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.

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.

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.

EXAMPLE:

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

STYLE

•   #backlight