I don't know if this is the best way to do it but this one-liner
makes it look exactly like dwm's.
---
 src/bar.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/bar.cpp b/src/bar.cpp
index af92f49..ea2e5bc 100644
--- a/src/bar.cpp
+++ b/src/bar.cpp
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ void Bar::renderStatus()
 	beginBg();
 	auto start = _bufs->width - _statusCmp.width() - paddingX*2;
 	cairo_rectangle(_painter, _x, 0, _bufs->width-_x+start, _bufs->height);
+	setColorScheme(colorInactive, false);
 	cairo_fill(_painter);
 
 	_x = start;
-- 
2.43.0

somebar/patches: SUCCESS in 1m7s

[Fix status bar background color][0] from [jeron][1]

[0]: https://lists.sr.ht/~raphi/public-inbox/patches/48081
[1]: jeron08@gmail.com

✓ #1121662 SUCCESS somebar/patches/freebsd.yml   https://builds.sr.ht/~raphi/job/1121662
✓ #1121661 SUCCESS somebar/patches/archlinux.yml https://builds.sr.ht/~raphi/job/1121661

Thanks, applied with minor changes to remove the padding if no status exists.

To git.sr.ht:~raphi/somebar
   7433a1f..6572b98  master -> master

FWIW, I instead initialize the variable lastStatus to "dwl" in
main.cpp to avoid the empty padding. Plus I like how it looks :)
Cheers,

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 15a749a..f784e6b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static std::list<Monitor> monitors;
 static std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, wl_output*>> uninitializedOutputs;
 static std::list<Seat> seats;
 static Monitor* selmon;
-static std::string lastStatus;
+static std::string lastStatus = "dwl";
 static std::string statusFifoName;
 static std::vector<pollfd> pollfds;
 static std::array<int, 2> signalSelfPipe;

El vie, 16 feb 2024 a las 9:19, Raphael Robatsch
(<raphael@tapesoftware.net>) escribió:
>
> Thanks, applied with minor changes to remove the padding if no status exists.
>
> To git.sr.ht:~raphi/somebar
>    7433a1f..6572b98  master -> master



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