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Display

#system #display #brightness

Brightness control and monitor layout.

Brightness keys

  • Brightness up 5%: XF86MonBrightnessUp
  • Brightness down 5%: XF86MonBrightnessDown
  • Script fired: ~/.config/sway/scripts/brightness-notify.sh

Manual brightness control

  • Set brightness to 50%: brightnessctl set 50%

  • Increase by 10%: brightnessctl set +10%

  • Decrease by 10%: brightnessctl set 10%-

  • Get current brightness: brightnessctl get

Monitor layout

[eDP-1: 1920x1200 @ 60Hz]  [P24h-10 VTN45266: 2560x1440 @ 60Hz]  [P24h-10 VTN45265: 2560x1440 @ 60Hz]
  pos 0,0                     pos 1920,0                             pos 4480,0
  • Total width: 7040px

sway output commands

  • List outputs: swaymsg -t get_outputs

  • Toggle output off/on: swaymsg output eDP-1 dpms off swaymsg output eDP-1 dpms on

  • Move workspace to output: swaymsg workspace 1 output eDP-1

Wallpaper

  • Light wallpaper (day): ~/.wallpaper/wall_light.png
  • Dark wallpaper (lock screen): ~/.wallpaper/wall_dark.png
  • All outputs use the same wallpaper: output * bg $wallpaper fill