Back to custom sb-battery script.

_desktop/_scripts/sb-network

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+case "$(cat /sys/class/net/w*/operstate 2>/dev/null)" in
+  down) printf "no wifi" ;;
+  up)
+    [ -n "$(ip address show dev wlan0 | grep 'inet ')" ] || printf "no ip"
+#      && printf "$icon $(iwgetid -r)" \
+esac

_desktop/qtile/config.py

@@ -154,9 +154,11 @@ screens = [
                     update_interval=1,
                     cmd="sb-volume",
                 ),
-                widget.Wlan(
+                widget.GenPollCommand(
-                    format='',
+                    background='#770000',
-                    disconnected_message="<span background='#770000' foreground='#ffffff' line_height='512'>no wifi</span>",
+                    foreground='#ffffff',
+                    update_interval=1,
+                    cmd="sb-network",
                 ),
                 widget.Battery(
                     format='{char} {percent:2.0%}',