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waybar-sway-language - sway language module

NAME  DESCRIPTION  CONFIGURATION  FORMAT REPLACEMENTS  EXAMPLES  STYLE 

NAME

waybar - sway language module

DESCRIPTION

The language module displays the current keyboard layout in Sway

CONFIGURATION

Addressed by sway/language

format:

typeof: string

default: {}

The format, how layout should be displayed.

hide-single-layout:

typeof: bool

default: false

Defines visibility of the module if a single layout is configured

tooltip-format:

typeof: string

default: {}

The format, how layout should be displayed in tooltip.

tooltip:

typeof: bool

default: true

Option to disable tooltip on hover.

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").

{flag}: Country flag of layout.

EXAMPLES

"sway/language": {

"format": "{}",

},

"sway/language": {

"format": "{short} {variant}",

}

STYLE

#language


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