feat(waybar): add recording indicator (#1561)

* init

* remove comment
format

* add pulse animation

* change to signals

* Move file to an internal location, match signal with what's being sent

* Need to sleep a second to ensure that the recording has either started or stopped before we render config

* Put it in a more prominent place

* Use OMARCHY_PATH

* Sharpen icons and add on-click to stop

* Drop animation but reserve space

* Lean entirely on waybar indicator rather than notification when starting

* Use an explaining function instead of comments

* Give time to ensure the process is dead before updating the indicator

* No longer needed

* Don't need to repeat the on-click

* Don't need a full second

* Naming

* SIRGTMIN shouldn't be here

* Don't need any of this that isn't seen or used

* Explain the sleep

* Mirror start/stop functions

* Go all-in on explaining functions

* Inline audio toggle

* Better just to move the clock rather than have it be permanently offset

* Fix all parameters and name them

* Add migration

* There is now a later omarchy-refresh-waybar offer

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Co-authored-by: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>

bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord

@@ -8,31 +8,47 @@ if [[ ! -d "$OUTPUT_DIR" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ $2 == "audio" ]]; then
+# Selects region or output
-  AUDIO="--audio"
+SCOPE="$1"
-else
-  AUDIO=""
-fi
 
-screenrecording() {
+# Selects audio inclusion or not
+AUDIO=$([[ $2 == "audio" ]] && echo "--audio")
+
+start_screenrecording() {
   filename="$OUTPUT_DIR/screenrecording-$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').mp4"
-  notify-send "Screen recording starting..." -t 1000
-  sleep 1
 
   if lspci | grep -Eqi 'nvidia|intel.*graphics'; then
-    wf-recorder $AUDIO -f "$filename" -c libx264 -p crf=23 -p preset=medium -p movflags=+faststart "$@"
+    wf-recorder $AUDIO -f "$filename" -c libx264 -p crf=23 -p preset=medium -p movflags=+faststart "$@" &
   else
-    wl-screenrec $AUDIO -f "$filename" --ffmpeg-encoder-options="-c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset medium -movflags +faststart" "$@"
+    wl-screenrec $AUDIO -f "$filename" --ffmpeg-encoder-options="-c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset medium -movflags +faststart" "$@" &
   fi
+
+  toggle_screenrecording_indicator
 }
 
-if pgrep -x wl-screenrec >/dev/null || pgrep -x wf-recorder >/dev/null; then
+stop_screenrecording() {
   pkill -x wl-screenrec
   pkill -x wf-recorder
+
   notify-send "Screen recording saved to $OUTPUT_DIR" -t 2000
-elif [[ "$1" == "output" ]]; then
+
-  screenrecording
+  sleep 0.2 # ensures the process is actually dead before we check
+  toggle_screenrecording_indicator
+}
+
+toggle_screenrecording_indicator() {
+  pkill -RTMIN+8 waybar
+}
+
+screenrecording_active() {
+  pgrep -x wl-screenrec >/dev/null || pgrep -x wf-recorder >/dev/null
+}
+
+if screenrecording_active; then
+  stop_screenrecording
+elif [[ "$SCOPE" == "output" ]]; then
+  start_screenrecording
 else
   region=$(slurp) || exit 1
-  screenrecording -g "$region"
+  start_screenrecording -g "$region"
 fi

bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord-stop

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if pgrep -x wl-screenrec >/dev/null || pgrep -x wf-recorder >/dev/null; then
-  pkill -x wl-screenrec
-  pkill -x wf-recorder
-  notify-send "Screen recording stopped" -t 2000
-fi

config/waybar/config.jsonc

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "spacing": 0,
   "height": 26,
   "modules-left": ["custom/omarchy", "hyprland/workspaces"],
-  "modules-center": ["clock", "custom/update"],
+  "modules-center": ["clock", "custom/update", "custom/screenrecording-indicator"],
   "modules-right": [
     "group/tray-expander",
     "bluetooth",
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@
     "format": " ",
     "tooltip": false
   },
+  "custom/screenrecording-indicator": {
+    "on-click": "omarchy-cmd-screenrecord",
+    "exec": "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/waybar/indicators/screen-recording.sh",
+    "signal": 8,
+    "return-type": "json"
+  },
   "tray": {
     "icon-size": 12,
     "spacing": 12

config/waybar/style.css

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #bluetooth,
 #pulseaudio,
 #custom-omarchy,
+#custom-screenrecording-indicator,
 #custom-update {
   min-width: 12px;
   margin: 0 7.5px;
@@ -61,3 +62,13 @@ tooltip {
 .hidden {
   opacity: 0;
 }
+
+#custom-screenrecording-indicator {
+  min-width: 12px;
+  margin-left: 8.75px;
+  font-size: 10px;
+}
+
+#custom-screenrecording-indicator.active {
+  color: #a55555;
+}

default/waybar/indicators/screen-recording.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if pgrep -x wl-screenrec >/dev/null || pgrep -x wf-recorder >/dev/null; then
+  echo '{"text": "󰻂", "tooltip": "Stop recording", "class": "active"}'
+else
+  echo '{"text": ""}'
+fi

migrations/1755930114.sh

@@ -3,6 +3,3 @@ echo "Add new Omarchy Menu icon to Waybar"
 mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
 cp ~/.local/share/omarchy/config/omarchy.ttf ~/.local/share/fonts/
 fc-cache
-
-echo
-gum confirm "Replace current Waybar config (backup will be made)?" && omarchy-refresh-waybar

migrations/1757511571.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+echo "Add screen recording indicator to Waybar"
+
+gum confirm "Replace current Waybar config (backup will be made)?" && omarchy-refresh-waybar