waybar-keyboard-state - keyboard-state module

NAME  DESCRIPTION  CONFIGURATION  FORMAT REPLACEMENTS  ICONS  EXAMPLE:  STYLE 

NAME

waybar - keyboard-state module

DESCRIPTION

The keyboard-state module displays the state of number lock, caps lock, and scroll lock.

You must be a member of the input group to use this module.

CONFIGURATION

interval:

Deprecated, this module uses event loop now, the interval has no effect.

typeof: integer

default: 1

The interval, in seconds, to poll the keyboard state.

format:

typeof: string|object

default: {name} {icon}

The format, how information should be displayed. If a string, the same format is used for all keyboard states. If an object, the fields "numlock", "capslock", and "scrolllock" each specify the format for the corresponding state. Any unspecified states use the default format.

format-icons:

typeof: object

default: {"locked": "locked", "unlocked": "unlocked"}

Based on the keyboard state, the corresponding icon gets selected. The same set of icons is used for number, caps, and scroll lock, but the icon is selected from the set independently for each. See icons.

numlock:

typeof: bool

default: false

Display the number lock state.

capslock:

typeof: bool

default: false

Display the caps lock state.

scrolllock:

typeof: bool

default: false

Display the scroll lock state.

device-path:

typeof: string

default: chooses first valid input device

Which libevdev input device to show the state of. Libevdev devices can be found in /dev/input. The device should support number lock, caps lock, and scroll lock events.

binding-keys:

typeof: array

default: [58, 69, 70]

Customize the key to trigger this module, the key number can be found in /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h or running sudo libinput debug-events --show-keycodes.

FORMAT REPLACEMENTS

{name}: Caps, Num, or Scroll.

{icon}: Icon, as defined in format-icons.

ICONS

The following format-icons can be set.

locked: Will be shown when the keyboard state is locked. Default "locked".
unlocked: Will be shown when the keyboard state is not locked. Default "unlocked"

EXAMPLE:

"keyboard-state": {

"numlock": true,

"capslock": true,

"format": "{name} {icon}",

"format-icons": {

"locked": "ï£",

"unlocked": "ï"

}

}

STYLE

#keyboard-state
#keyboard-state label
#keyboard-state label.locked
#keyboard-state label.numlock
#keyboard-state label.numlock.locked
#keyboard-state label.capslock
#keyboard-state label.capslock.locked
#keyboard-state label.scrolllock
#keyboard-state label.scrolllock.locked


Updated 2024-01-29 - jenkler.se | uex.se