waybar-backlight(5)

NAME

waybar - 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 (in 90 degree increments).

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.

min-brightness:
typeof: double
default: 0.0
The minimum brightness of the backlight.

menu:
typeof: string
Action that popups the menu.

menu-file:
typeof: string
Location of the menu descriptor file. There need to be an element of type
    GtkMenu with id menu

menu-actions:
typeof: array
The actions corresponding to the buttons of the menu.

expand:
typeof: bool
default: false
Enables this module to consume all left over space dynamically.

EXAMPLE:

    "backlight": {
    	"device": "intel_backlight",
    	"format": "{percent}% {icon}",
    	"format-icons": ["", ""]
    }

STYLE

•   #backlight