1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/swaybar/status_line.c b/swaybar/status_line.c
index e3cc0bf4..bbb798f1 100644
--- a/swaybar/status_line.c
+++ b/swaybar/status_line.c
@@ -511,6 +511,35 @@ bool handle_status_line(struct bar *bar) {
         return dirty;
 }
 
+void handle_status_hup(struct status_line *line) {
+        // This is somewhat hacky, but free all previous status line state and
+        // then create a status block that displays an error string. This is so
+        // we can have pretty error colors.
+        sway_log(L_ERROR, "Replacing statusline with error string, as the status command has failed");
+        if (line->block_line) {
+                list_foreach(line->block_line, free_status_block);
+                list_free(line->block_line);
+        }
+        line->block_line = create_list();
+        struct status_block *new = calloc(1, sizeof(struct status_block));
+        new->full_text = strdup("ERROR: swaybar cannot access the statusline");
+        new->color = 0xff0000ff;
+        new->min_width = 0;
+        new->align = strdup("left");
+        new->markup = false;
+        new->separator = true;
+        new->separator_block_width = 9;
+        new->background = 0x0;
+        new->border = 0x0;
+        new->border_top = 1;
+        new->border_bottom = 1;
+        new->border_left = 1;
+        new->border_right = 1;
+        list_add(line->block_line, new);
+
+        line->protocol = I3BAR;
+}
+
 struct status_line *init_status_line() {
         struct status_line *line = malloc(sizeof(struct status_line));
         line->block_line = create_list();