Notify when clicking on launchbar icon

awesome/command_launcher.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+-- INSPIRED FROM
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- @author Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
+-- @copyright 2008-2009 Julien Danjou
+-- @classmod awful.widget.launcher
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- MODIFIED BY
+--  thomas forgione
+
+local setmetatable = setmetatable
+local naughty = require('naughty')
+local gtable = require("gears.table")
+local spawn = require("awful.spawn")
+local wbutton = require("awful.widget.button")
+local button = require("awful.button")
+
+local launcher = { mt = {} }
+
+--- Create a button widget which will launch a command.
+-- @param args Standard widget table arguments, plus image for the image path
+-- and command for the command to run on click, or either menu to create menu.
+-- @return A launcher widget.
+function launcher.new(args)
+    if not args.callback and not args.menu then return end
+    local w = wbutton(args)
+    if not w then return end
+
+    local b
+    if args.callback then
+       b = gtable.join(w:buttons(), button({}, 1, nil, function () args.callback() end))
+    elseif args.menu then
+       b = gtable.join(w:buttons(), button({}, 1, nil, function () args.menu:toggle() end))
+    end
+
+    w:buttons(b)
+    return w
+end
+
+function launcher.mt:__call(...)
+    return launcher.new(...)
+end
+
+return setmetatable(launcher, launcher.mt)

awesome/launchbar.lua

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 local naughty = require('naughty')
 local layout = require("wibox.layout")
 local util = require("awful.util")
-local launcher = require("awful.widget.launcher")
+local spawn = require('awful.spawn')
+local launcher = require("command_launcher")
 
 local launchbar = {}
 
@@ -46,7 +47,13 @@ function launchbar.new(filedir)
     for f in files:lines() do
         local t = io.open(f):read("*all")
         table.insert(items, { image = find_icon(getValue(t,"Icon")),
-        command = getValue(t,"Exec"),
+        callback = function ()
+            naughty.notify({
+                title = "Starting " .. getValue(t, "Name"),
+                text = ""
+            })
+            spawn(getValue(t,"Exec"))
+        end,
         position = tonumber(getValue(t,"Position")) or 255 })
     end
     table.sort(items, function(a,b) return a.position < b.position end)