# Script for indicator of the battery charge
**URL:** https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/script-for-indicator-of-the-battery-charge/925
**Category:** Conky
**Created:** [April 23, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/script-for-indicator-of-the-battery-charge/925 "2022-04-23T13:08:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Guillaume](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/Guillaume)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/script-for-indicator-of-the-battery-charge/925/1 "2022-04-23T13:08:22Z")
Hello, the community!
I’ve been use Mabox for a year now.
I likt it’s simplicity and the different fonctions available.
I bought my first laptop ten years ago and was then confronted to three faulty issues: not updated and obsolete softwares, a keyboard and a broken battery.
When I discovered Mabox, I searched for a code for the battery on the conky but I not found.
I decided to write my first code line to obtein a indicator of the battery charge.
Today, my script bash is ready and I want to share it you, dear Myboxers friends
For computer with old XP:
```auto
${offset10}${goto40}${color}battery${battery_percent Bato}%$battery
```
For computer with old Vista and others:
```auto
${offset10}${goto40}${color}battery$alignr$battery
```
Enjoy!
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### Author:  [@Faehnchen](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/Faehnchen)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/script-for-indicator-of-the-battery-charge/925/2 "2022-04-23T21:32:11Z")
Thanks for the tip!
I had to fiddle a little bit around. Not every variable worked in my setting. Could it be, you meant ‘voffset’? At least on my conkyrc it’s like that. But I have no clue, didn’t bother much about customising my conky until now.
That’s what I came up with by now:
```auto
${voffset 10}$alignr${color}battery ${color2}$battery
```
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### Author:  [@Guillaume](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/Guillaume)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/script-for-indicator-of-the-battery-charge/925/3 "2022-04-24T18:43:35Z")
Hello, @Faehnchen
I not know ‘‘offset’’, i juste past a original code since Internet in fact and I adapted on my computer.
Your script is good: Is miss the end of code.
I’am see the same problem with my old laptop and do not use a space in code.
Your computer manufactured before 2010, i think.
Are you try taken and past my first script ?
Sorry, for my bed english, I coming next wednesday with dictionnary for help
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### Author:  [@Faehnchen](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/Faehnchen)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/script-for-indicator-of-the-battery-charge/925/4 "2022-04-25T00:02:48Z")
No problem! I use this all the time: 😉
[https://www.leo.org/anglais-fran%C3%A7ais/](https://www.leo.org/anglais-fran%C3%A7ais/)
Here is what the first code does you posted and beneath that what I changed.
You see, the ‘voffset’ has an effect while the above code has no effect. Perhaps someone can give a hint why the same code works on one machine and on another one does not. Could you make a screenshot of your conky please, so I get an idea how it looks on your computer?
I have a Lenovo V320 from 2017 I guess but with a older chipset, but definitely not before 2010.
I don’t have a high-end machine really, but with Mabox this laptop flies like an ace. I guess it has more to do with the chipset, the manufacturer and what parts or sensors are on the main-board, but I could be wrong.
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### Author:  [@piquet](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/piquet)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/script-for-indicator-of-the-battery-charge/925/5 "2022-04-25T08:15:42Z")
voffset 10 moves the text vertically by n pixels
offset 10 moves it over, to the right, by n pixels
see [http://conky.sourceforge.net/variables.html](http://conky.sourceforge.net/variables.html) for a full explanation.
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### Author:  [@Guillaume](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/Guillaume)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/script-for-indicator-of-the-battery-charge/925/6 "2022-04-25T16:20:40Z")
Hello @piquet! And thanks for this information!
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### Author:  [@Guillaume](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/Guillaume)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/script-for-indicator-of-the-battery-charge/925/7 "2022-04-25T16:25:24Z")
Hello, @Faehnchen
Use my second script and writing after this code with not spaces:
$color2${goto40}$alignr${battery\_bar 4,165}
I think Is good.
This Is my screen:
