The Info bar widget
Displays a stationary status bar with clock, date, weather, floor occupancy, air-quality readings, and optional room status segments in a text bar slot.
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The Info bar widget turns a text bar slot into a stationary status bar instead of a scrolling ticker. It displays fixed segments for the time, date, weather, floor headcount, air-quality readings, and room status. Each segment has its own toggle so you can choose exactly which items appear.
Supported slots: Text bar
Widget settings
| Setting | Description | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Selects which floor provides the people count and air-quality sensor readings: Follow device location or Choose… a specific floor. | Change when the screen should display sensor readings for a different floor than where the screen is mounted. |
| Time | Shows or hides the current time segment (enabled by default). | Turn off if your layout already includes a separate Clock widget. |
| Date | Shows or hides the current date segment (enabled by default). | Turn off to save space on narrow text bars. |
| Weather | Shows or hides the outdoor weather segment (enabled by default). Screens located in a Hong Kong building automatically use the Hong Kong Observatory feed. | Turn off on screens where outdoor weather is not needed. |
| City | When Weather is enabled, selects Follow device location or Choose… a specific city. | Change when the bar should show weather for a different city. |
| People count | Shows or hides the live floor headcount from connected sensors (enabled by default). | Turn off if the floor does not have people-counting sensors installed. |
| Air quality | Shows or hides environmental sensor chips (enabled by default). | Turn off if no air-quality sensors are installed on the floor. |
| Readings | When Air quality is enabled, selects which sensor metrics appear and their display order. | Limit the bar to two or three key metrics (such as CO₂, temperature, and humidity) to keep the bar uncluttered. |
| Room name | Shows or hides the name of the room the screen is bound to (disabled by default). | Turn on when the screen is mounted outside a specific meeting room. |
| Current meeting | Shows or hides the current booking subject for the bound room (disabled by default). | Turn on alongside Room name for room-side signage screens. |
| Room status | Shows or hides whether the bound room is available or occupied (disabled by default). | Turn on alongside Room name to show room availability in the bar. |
Automatic sizing and fallback behavior
The Info bar automatically adapts to the size of its text bar and available sensor data:
- Automatic scaling: Text and chip sizes scale automatically with the thickness of the text bar. Bars narrower than
64 pxswitch to a compact single-line layout. - Missing sensor data is hidden: If a floor has no sensor for a selected metric, that chip is hidden completely rather than showing a dash or zero. As a result, the same signage content can show a sensor chip on one screen and hide it on another screen whose floor lacks that sensor.
- Overflow priority on narrow bars: When a text bar does not have enough width to fit every enabled segment, it drops whole segments in a fixed order rather than truncating text: Room status drops first, followed by the room details, Date, Air quality chips, People count, and finally Weather. The Time segment is never dropped.
- Private bookings: Bookings marked as private display a generic reserved placeholder instead of the meeting subject. See Keep a booking private.
- Vertical text bars: When placed in a Left or Right vertical text bar, the segments stack vertically from top to bottom while keeping their text horizontal and readable.
Scope and limitations
- Scrolling tickers: The Info bar is always stationary. For scrolling text, use the RSS Text or Announcements widget.
- 24-hour time format: Both the clock segment and booking end times (
until) always use 24-hour time, matching all other signage widgets. See The Clock widget. - Sensor and room data sources: Floor headcount and air-quality readings come from sensors configured in Devices (or synced through integrations such as Neat Pulse). Room segments read the room assigned to the signage device.
- Theme and colors: Appearance and background color are controlled by the text bar and overall signage content design. See Widgets and the places they go.