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diff --git a/working/collapsible-waybar-sides/spike-findings.org b/working/collapsible-waybar-sides/spike-findings.org deleted file mode 100644 index 4d45ed1..0000000 --- a/working/collapsible-waybar-sides/spike-findings.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: Collapsible waybar — spike findings (mechanism) -#+DATE: 2026-06-18 - -* Question -Which mechanism actually collapses a waybar side to a base set, given the right -side is a mix of native modules (group/sysmonitor, pulseaudio, pulseaudio#mic, -idle_inhibitor, tray) and custom exec modules? - -* Method -Two transient waybar instances against /tmp copies of the live config, captured -with grim (live bar briefly down, restored after). Variants in this dir: -- spike-style-csshide.css : option (c) — CSS-hide the native modules - (min-width:0; padding:0; margin:0; opacity:0) on #sysmonitor #pulseaudio - #idle_inhibitor. -- spike-config-collapsed.json : option (b) — modules-right rewritten to the base - set [tray, custom/date, custom/worldclock]. - -* Result -- *CSS-hide (option c): FAILS.* sysmonitor and pulseaudio rendered invisible but - held their space — a gap remained where they were, no reflow. GTK3 has no - =display:none=, and opacity/zero-size leaves the label's intrinsic width. The - right side ends up ragged and half-collapsed, not narrowed. Not viable for the - native modules. -- *Config-swap (option b): WORKS.* The collapsed config reflowed the right side - tight to tray + date, everything else fully gone, no gaps. Hides native and - custom modules alike. Tray icons survived the swap. - -* Decision -Mechanism is config-swap + =killall -SIGUSR2 waybar= (reload), NOT the state-file -+ CSS approach the original task leaned toward. The original "heavy" label on -option (b) is the cost of a full reload (brief flicker, module state resets, tray -re-registers) — acceptable, and the only approach that actually collapses a mixed -module set. - -* Implications for the spec -- Don't maintain two static configs (drift-prone). A toggle script rewrites the - active config's modules-left / modules-right between the full set and the base - set, then SIGUSR2. Base sets defined once; collapsed set is the base set, full - set is restored from the canonical module list. -- Per-side state in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR; the arrow module reads it to pick its - direction. Arrow lives IN the base set (always visible, it's the expand control). -- Reload cost is per-toggle, not idle — fine for a click action. |