waybar-backlight - Man Page

backlight module

Description

The backlight module displays the current backlight level.

Configuration

interval:
typeof: integer
default: 2
The interval in which information gets polled.

format:
typeof: string
default: {percent}%
The format, how information should be displayed. On {} data gets inserted.

max-length:
typeof: integer
The maximum length in characters the module should display.

min-length:
typeof: integer
The minimum length in characters the module should accept.

align:
typeof: float
The alignment of the label within the module, where 0 is left-aligned and 1 is right-aligned. If the module is rotated, it will follow the flow of the text.

justify:
typeof: string
The alignment of the text within the module's label, allowing options 'left', 'right', or 'center' to define the positioning.

rotate:
typeof: integer
Positive value to rotate the text label.

states:
typeof: object
A number of backlight states which get activated on certain brightness levels. See waybar-states(5).

on-click:
typeof: string
Command to execute when the module is clicked.

on-click-middle:
typeof: string
Command to execute when middle-clicked on the module using mouse scroll wheel.

on-click-right:
typeof: string
Command to execute when the module is right-clicked.

on-update:
typeof: string
Command to execute when the module is updated.

on-scroll-up:
typeof: string
Command to execute when performing a scroll up on the module. This replaces the default behaviour of brightness control.

on-scroll-down:
typeof: string

Command to execute when performing a scroll down on the module. This replaces the default behaviour of brightness control.

smooth-scrolling-threshold:
typeof: double

Threshold to be used when scrolling.

reverse-scrolling:
typeof: bool
Option to reverse the scroll direction.

scroll-step:
typeof: float
default: 1.0
The speed at which to change the brightness when scrolling.

Example

  "backlight": {
  	"device": "intel_backlight",
  	"format": "{percent}% {icon}",
  	"format-icons": ["ļ†…", "ļ„‘"]
  }

Style

Referenced By

waybar(5).

2024-03-13