## Usage [Read here.](https://github.com/lcpz/lain/wiki/Widgets#usage) ### Description Shows the remaining time and percentage capacity of your laptop battery, as well as the current wattage. Multiple batteries are supported. Displays a notification when battery is fully charged, low, or critical. ```lua local mybattery = lain.widget.bat() ``` ## Input table Variable | Meaning | Type | Default --- | --- | --- | --- `timeout` | Refresh timeout (in seconds) | integer | 30 `pspath` | Power supply directory path | string | "/sys/class/power_supply/" `battery` | Single battery id | string | autodetected `batteries` | Multiple batteries id table | table of strings | autodetected `ac` | AC | string | autodetected `notify` | Show notification popups | string | "on" `full_notify` | Show a notification popup when the battery's fully charged | string | inherited value from `notify` `n_perc` | Percentages assumed for critical and low battery levels | table of integers | `{5, 15}` `settings` | User settings | function | empty function `widget` | Widget to render | function | `wibox.widget.textbox` The widget will try to autodetect `battery`, `batteries` and `ac`. If something goes wrong, you will have to define them manually. In that case, you only have to define one between `battery` and `batteries`. If you have one battery, you can either use `args.battery = "BAT*"` or `args.batteries = {"BAT*"}`, where `BAT*` is the identifier of your battery in `pspath` (do not use it as a wildcard). Of course, if you have multiple batteries, you need to use the latter option. To disable notifications, set `notify` to `"off"`. If you define `pspath`, **be sure** to not forget the final slash (/). `settings` can use the `bat_now` table, which contains the following strings: - `status`, general status ("N/A", "Discharging", "Charging", "Full"); - `n_status[i]`, i-th battery status (like above); - `ac_status`, AC-plug flag (0 if cable is unplugged, 1 if plugged, "N/A" otherwise); - `perc`, total charge percentage (integer between 0 and 100 or "N/A"); - `n_perc[i]`, i-th battery charge percentage (like above); - `time`, time remaining until charge if charging, until discharge if discharging (HH:MM string or "N/A"); - `watt`, battery watts (float with 2 decimals); - `capacity`, remaining battery capacity in percent; - `n_capacity[i]`, i-th battery remaining capacity (like above). and can modify the following three tables, which will be the preset for the naughty notifications: * `bat_notification_charged_preset` (used if battery is fully charged and connected to AC) * `bat_notification_low_preset` (used if battery charge level <= 15) * `bat_notification_critical_preset` (used if battery charge level <= 5) Check [here](https://awesomewm.org/doc/api/libraries/naughty.html#notify) for the list of variables they can contain. Default definitions: ```lua bat_notification_charged_preset = { title = "Battery full", text = "You can unplug the cable", timeout = 15, fg = "#202020", bg = "#CDCDCD" } ``` ```lua bat_notification_low_preset = { title = "Battery low", text = "Plug the cable!", timeout = 15, fg = "#202020", bg = "#CDCDCD" } ``` ```lua bat_notification_critical_preset = { title = "Battery exhausted", text = "Shutdown imminent", timeout = 15, fg = "#000000", bg = "#FFFFFF" } ``` ## Output table Variable | Meaning | Type --- | --- | --- `widget` | The widget | `wibox.widget.textbox` `update` | Update `widget` | function The `update` function can be used to refresh the widget before `timeout` expires. ## Note Alternatively, you can try the [`upower` recipe](https://awesomewm.org/recipes/watch).