From 647423692c2ca0786f5a1abaafbd3755a64367d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "RingOfStorms (Joshua Bell)" <ringofstorms@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:10:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] wip i3

---
 flakes/common/hm_modules/de_i3/i3.nix |  8 ++++----
 flakes/common/nix_modules/de_i3.nix   | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 hosts/lio/i3_customizations.nix       | 15 +++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flakes/common/hm_modules/de_i3/i3.nix b/flakes/common/hm_modules/de_i3/i3.nix
index 3d186cb..9355719 100644
--- a/flakes/common/hm_modules/de_i3/i3.nix
+++ b/flakes/common/hm_modules/de_i3/i3.nix
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@
       };
 
       bars = [
-        {
-          position = "top";
-          statusCommand = "${pkgs.i3status}/bin/i3status";
-        }
+        # {
+        #   position = "top";
+        #   statusCommand = "${pkgs.i3status}/bin/i3status";
+        # }
       ];
 
       startup = [ ];
diff --git a/flakes/common/nix_modules/de_i3.nix b/flakes/common/nix_modules/de_i3.nix
index 39b4090..f93f778 100644
--- a/flakes/common/nix_modules/de_i3.nix
+++ b/flakes/common/nix_modules/de_i3.nix
@@ -48,4 +48,23 @@
   };
 
   hardware.graphics.enable = true;
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    # xfce.xfce4-panel
+    # xfce.xfce4-session
+    # xfce.xfce4-settings
+    # xfce.xfce4-power-manager
+    # xfce.xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin
+    # xfce.xfce4-screenshooter
+    # xfce.xfce4-clipman-plugin
+    # xfce.xfce4-sensors-plugin
+    # xfce.xfce4-notifyd
+    pavucontrol
+  ];
+
+  # Applets/services for tray widgets
+  programs.nm-applet.enable = true;
+  services.blueman.enable = true;
+  services.upower.enable = true;
+  # xfce4-notifyd is provided as a package; XFCE runs it automatically
 }
diff --git a/hosts/lio/i3_customizations.nix b/hosts/lio/i3_customizations.nix
index b1845b6..b65a528 100644
--- a/hosts/lio/i3_customizations.nix
+++ b/hosts/lio/i3_customizations.nix
@@ -34,11 +34,18 @@ in
          let
            inherit (lib) mkAfter;
          in
-         {
-           xsession.windowManager.i3.config.startup = mkAfter i3ExtraOptions.startup;
-           xsession.windowManager.i3.extraConfig = mkAfter assignLines;
+          {
+            xsession.windowManager.i3.config.bars = lib.mkForce [];
+            xsession.windowManager.i3.config.startup = mkAfter (i3ExtraOptions.startup ++ [
+              { command = "nm-applet"; }
+              { command = "blueman-applet"; }
+              { command = "xfce4-power-manager"; }
+              { command = "sh -c 'pgrep -x xfsettingsd >/dev/null || xfsettingsd'"; }
+              { command = "sh -c 'pgrep -x xfce4-panel >/dev/null || (sleep 0.5; xfce4-panel --disable-wm-check)'"; }
+            ]);
+            xsession.windowManager.i3.extraConfig = mkAfter assignLines;
             home.packages = [ pkgs.xwallpaper pkgs.xorg.xrandr ];
-         }
+          }
       )
     ];
   };