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Breaking Changes:

• The new config parser imposes some restrictions on which characters can be
  used in section and key names. Users shouldn't be affected by, this unless
  they use one of the following characters in any section or key name: "'=;#[](){}:.$\%
  Please consult man 5 polybar for a full reference of the new config rules.
• internal/temperature: The first and last ramp element are now only used for
  base-temperature and below and warn-temperature and above respectively.
  This only slightly changes the ranges for which the different ramp levels are
  responsible for.
  (#2197)
• The actions bspwm-desknext, bspwm-deskprev, i3-wsnext, and i3-wsprev
  are no longer affected by the reverse-scroll setting in the bspwm or i3
  module, respectively. next will always go to the right and prev will
  always go to the left. If you had reverse-scroll set to true (this is the
  default value), the actions may now be reversed for you.

Changelog

Deprecations

• [settings]: throttle-input-for has been removed. It wasn't a useful option
  and could cause certain actions (e.g. click commands) to be ignored. (#2117)

• All action names used by modules to handle click and scroll events are
  deprecated (#1907). This change mainly affects users of the menu module.
  Please read the documentation for instructions on how to migrate.

New Config Options

The include-directory key can be used the same as include-file and includes
all regular files in the given directory.

In labels:

• label-NAME-minlen, label-NAME-alignment can be used to pad labels with
  spaces to the right (alignment set to left), left (alignment set to
  right), and both sides (alignment set to center).

In internal/backlight:

• enable-scroll enables changing the brightness through scrolling.

In internal/github:

• format-offline is used when the module cannot connect to the server.
• label-offline can be used in format-offline.
• api-url can be used to connect to a custom github enterprise instance

In internal/pulseaudio:

• click-right and click-middle can be used to execute commands when
  right/middle clicking.
• %decibels% token can be used in label-volume and label-muted to show the
  volume in decibels.

Changes To The Build System

• Allow users to specify python executable when building. (polybar/xpp#27,
  #2125)
• The i3ipcpp submodule no longer rebuilds jsoncpp and just uses whatever
  version is available. (#2015, polybar/i3ipcpp#9)

Features

• New commandline argument: -M / --list-all-monitors.
  Will display all available monitors (even cloned ones).
• New log level: notice.
  Used as the default and is used for non-warning messages the user should
  nevertheless be aware of. (#2027)
• config:
  • New config parser (#1377)
  • include-directory key (#2196), see #1946
  • Add error message when an entire section is missing. (#2195)
  • -minlen and -alignment properties for labels. (#1546)
  • Make the seperator key in the bar section a label. (#1918)
  • Better color validation. (#1290)
• timer modules: Schedule module updates to be aligned with the update interval.
  For example, the date module now updates on the minute instead of in the
  middle of a minute if the interval is set to 60 seconds. (#2123), see #2064
• custom/menu: Multiple menu modules per bar (#1907)
• internal/backlight: Support for changing the brightness through scrolling.
  This may require additional changes to the system running polybar. (#1957)
• internal/github:
  • format-offline for when the module cannot connect to the server (#1825),
    see #1815
  • Support for github enterprise instances. (#1841), see #1812
• internal/network: Support Gbit/s for %linkspeed% token. (#2055)
• internal/pulseaudio:
  • click-right and click-middle keys (#1941)
  • %decibels% token (#1894), see #1886
• internal/xworkspaces: Proper implementation for label-occupied. (#822),
  see #874, #1444, #1033

Fixes

• Polybar not executing commands that produce output. (#1680), see #916
• Polybar froze until click commands finished executing (#2248)
• Polybar not properly working with mirrored monitors. (#1823), see #1192 and
  #1794
• Unstable animation framerate (#1683), see #568
• Multiple modules of the same type caused click events not to be delivered to
  the rigth one (#1907), see #1172
• config:
  • Seemingly unrelated error messages when BOM character appears in config.
    (#2166), see #2075
  • Fall back to next possible config location if config file doesn't exist
    (except if --config was used). (#2026), see #2016
• iconset: fuzzy-match chose first match, even if exact match was available.
  (#2042), see #2041
• custom/menu: Spacing issue (#1656)
• internal/alsa: Volume didn't go over 100% (#2184), see #2173
• internal/backlight: Use amdgpu workaround for all devices starting with
  amdgpu_bl. (#2122)
• internal/battery: Battery not marked as full if over full-at percent.
  (#2019), see #1622
• internal/cpu: More accurate cpu load calculation. (#1955)
• internal/github: Outdated GitHub API authentication. (#2029), see #2002
• internal/memory: Use the correct size prefixes (#2211), see #2023
• internal/network:
  • Wrong up- and downspeed values for non-integer intervals. (#2219)
  • tun/tap interfaces didn't query their IP addresses. (#1990), see #1986
  • Don't crash module if linkspeed cannot be queried. (#1772), see #1211
• internal/temperature:
  • format-warn was not used if the temperature was exactly
    warn-temperature. (#1897)
• internal/xworkspaces:
  • Multi-monitor issue (#1929), see #1764, #1849
  • Module sometimes showed too many workspaces (#1984), see #1983
• build:
  • xpp submodule doesn't work with python 3.9 (polybar/xpp#26)
  • CMake 3.17+ developer warnings (#2089, polybar/xpp#24, polybar/xpp#25)
  • gtest compilation failure (#1993), see google/googletest#2678
  • Compilation issue in GCC 6. (#1953)