3 files changed, 23 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/bar.c b/sway/commands/bar.c
index f760888e..03f4c557 100644
--- a/sway/commands/bar.c
+++ b/sway/commands/bar.c
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_bar(int argc, char **argv) {
                 return error;
         }
 
-        if (!config->reading) {
-                if (!find_handler(argv[0], bar_config_handlers,
-                                        sizeof(bar_config_handlers))) {
-                        return cmd_results_new(CMD_FAILURE, "bar",
-                                        "Can only be used in config file.");
+        if (find_handler(argv[0], bar_config_handlers,
+                                sizeof(bar_config_handlers))) {
+                if (config->reading) {
+                        return config_subcommand(argv, argc, bar_config_handlers,
+                                        sizeof(bar_config_handlers));
                 }
-                return config_subcommand(argv, argc, bar_config_handlers,
-                                sizeof(bar_config_handlers));
+                return cmd_results_new(CMD_FAILURE, "bar",
+                                "Can only be used in config file.");
         }
 
         if (argc > 1) {
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);
 }
diff --git a/sway/sway-bar.5.scd b/sway/sway-bar.5.scd
index 00b9386e..8c7be8e7 100644
--- a/sway/sway-bar.5.scd
+++ b/sway/sway-bar.5.scd
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Sway allows configuring swaybar in the sway configuration file.
 
         https://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html
 
+        If running this command via IPC, you can disable a running status command by
+        setting the command to a single dash: _swaybar bar bar-0 status\_command -_
+
 *pango\_markup* enabled|disabled
         Enables or disables pango markup for status lines. This has no effect on
         status lines using the i3bar JSON protocol.