polybar-msg

Control polybar using inter-process-messaging (IPC). Note: IPC is disabled by default and can be enabled by setting enable-ipc = true in the Polybar config. More information: https://polybar.rtfd.io/en/stable/user/ipc.html.

• Quit the bar:
  polybar-msg cmd quit
• Restart the bar in-place:
  polybar-msg cmd restart
• Hide the bar (does nothing if the bar is already hidden):
  polybar-msg cmd hide
• Show the bar again (does nothing if the bar is not hidden):
  polybar-msg cmd show
• Toggle between hidden/visible:
  polybar-msg cmd toggle
• Execute a module action (the data string is optional):
  polybar-msg action "#{{module_name}}.{{action_name}}.{{data_string}}"
• Only send messages to a specific Polybar instance (all instances by default):
  polybar-msg -p {{pid}} {{cmd|action}} {{payload}}