al-skel/home/.config/awesome/freedesktop/desktop.lua

local wibox = wibox
local widget = widget
local screen = screen
local image = image
local button = button
local table = table
local ipairs = ipairs
local awful = require("awful")
local utils = require("freedesktop.utils")

module("freedesktop.desktop")

local current_pos = {}
local iconsize = { width = 48, height = 48 }
local labelsize = { width = 130, height = 20 }
local margin = { x = 20, y = 20 }

function add_icon(settings)

  local s = settings.screen

  if not current_pos[s] then
    current_pos[s] = { x = (screen[s].geometry.width - iconsize.width - margin.x), y = 40 }
  end

  local totheight = (settings.icon and iconsize.height or 0) + (settings.label and labelsize.height or 0)
  if totheight == 0 then return end

  if current_pos[s].y + totheight > screen[s].geometry.height - 40 then
    current_pos[s].x = current_pos[s].x - labelsize.width - iconsize.width - margin.x
    current_pos[s].y = 40
  end

  if (settings.icon) then
    icon = awful.widget.button({ image = settings.icon })
    local newbuttons = icon:buttons()
    table.insert(newbuttons, button({}, 1, nil, settings.click));
    icon:buttons(newbuttons)

    icon_container = wibox({ position = "floating", screen = s, bg = "#00000000" })
    icon_container.widgets = { icon }
    icon_container:geometry({
        width = iconsize.width,
        height = iconsize.height,
        y = current_pos[s].y,
        x = current_pos[s].x
    })
    icon_container.screen = s

    current_pos[s].y = current_pos[s].y + iconsize.height + 5
  end

  if (settings.label) then
    caption = widget({ type="textbox", align="right", width=labelsize.width })
    caption.ellipsize = "middle"
    caption.text = settings.label
    caption:buttons({
        button({ }, 1, settings.click)
    })

    caption_container = wibox({ position = "floating", screen = s, bg = "#00000000" })
    caption_container.widgets = { caption }
    caption_container:geometry({
        width = labelsize.width,
        height = labelsize.height,
        y = current_pos[s].y,
        x = current_pos[s].x - labelsize.width + iconsize.width
    })
    caption_container.screen = s
  end

  current_pos[s].y = current_pos[s].y + labelsize.height + margin.y
end

--- Adds subdirs and files icons to the desktop
-- @param dir The directory to parse, (default is ~/Desktop)
-- @param showlabels Shows icon captions (default is false)
function add_applications_icons(arg)
  for i, program in ipairs(utils.parse_desktop_files({
                               dir = arg.dir or '~/Desktop/',
                               icon_sizes = {
                                 iconsize.width .. "x" .. iconsize.height,
                                 "128x128", "96x96", "72x72", "64x64", "48x48",
                                 "36x36", "32x32", "24x24", "22x22", "16x6"
                               }
  })) do
    if program.show then
      add_icon({
          label = arg.showlabels and program.Name or nil,
          icon = program.icon_path,
          screen = arg.screen,
          click = function () awful.util.spawn(program.cmdline) end
      })
    end
  end
end

--- Adds subdirs and files icons to the desktop
-- @param dir The directory to parse
-- @param showlabels Shows icon captions
-- @param open_with The program to use to open clicked files and dirs (i.e. xdg_open, thunar, etc.)
function add_dirs_and_files_icons(arg)
  arg.open_with = arg.open_width or 'thunar'
  for i, file in ipairs(utils.parse_dirs_and_files({
                            dir = arg.dir or '~/Desktop/',
                            icon_sizes = {
                              iconsize.width .. "x" .. iconsize.height,
                              "128x128", "96x96", "72x72", "64x64", "48x48",
                              "36x36", "32x32", "24x24", "22x22", "16x6"
                            }
  })) do
    if file.show then
      add_icon({
          label = arg.showlabels and file.filename or nil,
          icon = file.icon,
          screen = arg.screen,
          click = function () awful.util.spawn(arg.open_with .. ' ' .. file.path) end
      })
    end
  end
end

function add_desktop_icons(args)
  add_applications_icons(args)
  add_dirs_and_files_icons(args)
end