Class wibox.widget.separator
A flexible separator widget.
By default, this widget display a simple line, but can be extended by themes (or directly) to display much more complex visuals.
 This widget is mainly intended to be used alongside the spacing_widget
 property supported by various layouts such as:
When used with these layouts, it is also possible to provide custom clipping functions. This is useful when the layout has overlapping widgets (negative spacing).
Usage:
wibox.widget {
    widget = wibox.widget.separator
}
    
    Info:
- Copyright: 2014, 2017 Emmanuel Lepage Vallee
- Author: Emmanuel Lepage Vallee <elv1313@gmail.com>
Object properties
| orientation | The separator's orientation. | 
| thickness | The separator's thickness. | 
| shape | The separator's shape. | 
| span_ratio | The relative percentage covered by the bar. | 
| color | The separator's color. | 
| border_color | The separator's border color. | 
| border_width | The separator's border width. | 
| forced_height | Force a widget height. | 
| forced_width | Force a widget width. | 
| opacity | The widget opacity (transparency). | 
| visible | The widget visibility. | 
Signals
| widget::layout_changed | When the layout (size) change. | 
| widget::redraw_needed | When the widget content changed. | 
| button::press | When a mouse button is pressed over the widget. | 
| button::release | When a mouse button is released over the widget. | 
| mouse::enter | When the mouse enter a widget. | 
| mouse::leave | When the mouse leave a widget. | 
Theme variables
| beautiful.separator_thickness | The separator thickness. | 
| beautiful.separator_border_color | The separator border color. | 
| beautiful.separator_border_width | The separator border width. | 
| beautiful.separator_span_ratio | The relative percentage covered by the bar. | 
| beautiful.separator_color | The separator's color. | 
| beautiful.separator_shape | The separator's shape. | 
Methods
| wibox.widget.separator:get_all_children () | Get all direct and indirect children widgets. | 
| wibox.widget.separator:setup (args) | Set a declarative widget hierarchy description. | 
| wibox.widget.separator:buttons (_buttons) | Set/get a widget's buttons. | 
| wibox.widget.separator:emit_signal_recursive (signal_name, ...) | Emit a signal and ensure all parent widgets in the hierarchies also forward the signal. | 
| wibox.widget.separator:emit_signal (name, ...) | Emit a signal. | 
| wibox.widget.separator:connect_signal (name, func) | Connect to a signal. | 
| wibox.widget.separator:weak_connect_signal (name, func) | Connect to a signal weakly. | 
Object properties
- orientation
- 
    The separator's orientation. 
Valid values are: - vertical: From top to bottom
- horizontal: From left to right
- auto: Decide depending on the widget geometry (default)
 The default value is selected automatically. If the widget is taller than large, it will use vertical and vice versa. Type:- string
 
- thickness
- 
    The separator's thickness. 
This is used by the default line separator, but ignored when a shape is used. Type:- number
 
- shape
- 
    The separator's shape. 
Type:- shape function A valid shape function
 See also:Usage:for _, s in ipairs { 'losange' ,'circle', 'isosceles_triangle', 'cross' } do local w = wibox.widget { shape = gears.shape[s], widget = wibox.widget.separator, } end 
- span_ratio
- 
    The relative percentage covered by the bar.
    Type:- A number number between 0 and 1. (default 1)
 
- color
- 
    The separator's color.
    Type:- string
 See also:
- border_color
- 
    The separator's border color. 
Type:- string
 See also:Usage:wibox.widget { shape = gears.shape.circle, color = '#00000000', border_width = 1, border_color = beautiful.bg_normal, widget = wibox.widget.separator, } 
- border_width
- 
    The separator's border width.
    Type:- number
 
- forced_height
- 
    Force a widget height.
    Type:- height
            number or nil
         The height (nilfor automatic)
 
- height
            number or nil
         The height (
- forced_width
- 
    Force a widget width.
    Type:- width
            number or nil
         The width (nilfor automatic)
 
- width
            number or nil
         The width (
- opacity
- 
    The widget opacity (transparency).
    Type:- opacity number The opacity (between 0 and 1) (default 1)
 
- visible
- 
    The widget visibility.
    Type:- boolean
 
Signals
- widget::layout_changed
- 
    When the layout (size) change.
 This signal is emitted when the previous results of :layout()and:fit()are no longer valid. Unless this signal is emitted,:layout()and:fit()must return the same result when called with the same arguments.See also:
- widget::redraw_needed
- 
    When the widget content changed.
 This signal is emitted when the content of the widget changes. The widget will
 be redrawn, it is not re-layouted. Put differently, it is assumed that
 :layout()and:fit()would still return the same results as before.See also:
- button::press
- 
    When a mouse button is pressed over the widget.
    Arguments:- lx number The horizontal position relative to the (0,0) position in the widget.
- ly number The vertical position relative to the (0,0) position in the widget.
- button number The button number.
- mods table The modifiers (mod4, mod1 (alt), Control, Shift)
- find_widgets_result The entry from the result of
 wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
        - drawable wibox.drawable The drawable containing the widget.
- widget widget The widget being displayed.
- hierarchy wibox.hierarchy The hierarchy managing the widget's geometry.
- x number An approximation of the X position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- y number An approximation of the Y position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- width number An approximation of the width that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- height number An approximation of the height that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- widget_width number The exact width of the widget in its local coordinate system.
- widget_height number The exact height of the widget in its local coordinate system.
 
 See also:
- button::release
- 
    When a mouse button is released over the widget.
    Arguments:- lx number The horizontal position relative to the (0,0) position in the widget.
- ly number The vertical position relative to the (0,0) position in the widget.
- button number The button number.
- mods table The modifiers (mod4, mod1 (alt), Control, Shift)
- find_widgets_result The entry from the result of
 wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
        - drawable wibox.drawable The drawable containing the widget.
- widget widget The widget being displayed.
- hierarchy wibox.hierarchy The hierarchy managing the widget's geometry.
- x number An approximation of the X position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- y number An approximation of the Y position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- width number An approximation of the width that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- height number An approximation of the height that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- widget_width number The exact width of the widget in its local coordinate system.
- widget_height number The exact height of the widget in its local coordinate system.
 
 See also:
- mouse::enter
- 
    When the mouse enter a widget.
    Arguments:- find_widgets_result The entry from the result of
 wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
        - drawable wibox.drawable The drawable containing the widget.
- widget widget The widget being displayed.
- hierarchy wibox.hierarchy The hierarchy managing the widget's geometry.
- x number An approximation of the X position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- y number An approximation of the Y position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- width number An approximation of the width that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- height number An approximation of the height that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- widget_width number The exact width of the widget in its local coordinate system.
- widget_height number The exact height of the widget in its local coordinate system.
 
 See also:
- find_widgets_result The entry from the result of
 wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
        
- mouse::leave
- 
    When the mouse leave a widget.
    Arguments:- find_widgets_result The entry from the result of
 wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
        - drawable wibox.drawable The drawable containing the widget.
- widget widget The widget being displayed.
- hierarchy wibox.hierarchy The hierarchy managing the widget's geometry.
- x number An approximation of the X position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- y number An approximation of the Y position that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- width number An approximation of the width that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- height number An approximation of the height that the widget is visible at on the surface.
- widget_width number The exact width of the widget in its local coordinate system.
- widget_height number The exact height of the widget in its local coordinate system.
 
 See also:
- find_widgets_result The entry from the result of
 wibox.drawable:find_widgets for the position that the mouse hit.
        
Theme variables
- beautiful.separator_thickness
- 
    The separator thickness.
    Type:- number
 See also:
- beautiful.separator_border_color
- 
    The separator border color.
    See also:
- beautiful.separator_border_width
- 
    The separator border width.
    Type:- number
 See also:
- beautiful.separator_span_ratio
- 
    The relative percentage covered by the bar.
    Type:- A number number between 0 and 1. (default 1)
 
- beautiful.separator_color
- 
    The separator's color.
    Type:- string
 See also:
- beautiful.separator_shape
- 
    The separator's shape.
    Type:- shape function A valid shape function
 See also:
Methods
- wibox.widget.separator:get_all_children ()
- 
    Get all direct and indirect children widgets.
 This will scan all containers recursively to find widgets
 Warning: This method it prone to stack overflow id the widget, or any of its
 children, contain (directly or indirectly) itself.
    Returns:- 
           table
        The children
    
 
- wibox.widget.separator:setup (args)
- 
    Set a declarative widget hierarchy description.
 See The declarative layout system
    - args An array containing the widgets disposition
 
- wibox.widget.separator:buttons (_buttons)
- 
    Set/get a widget's buttons.
    - _buttons The table of buttons that should bind to the widget.
 
- wibox.widget.separator:emit_signal_recursive (signal_name, ...)
- 
    Emit a signal and ensure all parent widgets in the hierarchies also
 forward the signal.  This is useful to track signals when there is a dynamic
 set of containers and layouts wrapping the widget.
    - signal_name string
- ... Other arguments
 
- wibox.widget.separator:emit_signal (name, ...)
- 
    Emit a signal.
    - name string The name of the signal.
- ... Extra arguments for the callback functions. Each connected function receives the object as first argument and then any extra arguments that are given to emit_signal().
 
- wibox.widget.separator:connect_signal (name, func)
- 
    Connect to a signal.
    - name string The name of the signal.
- func function The callback to call when the signal is emitted.
 
- wibox.widget.separator:weak_connect_signal (name, func)
- 
    Connect to a signal weakly. 
This allows the callback function to be garbage collected and automatically disconnects the signal when that happens. Warning: Only use this function if you really, really, really know what you are doing. - name string The name of the signal.
- func function The callback to call when the signal is emitted.