YASB CLI (Command Line Interface)

The YASB CLI is a command line interface that allows you to interact with the YASB status bar. The CLI is a powerful tool that allows you to manage your YASB bar, start, stop, enable autostart, disable autostart, reload, update and watch the logs in the terminal.

Usage

yasbc [command] [options]

Commands

start - Start the status bar.
stop - Stop the status bar.
enable-autostart - Enable autostart for the status bar on system boot.
disable-autostart - Disable autostart for the status bar on system boot.
reload - Reload the status bar configuration.
monitor-information - Show information about connected monitors.
hide-bar - Hide the status bar.
show-bar - Show the status bar.
toggle-bar - Toggle the visibility of the status bar.
toggle-widget - Toggle the visibility of specific widget.
update - Update aplicattion to the latest version.
set-channel - Set the update channel (stable, dev).
log - Show the status bar logs in the terminal.
reset - Restore default config files and clear cache
help - Show the help message.

Options

--help - Show the help message for the command.
--silent - Disable print messages for start, stop and reload
--version - Show the YASB version.

Note: You can use the --silent option with the start, stop and reload commands to prevent non-error messages from being displayed.

Autostart

To enable autostart for the status bar on system boot, use the following command:

yasbc enable-autostart

To disable autostart for the status bar on system boot, use the following command:

yasbc disable-autostart

To create task scheduler for autostart on windows, use the following command:

yasbc enable-autostart --task

To disable task scheduler for autostart on windows, use the following command:

yasbc disable-autostart --task

Note: Creating a task scheduler for autostart on Windows requires administrator privileges.

Show and Hide the Status Bar

To hide the status bar on all screens, use the following command:

yasbc hide-bar

To hide the status bar on a specific screen, use the following command:

yasbc hide-bar --screen <screen_name>

To show the status bar on all screens, use the following command:

yasbc show-bar

To show the status bar on a specific screen, use the following command:

yasbc show-bar --screen <screen_name>

To toggle the visibility of the status bar on all screens, use the following command:

yasbc toggle-bar

To toggle the visibility of the status bar on a specific screen, use the following command:

yasbc toggle-bar --screen <screen_name>

To toggle the visibility of a specific widget on screen, use the following command:

yasbc toggle-widget launchpad --screen 'DELL P2419H (2)'

To toggle the visibility of a specific widget on screen where is mouse cursor, use the following command:

yasbc toggle-widget launchpad --follow-mouse

To toggle the visibility of a specific widget on screens where is focused window, use the following command:

yasbc toggle-widget launchpad --follow-focused

Switch Update Channel

To switch the update channel to dev, use the following command:

yasbc set-channel dev

[!NOTE] The toggle-widget command is not available for all widgets, it is only available for widgets that support toggling visibility. On each widget page, you can find information about the widget and whether it supports toggling visibility.