try the lovelaceor skyfall bar themes (you can change the bar theme easily at the top of my rc.lua), as well as try the default rc.lua with a dual monitor setup? If you built from source, you can grab the default rc.lua from awesomerc.lua in the git repo.

[neoscaler]

the taglist and wibar is duplicated

Hmm that is strange. Could you please also try the lovelaceor skyfall bar themes (you can change the bar theme easily at the top of my rc.lua), as well as try the default rc.lua with a dual monitor setup? If you built from source, you can grab the default rc.lua from awesomerc.lua in the git repo.

Can't start skyfall because of a nil global icon path, but lovelace is working fine. Wibar/taglist is on each monitor.

[elenapan]

Thanks for testing that. It was an easy fix. I pushed it to the repo, but if you want to quickly fix it yourself, just go to bars/ephemeral.lua and set screen = s somewhere in the wibar declaration for both s.mywibox and s.mytopwibox.

Here is the diff:

--- a/config/awesome/bars/ephemeral.lua
+++ b/config/awesome/bars/ephemeral.lua
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)


     -- Create the wibox
-    s.mywibox = awful.wibar({visible = true, ontop = true, type = "dock", position = "bottom"})
+    s.mywibox = awful.wibar({screen = s, visible = true, ontop = true, type = "dock", position = "bottom"})
     s.mywibox.height = beautiful.wibar_height
     -- s.mywibox.width = beautiful.wibar_width

@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)


     -- Create the top bar
-    s.mytopwibox = awful.wibar({visible = true, ontop = false, type = "dock", position = "top", height = dpi(5)})
+    s.mytopwibox = awful.wibar({screen = s, visible = true, ontop = false, type = "dock", position = "top", height = dpi(5)})
     -- Bar placement
     awful.placement.maximize_horizontally(s.mytopwibox)
     s.mytopwibox.bg = "#00000000"

I also fixed a typo in skyfall that was causing an error.

[neoscaler]

Thanks, was just about to prepare this as PR, as I fixed it as well, but you were faster.