Launcher

Windows-style taskbar that displays running windows, grouped by program. Hovering over a program with multiple windows open shows a popup with each window. Left clicking an icon/popup item focuses the program if it has any open instances or otherwise launches a new instance of the program. Middle clicking an icon always launches a new instance of the program. Optionally displays a launchable set of favourites.

Screenshot showing several open applications, including a popup showing Ironbar open in Rustrover.

Configuration

Type: launcher

	Type	Default	Description
`favorites`	`string[]`	`[]`	List of app IDs (or classes) to always show at the start of the launcher.
`show_names`	`boolean`	`false`	Whether to show app names on the button label. Names will still show on tooltips when set to false.
`show_icons`	`boolean`	`true`	Whether to show app icons on the button.
`icon_size`	`integer`	`32`	Size to render icon at (image icons only).
`launch_command`	`string`	`gtk-launch {app_name}`	Command used to launch applications.
`reversed`	`boolean`	`false`	Whether to reverse the order of favorites/items
`minimize_focused`	`boolean`	`true`	Whether to minimize a focused window when its icon is clicked. Only minimizes single windows.
`truncate.mode`	`'start'` or `'middle'` or `'end'` or `off`	`end`	Location of the ellipses and where to truncate text from. Applies to application names when `show_names` is enabled.
`truncate.length`	`integer`	`null`	Fixed width (in chars) of the widget. Leave blank to let GTK automatically handle.
`truncate.max_length`	`integer`	`null`	Maximum number of characters before truncating. Leave blank to let GTK automatically handle.
`truncate_popup.mode`	`'start'` or `'middle'` or `'end'` or `off`	`middle`	Location of the ellipses and where to truncate text from. Applies to window names within a group popup.
`truncate_popup.length`	`integer`	`null`	Fixed width (in chars) of the widget. Leave blank to let GTK automatically handle.
`truncate_popup.max_length`	`integer`	`25`	Maximum number of characters before truncating. Leave blank to let GTK automatically handle.
`page_size`	`integer`	`1000`	Number of items to show on a page. When the number of items is reached, controls appear which can be used to move forward/back through the list of items.
`icons.page_back`	`string` or image	`󰅁`	Icon to show for page back button.
`icons.page_forward`	`string` or image	`󰅂`	Icon to show for page forward button.

JSON

{
  "start": [
    {
      "type": "launcher",
      "favourites": [
        "firefox",
        "discord"
      ],
      "show_names": false,
      "show_icons": true,
      "reversed": false
    }
  ]
}

TOML

[[start]]
type = "launcher"
favorites = ["firefox", "discord"]
show_names = false
show_icons = true
reversed = false

YAML

start:
  - type: "launcher"
    favorites:
      - firefox
      - discord
    show_names: false
    show_icons: true
    reversed: false

Corn

{
  start = [
    {
      type = "launcher"
      favorites = [ "firefox" "discord" ]
      show_names = false
      show_icons = true
      reversed = false
    }
  ]
}

{
  "start": [
    {
      "type": "launcher",
      "favorites": [
        "firefox",
        "discord"
      ],
      "show_names": false,
      "show_icons": true,
      "reversed": false
    }
  ]
}

start:
  - type: launcher
    favorites:
      - firefox
      - discord
    show_names: false
    show_icons: true
    reversed: false

[[start]]
type = "launcher"
favorites = [ "firefox", "discord" ]
show_names = false
show_icons = true
reversed = false

Styling

Selector	Description
`.launcher`	Launcher widget box
`.launcher .item`	App button
`.launcher .item.open`	App button (open app)
`.launcher .item.focused`	App button (focused app)
`.launcher .item.urgent`	App button (urgent app)
`.launcher .pagination`	Pagination controls box
`.launcher .pagination .btn-back`	Pagination back button
`.launcher .pagination .btn-forward`	Pagination forward button
`.popup-launcher`	Popup container
`.popup-launcher .popup-item`	Window button in popup

For more information on styling, please see the styling guide.