dotfiles/.config/qtile-wayland/settings/screens.py

# Justine Smithies
# https://github.com/justinesmithies/qtile-wayland-dotfiles

# Multimonitor support

from libqtile.config import Screen
from libqtile import bar
from libqtile.log_utils import logger
from .widgets import primary_widgets, secondary_widgets
import subprocess


def status_bar(widgets):
    #return bar.Bar(widgets, 24, background="#000000AA", margin=[10, 16, 0, 16]) # Margin = N E S W
    return bar.Bar(widgets, 24, background="#000000AA", margin=[0, 0, 0, 0]) # Margin = N E S W


screens = [Screen(wallpaper='~/wallpapers/archlinux2.jpg', wallpaper_mode='fill', top=status_bar(primary_widgets))]

# xrandr = "xrandr | grep -w 'connected' | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | wc -l"

# command = subprocess.run(
#     xrandr,
#     shell=True,
#     stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
#     stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
# )

# if command.returncode != 0:
#     error = command.stderr.decode("UTF-8")
#     logger.error(f"Failed counting monitors using {xrandr}:\n{error}")
#     connected_monitors = 1
# else:
#     connected_monitors = int(command.stdout.decode("UTF-8"))

connected_monitors = 2

if connected_monitors > 1:
    for _ in range(1, connected_monitors):
        screens.append(Screen(wallpaper='~/wallpapers/archlinux2.jpg', wallpaper_mode='fill', top=status_bar(secondary_widgets)))