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https://github.com/ccatterina/plasmusic-toolbar
KDE Plasma widget that shows currently playing song information and provide playback controls.
https://github.com/ccatterina/plasmusic-toolbar
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KDE Plasma widget that shows currently playing song information and provide playback controls.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ccatterina/plasmusic-toolbar
- Owner: ccatterina
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2023-09-16T07:31:02.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-07T08:39:43.000Z (29 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-07T09:24:02.834Z (29 days ago)
- Topics: kde, music, plasma, plasma-applet, plasma5, plasma6, spotify, toolbar, vlc, widget
- Language: QML
- Homepage:
- Size: 1.01 MB
- Stars: 90
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 7
- Open Issues: 16
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# PlasMusic Toolbar
[](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/plasma6-applets-plasmusic-toolbar) [](https://repology.org/project/plasmusic-toolbar/versions)
## Overview
PlasMusic Toolbar is a widget for KDE Plasma 6 that shows currently playing song information and provide playback controls.
A Plasma 5 version of the widget is available in the [plasma5 branch](https://github.com/ccatterina/plasmusic-toolbar/tree/plasma5).
## Features
### 🎵 Now Playing Song
- Show the currently playing song's title and artist in the KDE panel
### ⏯️ Playback Controls
- Manage your music effortlessly with Play, Pause, Next, and Previous controls directly from the KDE panel.
### 📸 Full View
- Full View provides the album image, along with Play, Pause, Next, Previous, Shuffle, and Repeat controls. Adjust the volume and track position with ease.
### 🛠️ Configurations
- **Icon customization:** Change the widget's icon in the panel view to suit your preferences. You can also choose to display the album cover.
- **Font customization:** Change the widget's text font to suit your preferences.
- **Playback controls visibility:** Choose whether to display Play, Pause, Next, and Previous controls in the panel view.
- **Preferred source**: Change the widget preferred source for music information.
- **Playing song max display width**: Determine the maximum width for displaying the currently playing song in the panel. When the song's text exceeds this maximum width, the text will scroll horizontally.
- **Playing song scrolling speed**: Change the scrolling speed of the song's text.
- and more...
## Installation
### KDE store
You can install the widget directly from the kde store:
- https://store.kde.org/p/2128143
### AUR package
For those using an Arch-based distribution, an AUR package is available:
- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/plasma6-applets-plasmusic-toolbar
Thanks to [@D3SOX](https://www.github.com/D3SOX) for creating and maintaining the package!
### Nix package
For those using NixOS or the nix package manager, a Nix package is available in nixpkgs-unstable.
To install the widget use one of these methods:
- NixOS
```nix
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
plasmusic-toolbar
];
```
- [Home-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager)
```nix
home.packages = with pkgs; [
plasmusic-toolbar
];
```
- [Plasma-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/plasma-manager): If the widget gets added to a panel it will automatically be installed
- Other distros using nix package manager
```
# without flakes:
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.plasmusic-toolbar
# with flakes:
nix profile install nixpkgs#plasmusic-toolbar
```
### Manual
1. Clone the repository:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/ccatterina/plasmusic-toolbar.git /tmp/plasmusic-toolbar
```
2. Install the widget:
```sh
kpackagetool6 -i /tmp/plasmusic-toolbar/src/ --type Plasma/Applet
```
3. Upgrading the widget:
```sh
kpackagetool6 -u /tmp/plasmusic-toolbar/src/ --type Plasma/Applet
```
4. Removing the widget:
```sh
kpackagetool6 -r plasmusic-toolbar --type Plasma/Applet
```
## Screenshots
