r/i3wm

i am trying to make every module have a border around it while the background of the bar itself is transparent to achieve a "floating" look for each module. i followed this discussion to have a border for the modules, and it has worked for the i3 module and the systray module, but not the memory module, since that module already has a format-prefix in it so i cant add the special character mentioned in that discussion. so what i thought of doing next was to create a custom/text module and have that character as the only thing in it and i have 0 module margin in my bar so this should work, except when i try to launch polybar it gives me this parser error. why does it work on i3 and systray modules but not my custom/text module?

https://preview.redd.it/rzhvvrhpgc2h1.png?width=1919&format=png&auto=webp&s=10e900fdd5dcee44ceae0974bdb2341575e954ac

this is my polybar config

I made a code so the tiny bar on the left should be a little bit more centralized, but it just doesnt moves away from the left, i tried using offset-x and padding but none seem to work, am i doing something wrong?

https://preview.redd.it/79nmabgdk62h1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=ec5a51aefaad570da2f2e626708f0422bd5bd0fb

main code:

[bar/example]
width = 4%
height = 24pt
offset-x = 20
radius = 16
fixed-center = true


; dpi = 96


background = ${colors.background}
foreground = ${colors.foreground}


line-size = 3pt


border-size = 2pt
border-color = 
#bb9af7


padding-left = 20
padding-right = 20S


module-margin = 2[bar/example]
width = 4%
height = 24pt
offset-x = 20
radius = 16
fixed-center = true


; dpi = 96


background = ${colors.background}
foreground = ${colors.foreground}


line-size = 3pt


border-size = 2pt
border-color = #bb9af7


padding-left = 20
padding-right = 20S


module-margin = 2

I’m currently using an Arch-based setup with CachyOS.

I want a highly customizable bar, that's also easy to configure. Ive been using i3bar for all of my time with i3 but i want to make my desktop look a bit nicer and i3bar isn't cutting it for me

https://preview.redd.it/puv9tstgux0h1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f725806ed8d1db7f48e33838fc7ffd858162a23

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I followed the users guide. When copying the autogenerated config file to ~/.i3/config it goes undetected. So I instead copied it to ~/.config/i3/config, and this works, but as soon as I reload i3 with the file there the mod key switches from windows to alt.
I tried adding set $mod Mod4 to the new config file but after reloading the mod key remains alt.
And I'm sure this is the config file that is being used since other changes actually work.

How can I solve this issue? I haven't found any documentation that explains or solves this.

has anyone used i3-resurrect on debian? or know if its an easy thing to install on it my friend is looking at using i3 and i wanna help them out