reno/widgets/dismal.lua

-- Dismal - not your average run prompt
local awmtk2 = require("awmtk2")
local wibox = require("wibox")
local gears = require("gears")
local awful = require("awful")

local xdg_search = function(name,rlimit)
    local results = {}
    for k,v in pairs(xdg.apps) do
        if v.name:lower():find(name,nil,true) then
            table.insert(results,v)
        end
        if rlimit <= #results then
            break
        end
    end
    return results
end

return function(args)
    local style = awmtk2.create_style("dismal",awmtk2.default,args.style)
    local templates = awmtk2.create_template_lib("dismal",awmtk2.templates,args.templates)
    local t = awmtk2.build_templates(templates,style)
    local launchpad = awful.popup(t.popup({
        t.container {
            t.textbox({
                text = "",
                id = "inputbox"
            }),
            layout = wibox.layout.fixed.vertical,
        },
        t.container({
            id = "resultbox",
            layout = wibox.layout.fixed.vertical,
            spacing = style.container.spacing
        },{
            bg = style.container.bg_highlight,
            forced_width = style.button.width or 180
        }),
        t.textbox({
            markup = "<b>Enter</b> - Run;\n<b>Ctrl+Enter</b> - run in terminal"
        }),
        spacing = style.container.spacing,
        layout = wibox.layout.fixed.vertical
    }))
    local button_cache = gears.cache(function(name,exec,description,icon)
        -- beacause apparently cache doesn't allow nil values
        if icon == "" then icon = nil end
        local widget = wibox.widget(t.button(t.article({
            icon = icon,
            resize = true,
            title = name,
            description = description,
            icon_size = (style.button.height and 
                (style.button.height-style.container.margins)) or 
                30-style.container.margins
        }),{
            forced_height = style.button.height or 30  
        }))
        local exec = exec:gsub("%%%w","")
        widget:buttons(
            gears.table.join(
                awful.button({},1,function()
                    awful.spawn(exec)
                    launchpad.visible = false
                    -- i know it's deprecated, you literally give me no option
                    awful.keygrabber.stop()
                end),
                awful.button({"Control"},1,function()
                    awful.spawn({global.terminal,"-e",exec})
                    launchpad.visible = false
                    awful.keygrabber.stop()
                end),
                awful.button({},3,function()
                    awful.spawn(exec)
                end),
                awful.button({"Control"},3,function()
                    awful.spawn({global.terminal,"-e",exec})
                end)
            )
        )
        return widget
    end)
    local modifiers = {}
    local results_list = launchpad.widget:get_children_by_id("resultbox")[1]
    local input_field = launchpad.widget:get_children_by_id("inputbox")[1]
    root.keys(gears.table.join(
        root.keys(),
        awful.key({ global.modkey }, "r", function()
            launchpad.visible = true
            if launchpad.visible then
                awful.prompt.run {
                    prompt = "<b>Run: </b>",
                    textbox = input_field,  
                    hooks = {    
                        { { "Control" }, "Return", function(cmd) 
                            awful.spawn({global.terminal, "-e", cmd})
                        end},
                        { { }, "Return", function(cmd) 
                            awful.spawn.with_shell(cmd)
                        end},
                        { {}, 'Escape', function(cmd)
                            input_field.markup = ""
                        end},
                    },
                    done_callback = function()
                        launchpad.visible = false
                    end,
                    changed_callback = function(command)
                        local results = xdg_search(command,args.result_limit or 5)
                        results_list:reset()
                        for k,v in pairs(results) do
                            results_list:insert(1,button_cache:get(
                                v.name,
                                v.exec,
                                v.description or "",
                                v.icon or ""
                            ))
                        end
                    end,
                    completion_callback = function(before,after,ncomp)
                        return awful.completion.shell(before,after,ncomp,global.shell)
                    end,
                    history_path = "/tmp/.dismal_history",
                    history_max = 50
                }
            end
        end)
    ))
    return launchpad
end