dotfiles/awesome/background_widget.lua

local wibox = require('wibox')
local awful = require('awful')
local gears = require('gears')

function todo_list_widget(s)

    local text = wibox.widget{
        markup = '\n    <b>TODO</b>\n        - Hello',
        align  = 'left',
        valign = 'top',
        font = "Ubuntu 20",
        widget = wibox.widget.textbox
    }

    local widget = wibox.widget.background(text, "#000000aa", function(cr, width, height)
        gears.shape.rounded_rect(cr, width, height, 20)
    end)

    widget.shape_border_width = 1
    widget.shape_border_color = "#ffffff"
    widget.forced_width = 500
    widget.forced_height = 500
    widget.point = { x = 20, y = 30 }

    return widget

end

function add_background_widget(s)

    background_widget = awful.wibar({
        screen = s,
        height = s.geometry.height,
        bg = "#00000000",
    })

    local text = wibox.widget.textbox("Hello to you")
    text.point = { x = 75, y = 200 }

    local w = todo_list_widget(s)

    background_widget:setup {
        layout = wibox.layout.manual,
        w
    }

    background_widget:struts({left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0})

end