configurations things

crates/common/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 iced = { workspace = true }
+iced_layershell = { workspace = true }
 toml = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }

crates/common/src/config.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use toml::Table;
 
+use crate::display::Display;
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct BarbarConfig {
-    pub monitor: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub display: Display,
     pub ups: Option<i32>, // Updates per second
     pub order: ModuleOrder,
     pub modules: Option<Table>,  // 'clock': [clock settings]

crates/common/src/display.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+//! `[display]` config section, converted into `iced_layershell` settings.
+//!
+//! Keeps the bar surface's geometry and renderer flags in one place, so `core`
+//! only reads config and hands the result straight to the daemon.
+
+use iced::Pixels;
+use iced_layershell::reexport::{Anchor, KeyboardInteractivity};
+use iced_layershell::settings::{LayerShellSettings, Settings, StartMode};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// Bar height in logical px when `[display].height` is omitted.
+const DEFAULT_HEIGHT: u32 = 36;
+/// Default text size in logical px.
+const DEFAULT_TEXT_SIZE: f32 = 16.0;
+/// Default horizontal padding between the bar edge and its content, logical px.
+const DEFAULT_PADDING: f32 = 8.0;
+/// Default gap between modules in the bar, logical px.
+const DEFAULT_SPACING: f32 = 8.0;
+
+/// Parsed `[display]` table.
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct Display {
+    /// Output to pin the bar to; `None` follows the active output.
+    pub monitor: Option<String>,
+    /// Bar height in logical px; the same strip is reserved exclusively.
+    pub height: u32,
+    /// MSAA for triangle primitives (Canvas/meshes). Quads — borders,
+    /// rounded rectangles — are already anti-aliased analytically, so this
+    /// does not change them.
+    pub antialiasing: bool,
+    /// Default text size in logical px.
+    pub default_text_size: f32,
+    /// Left/right padding between the bar edge and its content, logical px.
+    pub padding: f32,
+    /// Gap between modules in the bar, logical px.
+    pub spacing: f32,
+}
+
+impl Default for Display {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            monitor: None,
+            height: DEFAULT_HEIGHT,
+            antialiasing: false,
+            default_text_size: DEFAULT_TEXT_SIZE,
+            padding: DEFAULT_PADDING,
+            spacing: DEFAULT_SPACING,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display {
+    /// Output the bar starts on.
+    pub fn start_mode(&self) -> StartMode {
+        match &self.monitor {
+            Some(name) => StartMode::TargetScreen(name.clone()),
+            None => StartMode::Active,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Bar surface placement: full width, top, reserved strip of `height`.
+    pub fn layer_settings(&self) -> LayerShellSettings {
+        LayerShellSettings {
+            size: Some((0, self.height)),
+            exclusive_zone: self.height as i32,
+            anchor: Anchor::Top | Anchor::Left | Anchor::Right,
+            start_mode: self.start_mode(),
+            keyboard_interactivity: KeyboardInteractivity::None,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Full daemon settings: layer-shell placement plus iced renderer flags.
+    pub fn settings(&self) -> Settings {
+        Settings {
+            layer_settings: self.layer_settings(),
+            default_text_size: Pixels(self.default_text_size),
+            antialiasing: self.antialiasing,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/common/src/lib.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 //! so it must stay acyclic and pure.
 
 mod config;
+mod display;
 mod effect;
 mod messages;
 mod module;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ mod service;
 mod wire;
 
 pub use config::{BarbarConfig, Modules};
+pub use display::Display;
 pub use effect::ModuleEffect;
 pub use messages::*;
 pub use module::BarModule;

crates/core/src/app.rs

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Bar {
     pub(crate) modules: BTreeMap<&'static str, Box<dyn BarModule>>,
     /// Left, Middle, Right ; Module Order
     pub(crate) order: (Vec<Modules>, Vec<Modules>, Vec<Modules>),
+    /// Left/right padding between the bar edge and its content.
+    pub(crate) padding: f32,
+    /// Gap between modules in the bar.
+    pub(crate) spacing: f32,
     /// Surface id of the open popup.
     pub(crate) popup_id: Option<window::Id>,
     /// Fan-out routing table: module id -> services it wants.
@@ -26,6 +30,8 @@ impl Bar {
     pub(crate) fn new(
         modules_config_table: &Table,
         modules_order: (Vec<Modules>, Vec<Modules>, Vec<Modules>),
+        padding: f32,
+        spacing: f32,
     ) -> Self {
         // Registry owns construction: adding a module never edits this file.
         let modules: BTreeMap<&'static str, Box<dyn BarModule>> =
@@ -53,6 +59,8 @@ impl Bar {
             active_popup: None,
             modules,
             order: modules_order,
+            padding,
+            spacing,
             popup_id: None,
             routes,
             inputs,

crates/core/src/main.rs

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ use std::io::Read;
 use clap::Parser;
 use common::BarbarConfig;
 use iced_layershell::daemon;
-use iced_layershell::reexport::Anchor;
-use iced_layershell::settings::{LayerShellSettings, Settings, StartMode};
 
 mod app;
 mod args;
@@ -24,9 +22,6 @@ mod view;
 pub(crate) use app::Bar;
 pub(crate) use msg::{Message, Msg};
 
-/// Height of the bar in logical pixels.
-const BAR_HEIGHT: u32 = 36;
-
 /// Default log filter per build profile. Debug builds log barbar's own crates
 /// at `debug` while dependency noise (iced_layershell/sctk/cosmic_text/wgpu…)
 /// stays at `warn`; release builds log `warn` and above. `RUST_LOG` overrides.
@@ -56,14 +51,12 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), iced_layershell::Error> {
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    let start_mode = match &config.monitor {
-        Some(x) => StartMode::TargetScreen(x.clone()),
-        None => StartMode::Active,
-    };
-
     let modules = config.modules.clone().unwrap_or_default();
     let order = config.order;
-    tracing::info!(monitor = ?config.monitor, "starting barbar daemon");
+    let disp = config.display;
+    tracing::info!(monitor = ?disp.monitor, "starting barbar daemon");
+    let (padding, spacing) = (disp.padding, disp.spacing);
+    let settings = disp.settings();
 
     daemon(
         move || {
@@ -74,6 +67,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), iced_layershell::Error> {
                     order.middle.clone(),
                     order.right.clone(),
                 ),
+                padding,
+                spacing,
             )
         },
         subscription::namespace,
@@ -82,16 +77,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), iced_layershell::Error> {
     )
     .style(view::style)
     .subscription(subscription::gather_subscriptions)
-    .settings(Settings {
-        layer_settings: LayerShellSettings {
-            size: Some((0, BAR_HEIGHT)),
-            exclusive_zone: BAR_HEIGHT as i32,
-            anchor: Anchor::Top | Anchor::Left | Anchor::Right,
-            start_mode,
-            keyboard_interactivity: iced_layershell::reexport::KeyboardInteractivity::None,
-            ..Default::default()
-        },
-        ..Default::default()
-    })
+    .settings(settings)
     .run()
 }

crates/core/src/view.rs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn bar_view(bar: &Bar) -> Element<'_, Message> {
                 .map(|w| Message::Event(Msg::Wire(w)))
         })
         .collect::<Vec<Element<Message>>>())
-    .spacing(8)
+    .spacing(bar.spacing)
     .align_y(Alignment::Center);
 
     let middle = row(bar
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fn bar_view(bar: &Bar) -> Element<'_, Message> {
                 .map(|w| Message::Event(Msg::Wire(w)))
         })
         .collect::<Vec<Element<Message>>>())
-    .spacing(8)
+    .spacing(bar.spacing)
     .align_y(Alignment::Center);
     let right = row(bar
         .order
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fn bar_view(bar: &Bar) -> Element<'_, Message> {
                 .map(|w| Message::Event(Msg::Wire(w)))
         })
         .collect::<Vec<Element<Message>>>())
-    .spacing(8)
+    .spacing(bar.spacing)
     .align_y(Alignment::Center);
 
     let row = row![
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ fn bar_view(bar: &Bar) -> Element<'_, Message> {
     .align_y(Alignment::Center);
 
     container(row)
-        .padding(8)
+        .padding([0.0, bar.padding])
         .width(Length::Fill)
         .height(Length::Fill)
         .align_y(Alignment::Center)