workspace_scale status IPC messages?

[Diax170]

So I'm trying to add a custom overview indicator widget to Waybar. Now is there a way to subscribe or at least probe workspace_scale or overview state, or would this have to be implemented beforehand? Is there a Scrollbar implementation of this widget?

This discussion falls under both Ideas and Q&A, I'm unsure which one to choose...

[dawsers]

There is already an IPC message that provides that information, see man scroll-ipc.

There are both GET_SCROLLER (for initialization) and a scroller event type. If you want to see an implementation of that widget, there is one in scrollbar (see swaybar/ipc.c etc. and search for the SCROLLER events) and another one in gtkshell, see scroll.h and scroll.cpp.

If you have any doubts, you can ask them here.

[Diax170]

Thanks, I haven't noticed that event type earlier