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waybar-styles - using stylesheets for waybar

Waybar uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to configure its appearance.

It uses the first file found in this search order:

  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/waybar/style.css
  • ~/.config/waybar/style.css
  • ~/waybar/style.css
  • /etc/xdg/waybar/style.css
  • /etc/xdg/waybar/style.css

An example user-controlled stylesheet that just changes the color of the clock to be green on black, while keeping the rest of the system config the same would be:

@import url("file:///etc/xdg/waybar/style.css")
#clock {
  background: #000000;
  color: #00ff00;
}

You can apply special styling to any module for when the cursor hovers it.

#clock:hover {
  background-color: #ffffff;
}

Most, if not all, module types support setting the `cursor` option. This is configured in your `config.jsonc`. If set to `false`, when hovering the module a "pointer"(as commonly known from web CSS styling `cursor: pointer`) style cursor will not be shown. Default behavior is to indicate an interaction event is available.

There are more cursor types to choose from by setting the `cursor` option to a number, see Gdk3 official docs for all possible cursor types: https://docs.gtk.org/gdk3/enum.CursorType.html. However, note that not all cursor options listed may be available on your system. If you attempt to use a cursor which is not available, the application will crash.

Example of disabling pointer(`Gdk::Hand2`) cursor type on a custom module:

"custom/my-custom-module": {
    ...
    "cursor": false,
}

Example of setting cursor type to `Gdk::Boat`(according to https://docs.gtk.org/gdk3/enum.CursorType.html#boat):

"custom/my-custom-module": {
    ...
    "cursor": 8,
}

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waybar(5)
2024-09-15