i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 26 Aug 2015 05:15:21 +0000Can Display Brightness be displayed via i3status?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6510/can-display-brightness-be-displayed-via-i3status/I can use Conky to display my brightness level, but I can't seem to find a way to do this with the default i3status.conf. Is this possible?Wed, 26 Aug 2015 00:19:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6510/can-display-brightness-be-displayed-via-i3status/Answer by i3convert for <p>I can use Conky to display my brightness level, but I can't seem to find a way to do this with the default i3status.conf. Is this possible?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6510/can-display-brightness-be-displayed-via-i3status/?answer=6512#post-id-6512It's most likely already displayed. If you have a symbol in i3status that always has the same color, then its brightness displays the display brightness. More seriously, one option, which I use as well, is to use conky with i3bar. See this article for instance: [http://i3wm.org/docs/user-contributed/conky-i3bar.html](http://i3wm.org/docs/user-contributed/conky-i3bar.html). If there is a specific reason why you want to use i3status as well, you can write a wrapper that combines those two sources of information. Wed, 26 Aug 2015 03:40:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6510/can-display-brightness-be-displayed-via-i3status/?answer=6512#post-id-6512Comment by unseenvision for <p>It's most likely already displayed. If you have a symbol in i3status that always has the same color, then its brightness displays the display brightness.</p> <p>More seriously, one option, which I use as well, is to use conky with i3bar. See this article for instance: <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/user-contributed/conky-i3bar.html">http://i3wm.org/docs/user-contributed/conky-i3bar.html</a>. If there is a specific reason why you want to use i3status as well, you can write a wrapper that combines those two sources of information.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6510/can-display-brightness-be-displayed-via-i3status/?comment=6513#comment-6513I prefer using .conf because it seems to more acurately display changes, i.e. changing volume immediately shows the change when I'm using .conf but when I am using conky, it quickly shifts to a number right before the final display. e.g. 100% - 5% displays 97% quickly then goes to 95% with conky.Wed, 26 Aug 2015 05:15:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6510/can-display-brightness-be-displayed-via-i3status/?comment=6513#comment-6513Answer by i3convert for <p>I can use Conky to display my brightness level, but I can't seem to find a way to do this with the default i3status.conf. Is this possible?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6510/can-display-brightness-be-displayed-via-i3status/?answer=6511#post-id-6511It's most likely already displayed. If you have a symbol in the i3status that always has the same color, then its brightness displays the display brightness.Wed, 26 Aug 2015 03:27:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6510/can-display-brightness-be-displayed-via-i3status/?answer=6511#post-id-6511