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# Brightness widget
This widget represents current brightness level, depending on config parameters could be an arcchart or icon with text: 
## Customization
It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the following config parameters:
| Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `type`| `arc` | The widget type. Could be `arc` or `icon_and_text` |
| `program` | `light` | The program used to control the brightness, either `light`, `xbacklight`, or `brightnessctl`. |
| `step` | 5 | Step |
| `base` | 20 | Base level to set brightness to on left click. |
| `path_to_icon` | `/usr/share/icons/Arc/status/symbolic/display-brightness-symbolic.svg` | Path to the icon |
| `font` | `Play 9` | Font |
| `timeout` | 1 | How often in seconds the widget refreshes. Check the note below |
| `tooltip` | false | Display brightness level in a tooltip when the mouse cursor hovers the widget |
_Note:_ If brightness is controlled only by the widget (either by a mouse, or by a shortcut, then the `timeout` could be quite big, as there is no reason to synchronize the brightness level).
## Installation
To choose the right `program` argument, first you need to check which of them works better for you.
- using `xbacklight`:
Install (on Ubuntu it's available in the apt repository) it and check if it works by running:
```bash
xbacklight -get
```
If there is no output it means that it doesn't work, you can either try to fix it, or try to use `light`.
- using `light` command
Install (on Ubuntu it's available in the apt repository) from the repo: [github.com/haikarainen/light](https://github.com/haikarainen/light) and check if it works by running
```bash
light -G
49.18
light -A 5
```
If you're on Ubuntu/debian and if the brightness level doesn't change, try to do this: https://github.com/haikarainen/light/issues/113#issuecomment-632638436.
- using `brightnessctl`:
On Ubuntu it is available in the apt repository. Install and check the ouptut of the following command.
```bash
brightnessctl --list
```
Then clone this repo under **~/.config/awesome/**:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets.git ~/.config/awesome/awesome-wm-widgets
```
Require widget at the beginning of **rc.lua**:
```lua
local brightness_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.brightness-widget.brightness")
```
Add the widget to the tasklist:
```lua
s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
{ -- Right widgets
layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
...
-- default
brightness_widget(),
-- or customized
brightness_widget{
type = 'icon_and_text',
program = 'xbacklight',
step = 2,
}
}
...
```
## Controls
In order to change brightness by shortcuts you can add them to the `globalkeys` table in the **rc.lua**:
```lua
awful.key({ modkey }, ";", function () brightness_widget:inc() end, {description = "increase brightness", group = "custom"}),
awful.key({ modkey, "Shift"}, ";", function () brightness_widget:dec() end, {description = "decrease brightness", group = "custom"}),
```
On a laptop you can use `XF86MonBrightnessUp` and `XF86MonBrightnessDown` keys.
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