03-09-2013, 02:44 PM | #1 |
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Hiding the status bar? (for a home automation project)
Greetings folks, apologies if this has been asked before, but:
I'm working on a home automation system, and am using kindles as the controllers (using a WAF to show a centralized web ui designed for e-ink displays—see below). Is there any way to either temporarily (or permanently) hide the top black status bar? These stay plugged in all the time, so network status and power aren't critical. Thanks for any advice! [Image violates Posting Guidelines for size - MODERATOR] Last edited by Dr. Drib; 03-30-2017 at 11:28 AM. |
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03-09-2013, 04:06 PM | #3 |
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Nice picture. Specially for you, (not only) titlebar switch commands:
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# lipc-set-prop com.lab126.pillow disableEnablePillow disable # lipc-set-prop com.lab126.pillow disableEnablePillow enable |
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Thats so much less fun!
and much more elegant NOTE: that also will nerf the search, menu and stuff Hmm.. let me screenie that. Last edited by twobob; 03-09-2013 at 04:24 PM. |
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wmctrl -r L:C_N:titleBar_ID:system -e '0,0,0,600,1'
wmctrl -r L:C_N:titleBar_ID:system -e '0,0,0,600,1' (twice since Awesome is a bit funny that way) and to restore: wmctrl -r L:C_N:titleBar_ID:system -e '0,0,0,600,30' gives us: (pictured) in your case Eurekas solution is probably tidiest and least effort as it is native. However. you asked to hide the status bar... so I am answering that request Last edited by twobob; 03-09-2013 at 04:40 PM. |
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Thank you both for the quick response! I'll give Eureka's a try since it a bit simpler to start with (and works in my case since I hide the toolbar too).
Since I've got your ear, the only other thing I was trying to do was override the action when you press the menu button at the bottom of the screen. Any clean way to intercept that? |
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BTW, interesting project, and nice-looking, too! I'm sure some folks here would appreciate the source code |
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You can intercept X Window System event of Home button press (and do not pass it further to Awesome) taking baf's untouchable.c as example. |
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Excellent. I'll have a go at that.
Updated with the new working state and hidden status bar: If anyone is interested, here is the code for my WAF: automaton.zip To be fair, it is a dead-simple time-delayed forwarder that just loads a web page (the same I'd load on a phone or computer). What I really wanted was the purest canvas to draw on. All the heavy lifting for the home control is handled by http://route.io. I'm happy to explain further if anyone is interested. Thanks for all the advice! |
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untouchable would be my choice too.
Eureka and Ixtab have come up with the goods there. |
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@jnjitkoff: You are not using the latest firmware, right? 5.0 or 5.1 maybe, althought 5.0.x is best for wafs. 5.1.x has some memory management crap and 5.3 does not even use waf (mesquite, is that how it's spelled?)
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seems like a bulk rename script would be a long way then if that is indeed the case.
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