Desktop Dashboard

Desktop Dashboard creates a borderless window the size of the primary display’s work area, with the X11 window type set to DESKTOP so it stays behind other windows and out of the task bar. It is visible on all workspaces and cannot be moved or resized.

What is in it

renderer/app.js keeps a list of widgets. Each widget is an object with an id, a title and a render() function that returns HTML, and the grid is redrawn every 30 seconds. One widget is registered: Welcome, which shows the current time, the date and the text “RobOS Desktop Dashboard”. There is no CPU, memory, workspace or shortcut widget in the code, and nothing in the window is clickable.

To add a widget, call registerWidget({ id, title, render }) in app.js. For widgets that show sprint, review and blocker data on the desktop, see Desktop Widgets.

Requirements and behavior

Linux with X11. The window type is set with xdotool and xprop, which must be installed, and DISPLAY is forced to :0.
On GNOME the work-area size can be wrong right after login, so the app re-checks the display size for the first 30 seconds and on every display change.
One instance runs at a time. Nothing is stored on disk apart from Electron’s own profile in ~/.config/robos/electron/desktop-dashboard.

electron packages/desktop-dashboard

Source: packages/desktop-dashboard.

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