From 0b0dcd8013b98fb1ac5e57921f79c25df952f262 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sommerfeld <sommerfeld@sommerfeld.dev>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:24:42 +0100
Subject: waybar: use iwctl (from iwd) instead of iw for wifi status

---
 dot_config/waybar/executable_wifi-status.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 dot_config/waybar/executable_wifi-status.sh

(limited to 'dot_config')

diff --git a/dot_config/waybar/executable_wifi-status.sh b/dot_config/waybar/executable_wifi-status.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 082551f..b93a28c
--- a/dot_config/waybar/executable_wifi-status.sh
+++ b/dot_config/waybar/executable_wifi-status.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Emit waybar JSON describing wifi link state. Handles bond-slaved wlan
-# interfaces where waybar's built-in network module fails to detect wifi.
+# Emit waybar JSON describing wifi link state. Uses iwctl (from iwd) so we
+# don't need the separate `iw` package. Handles bond-slaved wlan where
+# waybar's built-in network module fails to detect wifi.
 set -eu
 
 iface=wlan0
-link=$(iw dev "$iface" link 2>/dev/null || true)
 
-if [ -z "$link" ] || [ "$link" = "Not connected." ]; then
+# iwctl emits ANSI colour codes even when stdout is a pipe; strip them.
+out=$(iwctl station "$iface" show 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]//g' || true)
+
+state=$(printf '%s\n' "$out" | awk '/ State / {print $NF; exit}')
+if [ "$state" != "connected" ]; then
   printf '{"text":"wifi off","class":"down"}\n'
   exit 0
 fi
 
-ssid=$(printf '%s\n' "$link" | awk -F': ' '/^\tSSID:/{print $2; exit}')
-dbm=$(printf '%s\n' "$link" | awk '/signal:/{print $2; exit}')
-pct=$(awk -v r="${dbm:-0}" 'BEGIN{p=2*(r+100); if(p>100)p=100; if(p<0)p=0; printf "%d",p}')
+ssid=$(printf '%s\n' "$out" |
+  sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*Connected network[[:space:]]\{2,\}//p' |
+  sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
+rssi=$(printf '%s\n' "$out" |
+  sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*\*\{0,1\}[[:space:]]*AverageRSSI[[:space:]]\{2,\}//p' |
+  awk '{print $1; exit}')
+pct=$(awk -v r="${rssi:-0}" 'BEGIN{p=2*(r+100); if(p>100)p=100; if(p<0)p=0; printf "%d",p}')
 
 printf '{"text":"%s %s%%","class":"up","tooltip":"%s · %s dBm"}\n' \
-  "$ssid" "$pct" "$iface" "$dbm"
+  "$ssid" "$pct" "$iface" "$rssi"
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2