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waybar-privacy - privacy module

NAME  DESCRIPTION  CONFIGURATION  MODULES CONFIGURATION  IGNORE CONFIGURATION  EXAMPLES  STYLE 

NAME

waybar - privacy module

DESCRIPTION

The privacy module displays if any application is capturing audio, sharing
the screen or playing audio.

CONFIGURATION

icon-spacing:

typeof: integer

default: 4

The spacing between each privacy icon.

icon-size:

typeof: integer

default: 20

The size of each privacy icon.

transition-duration:

typeof: integer

default: 250

Option to disable tooltip on hover.

modules

typeof: array of objects

default: [{"type": "screenshare"}, {"type": "audio-in"}]

Which privacy modules to monitor. See MODULES CONFIGURATION for

more information.

expand:

typeof: bool

default: false

Enables this module to consume all left over space dynamically.

ignore-monitor

typeof: bool

default: true

Ignore streams with stream.monitor property.

ignore

typeof: array of objects

default: []

Additional streams to be ignored. See IGNORE CONFIGURATION for

more information.

MODULES CONFIGURATION

type:

typeof: string

values: "screenshare", "audio-in", "audio-out"

Specifies which module to use and configure.

tooltip:

typeof: bool

default: true

Option to disable tooltip on hover.

tooltip-icon-size:

typeof: integer

default: 24

The size of each icon in the tooltip.

IGNORE CONFIGURATION

type:

typeof: string

name:

typeof: string

EXAMPLES

"privacy": {

"icon-spacing": 4,

"icon-size": 18,

"transition-duration": 250,

"modules": [

{

"type": "screenshare",

"tooltip": true,

"tooltip-icon-size": 24

},

{

"type": "audio-out",

"tooltip": true,

"tooltip-icon-size": 24

},

{

"type": "audio-in",

"tooltip": true,

"tooltip-icon-size": 24

}

],

"ignore-monitor": true,

"ignore": [

{

"type": "audio-in",

"name": "cava"

},

{

"type": "screenshare",

"name": "obs"

}

]

},

STYLE

#privacy

#privacy-item

#privacy-item.screenshare

#privacy-item.audio-in

#privacy-item.audio-out


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se