Default Configuration

New in version 3.6.0.

Polybar's default configuration lives in /etc/polybar/config.ini and is loaded if no other configuration file can be found.

Screenshot of default polybar configuration
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 12;   To learn more about how to configure Polybar
 13;   go to https://github.com/polybar/polybar
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 15;   The README contains a lot of information
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 18
 19[colors]
 20background = #282A2E
 21background-alt = #373B41
 22foreground = #C5C8C6
 23primary = #F0C674
 24secondary = #8ABEB7
 25alert = #A54242
 26disabled = #707880
 27
 28[bar/example]
 29width = 100%
 30height = 24pt
 31radius = 6
 32
 33; dpi = 96
 34
 35background = ${colors.background}
 36foreground = ${colors.foreground}
 37
 38line-size = 3pt
 39
 40border-size = 4pt
 41border-color = #00000000
 42
 43padding-left = 0
 44padding-right = 1
 45
 46module-margin = 1
 47
 48separator = |
 49separator-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
 50
 51font-0 = monospace;2
 52
 53modules-left = xworkspaces xwindow
 54modules-right = filesystem pulseaudio xkeyboard memory cpu wlan eth date
 55
 56cursor-click = pointer
 57cursor-scroll = ns-resize
 58
 59enable-ipc = true
 60
 61; wm-restack = generic
 62; wm-restack = bspwm
 63; wm-restack = i3
 64
 65; override-redirect = true
 66
 67[module/systray]
 68type = internal/tray
 69
 70format-margin = 8pt
 71tray-spacing = 16pt
 72
 73[module/xworkspaces]
 74type = internal/xworkspaces
 75
 76label-active = %name%
 77label-active-background = ${colors.background-alt}
 78label-active-underline= ${colors.primary}
 79label-active-padding = 1
 80
 81label-occupied = %name%
 82label-occupied-padding = 1
 83
 84label-urgent = %name%
 85label-urgent-background = ${colors.alert}
 86label-urgent-padding = 1
 87
 88label-empty = %name%
 89label-empty-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
 90label-empty-padding = 1
 91
 92[module/xwindow]
 93type = internal/xwindow
 94label = %title:0:60:...%
 95
 96[module/filesystem]
 97type = internal/fs
 98interval = 25
 99
100mount-0 = /
101
102label-mounted = %{F#F0C674}%mountpoint%%{F-} %percentage_used%%
103
104label-unmounted = %mountpoint% not mounted
105label-unmounted-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
106
107[module/pulseaudio]
108type = internal/pulseaudio
109
110format-volume-prefix = "VOL "
111format-volume-prefix-foreground = ${colors.primary}
112format-volume = <label-volume>
113
114label-volume = %percentage%%
115
116label-muted = muted
117label-muted-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
118
119[module/xkeyboard]
120type = internal/xkeyboard
121blacklist-0 = num lock
122
123label-layout = %layout%
124label-layout-foreground = ${colors.primary}
125
126label-indicator-padding = 2
127label-indicator-margin = 1
128label-indicator-foreground = ${colors.background}
129label-indicator-background = ${colors.secondary}
130
131[module/memory]
132type = internal/memory
133interval = 2
134format-prefix = "RAM "
135format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.primary}
136label = %percentage_used:2%%
137
138[module/cpu]
139type = internal/cpu
140interval = 2
141format-prefix = "CPU "
142format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.primary}
143label = %percentage:2%%
144
145[network-base]
146type = internal/network
147interval = 5
148format-connected = <label-connected>
149format-disconnected = <label-disconnected>
150label-disconnected = %{F#F0C674}%ifname%%{F#707880} disconnected
151
152[module/wlan]
153inherit = network-base
154interface-type = wireless
155label-connected = %{F#F0C674}%ifname%%{F-} %essid% %local_ip%
156
157[module/eth]
158inherit = network-base
159interface-type = wired
160label-connected = %{F#F0C674}%ifname%%{F-} %local_ip%
161
162[module/date]
163type = internal/date
164interval = 1
165
166date = %H:%M
167date-alt = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
168
169label = %date%
170label-foreground = ${colors.primary}
171
172[settings]
173screenchange-reload = true
174pseudo-transparency = true
175
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