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waybar-niri-language - niri language module

NAME  DESCRIPTION  CONFIGURATION  FORMAT REPLACEMENTS  EXAMPLES  STYLE 

NAME

waybar - niri language module

DESCRIPTION

The language module displays the currently selected language in niri.

CONFIGURATION

Addressed by niri/language

format:

typeof: string

default: {}

The format, how information should be displayed.

format-<lang>

typeof: string

Provide an alternative name to display per language where <lang> is the language of your choosing. Can be passed multiple times with multiple languages as shown by the example below.

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.

FORMAT REPLACEMENTS

{short}: Short name of layout (e.g. "us"). Equals to {}.

{shortDescription}: Short description of layout (e.g. "en").

{long}: Long name of layout (e.g. "English (Dvorak)").

{variant}: Variant of layout (e.g. "dvorak").

EXAMPLES

"niri/language": {

"format": "Lang: {long}"

"format-en": "AMERICA, HELL YEAH!"

"format-tr": "As bayrakları"

}

STYLE

#language


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