local wibox = require('wibox') local awful = require('awful') 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 } background_widget:setup { layout = wibox.layout.manual, text, } background_widget:struts({left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0}) end