PolyBar_Autohide

PolyBar_Autohide is a programs that implements autohide features for polybar and other status bars. PolyBar_Autohide is wm agnostic and bar agnostic, it should work with any wm and bar only on X11.

How to Install

1. Clone the git repo in your home:

   git clone https://github.com/arkeane/polybar_autohide.git ~/polybar_autohide
   

   • Install dependencies: libxdo-dev from xdotool

2. Make adjustments to the script directly from the source code autohide.h.

   • To find the WM_CLASS of your bar you can use the getwmclass.sh script.

     ./getwmclass.sh
     

3. Compile the script with make or install it to /usr/bin/autohide with make install

4. Run the script with whatever kind of startup script you are using.

5. Uninstall with make uninstall

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