arthur-os/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar

Omarchy bar

This is the Quickshell implementation of the Omarchy status bar. It is shipped as a first-party plugin of omarchy-shell, the long-running shell host. The bar is mounted at startup and lives inside the shell for its whole session.

• manifest.json declares the plugin (id: omarchy.bar, kind: bar, activation: persistent) and points at Bar.qml as the entry point.
• Bar.qml is Omarchy-owned bar engine code, loaded by the omarchy-shell host. Users should not edit it directly.
• widgets/ holds first-party widgets — modular, interactive components shipped with Omarchy.
• common/ holds shared QML helpers (buttons, sliders, popup cards).
• The bar receives its config from the host shell as a barConfig property; the host loads it from ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json (or shell-defaults.json when the user has no file).
• omarchy-style-bar-position updates only the user shell.json file.

Customizing

The bar config lives under the bar: key of ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json. Out of the box the shell uses shell-defaults.json. Once you customize anything via omarchy launch settings or by editing shell.json directly, your file is canonical — there is no deep-merge.

Launch the visual editor with omarchy launch settings (or run omarchy-launch-settings) to reorder widgets, add/remove them, and tweak per-widget options without editing JSON by hand.

Example shell.json (bar subtree only shown):

{
  "version": 1,
  "bar": {
    "position": "top",
    "centerAnchor": "calendar",
    "layout": {
      "left": [
        { "id": "omarchy" },
        { "id": "spacer", "size": 12 },
        { "id": "workspaces" }
      ],
      "center": [
        { "id": "media" },
        { "id": "calendar", "format": "HH:mm" }
      ],
      "right": [
        { "id": "systemStats" },
        { "id": "audioPanel" },
        { "id": "battery" },
        { "id": "controlCenter" }
      ]
    }
  }
}

centerAnchor pins one center module to the exact horizontal/vertical center and flanks others around it. Set to an empty string to disable anchoring (the center list is centered as a group).

Module catalogue

First-party interactive widgets (in widgets/)

Name	What it does	Interactions
media	MPRIS now-playing — scrolling track + artist, cover-art popup	left = play/pause · middle = next · scroll = prev/next · right = popup
audioPanel	Volume icon + popup with master slider, output-device picker, per-app mixer	left = popup · right = mute · middle = audio TUI · scroll = volume
networkPanel	Wi-Fi/Ethernet icon + popup with Wi-Fi scan, signal, connect	left = popup · right = nmtui
bluetoothPanel	Bluetooth icon + popup with device list, connect/disconnect, battery	left = popup · right = toggle radio · middle = bluetoothctl TUI
calendar	Clock + popup with month-grid calendar	left = popup · right = tz selector
notificationCenter	Bell with badge + popup with recent notifications, DND toggle	left = popup · right = toggle DND
systemStats	Inline CPU + memory sparklines, popup with detail	left = popup · right = terminal
weatherFlyout	Weather icon + popup with forecast	left = popup · right = full notification
idleInhibitor	Coffee-cup that toggles omarchy-toggle-idle	left = toggle
microphone	Mic icon + scroll volume	left = mute toggle · middle = audio TUI · scroll = source volume

Built-in legacy modules (in shell.qml)

omarchy, workspaces, clock, weather, update, voxtype, screenRecording, idle, notifications, tray, bluetooth, network, audio, cpu, battery.

These remain available — set them in layout to use them instead of the richer widget versions.

Orientation

All widgets work in top, bottom, left, and right positions. Popups anchor on the side opposite the bar edge, sliding into the workspace. Vertical bars use 28px width; widgets that show text fall back to compact icon-only forms (e.g. media hides its scrolling label).

Custom user modules

The schema accepts arbitrary module ids that you provide. Set type to command for shell-driven output or qml for a custom QML widget. Both still go under bar.layout.<section> in shell.json.

Command module:

{
  "version": 1,
  "bar": {
    "layout": {
      "right": [
        { "id": "tray" },
        { "id": "vpn", "type": "command", "exec": "~/.config/omarchy/bar/scripts/vpn-status", "interval": 5, "tooltip": "VPN", "onClick": "nm-connection-editor" },
        { "id": "audioPanel" }
      ]
    }
  }
}

The command may print plain text or Waybar-style JSON, for example:

{"text":"󰌆","tooltip":"Work VPN","class":"active"}

QML module:

{
  "version": 1,
  "bar": {
    "layout": {
      "right": [
        { "id": "gpu", "type": "qml" },
        { "id": "audioPanel" }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Then create ~/.config/omarchy/bar/modules/gpu.qml. If you want to store it elsewhere, add a source path.

Custom QML modules should be an Item with implicitWidth and implicitHeight. They may optionally define these properties, which the bar fills after loading:

import QtQuick

Item {
  property var bar
  property string moduleName
  property var settings

  implicitWidth: 28
  implicitHeight: bar ? bar.barSize : 26

  Text {
    anchors.centerIn: parent
    text: "GPU"
    color: bar ? bar.foreground : "white"
    font.family: bar ? bar.fontFamily : "monospace"
    font.pixelSize: 12
  }

  MouseArea {
    anchors.fill: parent
    onClicked: if (bar) bar.run("omarchy-launch-or-focus-tui btop")
  }
}

Bar properties available to widgets

Widgets receive bar (the shell root), moduleName (string), and settings (object) injected at load time. The bar exposes:

• bar.foreground, bar.background, bar.urgent — theme colors (live-updated)
• bar.fontFamily — current monospace family
• bar.position — "top" | "bottom" | "left" | "right"
• bar.vertical — boolean shortcut
• bar.barSize — 26 horizontal / 28 vertical
• bar.run(command) — fire-and-forget bash exec
• bar.shellQuote(value) — safe shell-quote a string
• bar.showTooltip(target, text) / bar.hideTooltip(target) — shared tooltip popup
• bar.requestPopout(owner) / bar.releasePopout(owner) — one-popup-at-a-time coordinator

First-party widgets live in widgets/<name>.qml and are picked up by the shell's BarWidgetRegistry at startup; reference one by id in any layout list.

Third-party widgets ship as separate plugins under ~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/ with their own manifest.json declaring kinds: ["bar-widget"] and a barWidget entry point. See ../../README.md for the manifest schema and the Plugin Manager tab in omarchy launch settings for enable/disable controls.