Timelet

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A themeable desklet that shows the time

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Timelet

A themeable desklet inspired by Conky to display time on your desktop.

Themes

Digital
Flair
Gotham
Jelly
Metro

Fonts

Install the fonts required by each theme for the best result.

Digital: Digital 7
Flair: LG Weather_Z
Gotham: GE Inspira
Jelly: Roboto
Metro: Ubuntu
Modern: Anurati, Ubuntu

Development

Refer Timelet: A Themeable Desklet to Show Time for details on how to write a theme for Timelet.

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28 Comments

Super-Spencer-4 weeks ago

Hello, I'm using the Gotham Theme. I'd like to use my system's default font, Droid Sans Regular. I tried to make a change for this in the following file: cd ~/.local/share/cinnamon/desklets/timelet@linuxedo.com/themes nano gotham.js ---------------------------------------------------- I modified the code from this: ------------- this._time = this.createLabel("GE Inspira", 80, "right"); this._weekday = this.createLabel("GE Inspira", 40, "left"); this._date = this.createLabel("GE Inspira", 20, "left", "#fca903"); this._month_year = this.createLabel("GE Inspira", 20, "right"); to this: this._time = this.createLabel("Droid Sans Regular", 80, "right"); this._weekday = this.createLabel("Droid Sans Regular", 40, "left"); this._date = this.createLabel("Droid Sans Regular", 20, "left", "#fca903"); this._month_year = this.createLabel("Droid Sans Regular", 20, "right"); ---------------------------------------------------- Unfortunately, this change had no effect. Is there a way to make this work? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Super-Spencer-4 weeks ago

OMG, got it, right name works: "Droid Sans" Login—Logout—all clear!

Jantzku-2 months ago

Hey, how can I change the display language without changing system language?

PxrpleHumor-4 months ago

There isn't any explanation how to change the font. It is not working!

Vion58-7 months ago

I need to mention that the bug I mentioned does not appear when using 24-hour time. It doesn't bother me, so I am doing that. :)

Alm-4 months ago

I modified the theme.js file at ~/.local/share/cinnamon/desklets/timelet@linuxedo.com/themes to redefine the toPeriod function. It's been working fine for a couple of days now with the AM/PM format. toPeriod(date) { try { let hourIn24 = date.getHours(); if (hourIn24 < 12) { return _("am"); } else if (hourIn24 === 12 && date.getMinutes() === 0 && date.getSeconds() === 0) { return _("noon"); } else { return _("pm"); } } catch (e) { console.error(`Error in toPeriod: ${e}`); return "PM"; } }

Vion58-7 months ago

Great desklet, but as others have said, there are stability issues. Time tracking stops, or the desklet breaks visually, or doesn't start at all. It would be great to fix this. Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon with Cinnamon v. 6.0.4.

Russell Koonts-8 months ago

Desklet stops tracking time every day at 11:59.

Sp1riti-10 months ago

Hi, for some reason the time is not changing when i go in full screen for a long time, not its 12:15pm, but the desklet gives 11:58 am, i tried reinstalling the desklet but same issue, any way to fix it?

luilux-1 year ago

Hi, the ghotham theme is beautiful. Is it possible to change font?

Alan-1 year ago

I really like this gotham theme. I am able to do it myself, and I don't mind re-applying the changes after updates, but it would be a nice feature if each field could have it's own color and even font setting. I use a bit bolder font for the time as well as color. https://postimg.cc/9DTWCqjL

angelotux-2 years ago

Is it possible to remove the date?

alberbrando-2 years ago

Is there a way to set Gotham style to 24 Hours format instead 12Hours format?

Gobinath-2 years ago

Hi alberbrando, I've added this feature in a new PR. Once it is merged, you can control the time format of all themes from the config dialog. FYI: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-desklets/pull/908

alberbrando-2 years ago

Wow!!! Fast adding the feature!!! Thanx,Gobinath.Now your desklet works perfectly.

alberbrando-2 years ago

Uhmmm...updated Mint from Vera to Victoria and the Desklet Timelet doesn´t appear...it does nothing.Nothing to show.

Minessota Klei-2 years ago

+1 I also have this problem with Linux Mint Victoria!

Thiago Nebuloni-2 years ago

Same here.

Thiago Nebuloni-2 years ago

Great desklet, thank you! It just doesn't refresh to the correct time when awaking from sleep. Is there a way to fix this in the code?

angelotux-2 years ago

is it possible to have the same clock widget mx linux?

Eckhard-2 years ago

Need a 24h mode so badly!

Eckhard-2 years ago

Ok I was able to figure it out myself: Go to `~/.local/share/cinnamon/desklets/timelet@linuxedo.com/themes` and open the theme you are using with a text editor, i.e. `vim gotham.js` Find line 60, and remove the method "to12hours", so your line looks like `let time = this.to2Digit(date.getHours()) + ":" + this.to2Digit(date.getMinutes());` Save and exit, now all that is left is to restart cinnamon, the easiest by right-clicking the taskbar --> Troubleshoot --> Restart Cinnamon. Now the clock displays 24 hour mode ✓

Minessota Klei-2 years ago

Very good desklets, I loved it! Please, could you put in the settings the possibility to choose the default 24h or 12h for each theme!

lavendersachet-2 years ago

+1 for this! Or to match system setting. Love Timelet ! Thanks for this applet

Eckhard-2 years ago

I found a way, check out my comment above!

urmst-2 years ago

Also to add, I have the correct fonts installed. I also reloaded Cinnamon and got the below error. Many thanks for your help. error t=2022-12-30T12:53:03Z [ReferenceError: date is not defined]: Failed to evaluate 'main' function on desklet: timelet@linuxedo.com/5 error t=2022-12-30T12:53:03Z [timelet@linuxedo.com]: Desklet timelet@linuxedo.com: Could not create desklet object. [timelet@linuxedo.com]: Error importing desklet.js from timelet@linuxedo.com warning t=2022-12-30T12:53:04Z Invalid or null source id used when attempting to run Mainloop.source_remove() overrideDumpStack/global.dump_gjs_stack@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/overrides.js:24:42 overrideMainloop/Mainloop.source_remove@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/overrides.js:163:20 on_desklet_removed@/home/user/.local/share/cinnamon/desklets/timelet@linuxedo.com/desklet.js:80:18 destroy/<.onComplete<@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/desklet.js:133:37 _addHandler/params[name]@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/tweener.js:256:24 _callOnFunction@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/tweener/tweener.js:190:16 _updateTweenByIndex@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/tweener/tweener.js:320:24 _updateTweens@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/tweener/tweener.js:333:18 _onEnterFrame@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/tweener/tweener.js:348:10 _emit@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/_signals.js:114:47 _onNewFrame@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/tweener.js:413:14 _init/<@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/tweener.js:389:22

Gobinath-2 years ago

Hi, Can you try uninstalling the desklet, run the following command and then try installing it? rm -rf ~/.cinnamon/configs/timelet@linuxedo.com/

urmst-2 years ago

Great desklet, however on the latest 21.1 Cinnamon edition it crashes when selecting the Metro theme. It was fine for a while but now it doesn't start at boot, and you get the 'Cinnamon has started successfully but one of your desklets has crashed' message. I tried re-adding the desklet and it will work but the Metro theme does not. Spotted the below in Looking Glass: error t=2022-12-30T12:35:25Z [ReferenceError: date is not defined]: Failed to evaluate 'main' function on desklet: timelet@linuxedo.com/0 error t=2022-12-30T12:35:25Z [timelet@linuxedo.com]: Desklet timelet@linuxedo.com: Could not create desklet object. [timelet@linuxedo.com]: Error importing desklet.js from timelet@linuxedo.com