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kde-virtual-desktops-polybar

kde-virtual-desktops-polybar is a collection of scripts meant to be used in modules for Polybar.

kde-virtual-desktops will automatically detect your KWin virtual desktops and highlight your active one, either by name or number. kde-next-desktop and kde-previous-desktop will switch your active desktop to the next or previous one.

Example Polybar Configuration

Display virtual desktops with active desktop highlighted, scroll over the module to switch to previous and next desktops:

[module/kde-virtual-desktops]
type = custom/script
exec = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/kde-virtual-desktops
scroll-up = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/kde-previous-desktop
scroll-down = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/kde-next-desktop
tail = true
label = %output%

Configuration

kde-virtual-desktops configuration is done inside the script:

### Configuration
accentColor="#ff79c6" # text color of active desktop
separator="|"         # separator string in between desktop names or numbers
useDesktopNames=false # set to true to use desktop names instead of numbers
###

Example Screenshots

Desktop Numbers

Desktop Names