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Add label-maxlen truncating formatting tags to known issues
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# Contents
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# Contents
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- [Running Polybar](#running-polybar)
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- [Running Polybar](#running-polybar)
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* [Label `maxlen` truncates formatting tags](#label-maxlen-truncates-formatting-tags)
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* [`Failed to get root pixmap, default to black (is there a wallpaper?)`](#failed-to-get-root-pixmap-default-to-black-is-there-a-wallpaper)
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* [`Failed to get root pixmap, default to black (is there a wallpaper?)`](#failed-to-get-root-pixmap-default-to-black-is-there-a-wallpaper)
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* [`Cannot find root pixmap, try a different tool to set the desktop background`](#cannot-find-root-pixmap-try-a-different-tool-to-set-the-desktop-background)
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* [`Cannot find root pixmap, try a different tool to set the desktop background`](#cannot-find-root-pixmap-try-a-different-tool-to-set-the-desktop-background)
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* [Huge Emojis](#huge-emojis)
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* [Huge Emojis](#huge-emojis)
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# Running Polybar
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# Running Polybar
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## Label `maxlen` truncates formatting tags
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**Problem:** Labels with a `maxlen` property will count formatting tokens when determining where to truncate the label. For example:
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```dosini
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label = %{F#ff0000}some text
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label-maxlen = 5
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```
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Will result in just `%{F#f` being shown. This can also lead to `X unclosed
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action blocks` errors when `%{A...}` action blocks are used.
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The same problem also occurs if the `%output%` token in the `custom/script` or `custom/ipc` module is given a maximum length and the contents of the token contains formatting tags.
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**Workaround:** Try not to put formatting tags in labels with `maxlen`. Instead, try any/multiple of the following:
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- Use the label's built-in [formatting](./Formatting) properties if possible
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- Use the token's built-in max-width property (`%token:0:<max width>%`) to truncate specific values instead of `maxlen`.
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- Put the formatting tags in the `format` settings if possible (e.g. `format = %{A1:...}<label>%{A1}` instead of `label = %{A1:...}...${A1}`)
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- If the formatting tags only appear at the beginning of the label, you can extend the `maxlen` property by the known number of characters in the formatting tags.
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This issue is tracked in [`#531`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/531).
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## `Failed to get root pixmap, default to black (is there a wallpaper?)`
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## `Failed to get root pixmap, default to black (is there a wallpaper?)`
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Polybar prints this warning when there is no wallpaper set and `pseudo-transparency = true` is set. Polybar will still
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Polybar prints this warning when there is no wallpaper set and `pseudo-transparency = true` is set. Polybar will still
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run but assume the wallpaper is all black.
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run but assume the wallpaper is all black.
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