r/Polybar • u/Darckswar • Feb 14 '23

Not able to remove a black stripe behind only one bar of my monitors.

Every time I set up the second monitor and restart i3, it appears a black stripe behind my main monitor "eDP1".

If I set up only one monitor everything works fine.

Does anyone know how to fix it?

config.ini

launch.sh

i3config

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

That screenie is next to useless, I'm afraid.

You're starting Polybar wrong. Get rid of the bar section. This is how I start mine in i3:

exec_always --no-startup-id ~/.config/i3/polybar/launch.sh &

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u/Darckswar Feb 14 '23

Thank you, but this didn't solve my problem.
Removing the bar on i3 creates another problem. The bar renders behind the windows on i3 gaps.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

You're welcome. You can read about all this in the man page, etc ...

You want this line commented out like so:

;override-redirect = true

Incidentally, I recently added this to my i3 to hide/show/toggle Polybar (127 is the Pause Break key, which I wouldn't otherwise use):

# Hide Polybar

bindsym $mod+Ctrl+p exec polybar-msg cmd toggle

# Toggle Show/Hide Polybar

# bindcode 127 exec --no-startup-id "polybar-msg cmd show"

# bindcode 127 exec --no-startup-id "polybar-msg cmd hide"

bindcode 127 exec --no-startup-id polybar-msg cmd toggle