Allow status_command to be disabled via IPC

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/bar/status_command.c b/sway/commands/bar/status_command.c
index 6f6f81a3..5ea22525 100644
--- a/sway/commands/bar/status_command.c
+++ b/sway/commands/bar/status_command.c
@@ -13,8 +13,18 @@ struct cmd_results *bar_cmd_status_command(int argc, char **argv) {
                                 "status_command", "No bar defined.");
         }
         free(config->current_bar->status_command);
-        config->current_bar->status_command = join_args(argv, argc);
-        wlr_log(WLR_DEBUG, "Feeding bar with status command: %s",
-                        config->current_bar->status_command);
+        config->current_bar->status_command = NULL;
+
+        char *new_command = join_args(argv, argc);
+        if (strcmp(new_command, "-") != 0) {
+                config->current_bar->status_command = new_command;
+                wlr_log(WLR_DEBUG, "Feeding bar with status command: %s",
+                                config->current_bar->status_command);
+        }
+
+        if (config->active && !config->validating) {
+                load_swaybars();
+        }
+
         return cmd_results_new(CMD_SUCCESS, NULL, NULL);
 }