NAME

       waybar - backlight module

DESCRIPTION

       The backlight module displays the current backlight level.

CONFIGURATION

       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 accept.

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

       justify:
            typeof: string
            The  alignment  of the text within the module's label, allowing options 'left', 'right', or 'center'
       to define the positioning.

       rotate:
            typeof: integer
            Positive value to rotate the text label (in 90 degree increments).

       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 mouse scroll wheel.

       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. This replaces the default behaviour of
       brightness control.

       on-scroll-down:
            typeof: string
           Command to execute when performing a scroll down on the module. This replaces the  default  behaviour
           of brightness control.

       smooth-scrolling-threshold:
            typeof: double
           Threshold to be used when scrolling.

       reverse-scrolling:
            typeof: bool
            Option to reverse the scroll direction.

       scroll-step:
            typeof: float
            default: 1.0
            The speed at which to change the brightness when scrolling.

       min-brightness:
            typeof: double
            default: 0.0
            The minimum brightness of the backlight.

       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.

EXAMPLE:

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

STYLE

       •   #backlight

                                                   2025-02-21                                waybar-backlight(5)