Yabai

When using the yabai realm, target is the name of the target you want to refresh (see the list below for allowed targets) and action is the action you want to perform on it (the only allowed action is refresh).

Here is the list of the available targets:

• spaces
• windows
• displays

Examples:

shell
# Force spaces widget refresh
curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh

# Force windows widget refresh
curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh

# Force displays widget refresh
curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/displays/refresh

If you want to sync theses refresh with yabai signals, put the following lines in your yabai config file (.yabairc):

shell
yabai -m signal --add event=window_focused action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh && curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar spaces & windows when focused application changes"
yabai -m signal --add event=window_resized action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh && curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar spaces & windows when a window is resized"
yabai -m signal --add event=window_destroyed action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh && curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh" label="Refresh simple-ba spaces & windows when an application window is closed"
yabai -m signal --add event=space_changed action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh && curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar spaces & windows on space change"
yabai -m signal --add event=display_changed action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh && curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar spaces & windows on display focus change"
yabai -m signal --add event=window_title_changed action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh && curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar spaces & windows when current window title changes"
yabai -m signal --add event=space_destroyed action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh && curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar spaces & windows on space removal"
yabai -m signal --add event=space_created action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh && curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar spaces & windows on space creation"
yabai -m signal --add event=application_activated action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/spaces/refresh && curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/windows/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar spaces & windows when application is activated"
yabai -m signal --add event=display_added action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/displays/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar displays when a new dispay is added"
yabai -m signal --add event=display_removed action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/displays/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar displays when a dispay is removed"
yabai -m signal --add event=display_moved action="curl http://localhost:7776/yabai/displays/refresh" label="Refresh simple-bar displays when a dispay is moved"

Adapt the port number if you changed it in the config file.

Events overlapping is not an issue as the server will queue consecutive refreshes requested by yabai signals in order to prevent multiple useless re-renders.