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waybar - backlight module

The backlight module displays the current backlight level.

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 take up.

align:
typeof: float
The alignment of the text, where 0 is left-aligned and 1 is right-aligned. If the module is rotated, it will follow the flow of the text.

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 mousewheel.

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.

on-scroll-down:
typeof: string

Command to execute when performing a scroll down on the module.

smooth-scrolling-threshold:
typeof: double

Threshold to be used when scrolling.

"backlight": {

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

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2023-02-28