Module: Privacy - Alexays/Waybar GitHub Wiki

Config

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

Addressed by privacy

option	typeof	default	description
icon-spacing	integer	4	The spacing between each privacy icon.
icon-size	integer	20	The size of each privacy icon. Set 0 for auto size.
transition-duration	integer	250	The reveal and hide transition duration
modules	array of objects	[{"type": "screenshare"}, {"type": "audio-in"}]	Which privacy modules to monitor. See Modules Configuration for more information.
expand	bool	false	Enables this module to consume all left over space dynamically.
ignore-monitor	bool	true	Ignore streams with stream.monitor property.
ignore	array of objects	[]	Additional streams to be ignored. See Ignore Configuration for more information.

Modules Configuration:

option	typeof	default	description
type	string	Can be screenshare, audio-in, or audio-out	Specifies which module to use and configure.
tooltip	bool	true	Option to disable tooltip on hover.
tooltip-icon-size	integer	24	The size of each icon in the tooltip.
icon-name	string	—	Overrides the default icon for the module. Accepts any valid GTK icon name.

icon-name

You can override the default icon for each privacy module item using icon-name.

Example:

"privacy": {
  "modules": [
    {
      "type": "screenshare",
      "icon-name": "screen-share-symbolic"
    },
    {
      "type": "audio-in",
      "icon-name": "microphone-sensitivity-high-symbolic"
    }
  ]
}

Note: The icon is only visible when the resource is actively in use. The item is hidden when idle.

Ignore Configuration

option	typeof
type	string
name	string

Example:

"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