Only run command on click about i3blocks HOT 6 CLOSED

What about when you want to generate text using command and have a response to click?

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Hi @benkaiser,

FYI, now a block without interval won't be executed on startup. So adding a button is as simple as:

[clickme]
full_text=Click me!
command=notify-send "Button $BLOCK_BUTTON ($BLOCK_X, $BLOCK_Y)"

In contrast, one-shot commands must be specified as follow:

[kernel]
command=uname -r
interval=once

I hope this is intuitive and convenient enough!

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Hi @benkaiser,

In #23 we agreed on a new click command to execute when appropiate. That will be done soon!
In the meantime, you could simply check for the $BLOCK_BUTTON variable and exit silently if it is not set. In Bash, you'd add a line like test -z "$BLOCK_BUTTON" && exit.

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Hi @vivien,

Thanks for reply. I ended up trying out a different statusbar replacement (i3pystatus) and it did what I wanted. However I will look back into using i3blocks once you add the feature.
No rush of course, but could you update this issue / close it once you add the feature so I get a notification?

Thanks

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Sure. I hope you'll find the best tool for your needs!

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Any further on this? I want to click my i3blocks volume status to bring up pavucontrol

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