Float out the bar a little bit if there are no windows, or multiple windows. Make single windows always fullscreen with no margins. Make bar transparent except when hovered over.

kuro/utils/bar.py

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from libqtile import bar
+from libqtile.widget.groupbox import GroupBox
+from libqtile.log_utils import logger
+
+
+class KuroBar(bar.Bar):
+    defaults = [
+        ("background", "#000000", "Background colour."),
+        ("background_normal", "#000000", "Background colour normally."),
+        ("background_hover", "#000000", "Background colour on hover."),
+        ("opacity", 1, "Bar window opacity."),
+        ("margin", 0, "Space around bar as int or list of ints [N E S W]."),
+        ("border_color", "#000000", "Border colour as str or list of str [N E S W]"),
+        ("border_width", 0, "Width of border as int of list of ints [N E S W]"),
+        (
+            "reserve",
+            True,
+            "Reserve screen space (when set to 'False', bar will be drawn above windows).",
+        ),
+    ]
+
+    def process_pointer_enter(self, x: int, y: int) -> None:
+        super().process_pointer_enter(x=x, y=y)
+        self.background = self.background_hover
+        # GroupBox Widget background color
+        for widget in self.widgets:
+            if isinstance(widget, GroupBox):
+                if len(widget.highlight_color) in [6, 7]:
+                    widget.highlight_color = widget.highlight_color + "FF"
+                else:
+                    widget.highlight_color = widget.highlight_color[:-2] + "FF"
+                logger.warning(f"Highlight: {widget.highlight_color}")
+        self.drawer.clear(self.background)
+        self.draw()
+
+    def process_pointer_leave(self, x: int, y: int) -> None:
+        super().process_pointer_leave(x=x, y=y)
+        self.background = self.background_normal
+        # GroupBox Widget background color
+        for widget in self.widgets:
+            if isinstance(widget, GroupBox):
+                if len(widget.highlight_color) in [6, 7]:
+                    widget.highlight_color = widget.highlight_color + "88"
+                else:
+                    widget.highlight_color = widget.highlight_color[:-2] + "88"
+                logger.warning(f"Highlight: {widget.highlight_color}")
+        self.drawer.clear(self.background)
+        self.draw()

kuro/utils/widgets.py

@@ -16,10 +16,44 @@ from libqtile.widget.wlan import get_status
 from libqtile.widget.groupbox import GroupBox
 from libqtile.command.base import expose_command
 
+from qtile_extras.widget.decorations import RectDecoration
+
 from kuro.utils.general import notify, BUTTON_LEFT, BUTTON_MIDDLE, BUTTON_RIGHT, BUTTON_DOWN, BUTTON_UP, BUTTON_MUTE, \
     call_process, execute
 
 
+def get_widget_style(config):
+    # active=Config.get('colour_groupbox_icon_active', '#ffffff'),
+    # borderwidth=Config.get('width_groupbox_border', 1),
+    # disable_drag=Config.get('bool_groupbox_disable_drag', False),
+    # font=Config.get('font_groupbox', 'Arial'),
+    # fontsize=Config.get('fontsize_groupbox', 15),
+    # highlight_color=Config.get("colour_groupbox_border_normal", '#444444'),
+    # inactive=Config.get('colour_groupbox_icon_inactive', '#444444'),
+    # rounded=Config.get('bool_groupbox_rounded_borders', True),
+    # this_current_screen_border=Config.get('colour_groupbox_border_focus', '#ffffff'),
+    # this_screen_border=Config.get('colour_groupbox_border_focus', '#ffffff'),
+    # margin=Config.get('margin_groupbox', 0),
+
+    # Config.foreground = colors['color15']
+    # Config.background = colors['color0']
+    # Config.highlight = colors['color3']
+    # Config.inactive_light = colors['color4']
+    # Config.inactive_dark = colors['color5']
+    # Config.bar_background = colors['color1']
+    return {
+        "foreground": "#ffffff",
+        "decorations": [
+            RectDecoration(
+                colour=config.background,
+                radius=12,
+                filled=True,
+                group=True,
+            )  # type: ignore
+        ],
+    }
+
+
 class DualPaneTextboxBase(base._Widget):
     """
         Base class for widgets that are two boxes next to each other both containing text.