Module: wibox.widget

Utility function for working with widgets.

Info:

  • Copyright: 2010 Uli Schlachter
  • Originally authored by: Uli Schlachter
    (Full contributors list available on our github project)

Static module functions

wibox.widget.draw_to_cairo_context (wdg, cr, width, height, context) Draw a widget directly to a given cairo context.
wibox.widget.draw_to_svg_file (wdg, path, width, height, context) Create an SVG file showing this widget.
wibox.widget.draw_to_image_surface (wdg, width, height, format, context) -> () Create a cairo image surface showing this widget.


Static module functions

🔗 wibox.widget.draw_to_cairo_context (wdg, cr, width, height, context)
Draw a widget directly to a given cairo context. This function creates a temporary wibox.hierarchy instance and uses that to draw the given widget once to the given cairo context.

Parameters:

Name Type(s) Description Default value
wdg widget A widget to draw Not applicable
cr cairo_context The cairo context to draw the widget on Not applicable
width number The width of the widget Not applicable
height number The height of the widget Not applicable
context Optional table The context information to give to the widget. {dpi=96}
🔗 wibox.widget.draw_to_svg_file (wdg, path, width, height, context)
Create an SVG file showing this widget.

Parameters:

Name Type(s) Description Default value
wdg widget A widget Not applicable
path string The output file path Not applicable
width number The surface width Not applicable
height number The surface height Not applicable
context Optional table The context information to give to the widget. {dpi=96}
🔗 wibox.widget.draw_to_image_surface (wdg, width, height, format, context) -> ()
Create a cairo image surface showing this widget.

Parameters:

Name Type(s) Description Default value
wdg widget A widget Not applicable
width number The surface width Not applicable
height number The surface height Not applicable
format Optional The surface format cairo.Format.ARGB32
context Optional table The context information to give to the widget. {dpi=96}

Returns:

    The cairo surface
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