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using stylesheets for waybar

Description

Waybar uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to configure its appearance.

It uses the first file found in this search order:

Example

An example user-controlled stylesheet that just changes the color of the clock to be green on black, while keeping the rest of the system config the same would be:

  @import url("file:///etc/xdg/waybar/style.css")

#clock {
  background: #000000;
  color: #00ff00;
}

Hover-effect

You can apply special styling to any module for when the cursor hovers it.

  #clock:hover {
    background-color: #ffffff;
  }

Setting cursor style

Most, if not all, module types support setting the `cursor` option. This is configured in your `config.jsonc`. If set to `false`, when hovering the module a "pointer"(as commonly known from web CSS styling `cursor: pointer`) style cursor will not be shown. Default behavior is to indicate an interaction event is available.

There are more cursor types to choose from by setting the `cursor` option to a number, see Gdk3 official docs for all possible cursor types: https://docs.gtk.org/gdk3/enum.CursorType.html. However, note that not all cursor options listed may be available on your system. If you attempt to use a cursor which is not available, the application will crash.

Example of disabling pointer(`Gdk::Hand2`) cursor type on a custom module:

  "custom/my-custom-module": {
      ...
      "cursor": false,
  }

Example of setting cursor type to `Gdk::Boat`(according to https://docs.gtk.org/gdk3/enum.CursorType.html#boat):

  "custom/my-custom-module": {
      ...
      "cursor": 8,
  }

See Also

Referenced By

waybar(5).

2025-08-10