Module: Keyboard State

The keyboard-state module displays the state of number lock, caps lock, and scroll lock.

Config

Addressed by keyboard-state

option	typeof	default	description
interval	integer	1	The interval, in seconds, to poll the keyboard state.
format	string/object	"{name} {icon}"	The format, how information should be displayed. If a string, the same format is used for all keyboard states. If an object, the fields "numlock", "capslock", and "scrolllock" each specify the format for the corresponding state. Any unspecified states use the default format.
format-icons	object	{"locked": "locked", "unlocked": "unlocked"}	Based on the keyboard state, the corresponding icon gets selected. The same set of icons is used for number, caps, and scroll lock, but the icon is selected from the set independently for each. See icons.
numlock	bool	false	Display the number lock state.
capslock	bool	false	Display the caps lock state.
scrolllock	bool	false	Display the scroll lock state.
device-path	string	chooses first valid input device	Which libevdev input device to show the state of. Libevdev devices can be found in /dev/input. The device should support number lock, caps lock, and scroll lock events.

Format replacements

string	replacement
{name}	Caps, Num, or Scroll.
{icon}	Icon, as defined in format-icons.

Icons

The following format-icons can be set.

string	note
locked	Will be shown when the keyboard state is locked. Default "locked".
unlocked	Will be shown when the keyboard state is not locked. Default "unlocked".

Example

"keyboard-state": {
    "numlock": true,
    "capslock": true,
    "format": "{name} {icon}",
    "format-icons": {
        "locked": "",
        "unlocked": ""
    }
}

Style

• #keyboard-state
• #keyboard-state label
• #keyboard-state label.locked