Module: Privacy

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DESCRIPTION

The privacy module displays if any application is capturing audio, sharing
the screen or playing audio.

CONFIGURATION

Option	Typeof	Default	Description
icon-spacing	integer	4	The spacing between each privacy icon.
icon-size	integer	20	The size of each privacy icon. Set to 0 for auto size.
transition-duration	integer	250	Option to disable tooltip on hover.

modules
typeof: array of objects
default: [{"type": "screenshare"}, {"type": "audio-in"}, {"type": "location"}]
Which privacy modules to monitor. See MODULES CONFIGURATION for
more information.

Option	Typeof	Default	Description
expand	bool	false	Enables this module to consume all left over space dynamically.

ignore-monitor
typeof: bool
default: true
Ignore streams with stream.monitor property.

ignore
typeof: array of objects
default: []
Additional streams to be ignored. See IGNORE CONFIGURATION for
more information.

MODULES CONFIGURATION

Option	Typeof	Default	Description
type	string		values: "screenshare", "audio-in", "audio-out", "location" Specifies which module to use and configure.
icon-name	string		If set, changes the modules icon. Accepts any valid GTK icon name. Note: the icon is only visible when the resource is actively in use; the item is hidden when idle.
tooltip	bool	true	Option to disable tooltip on hover.
tooltip-icon-size	integer	24	The size of each icon in the tooltip.

IGNORE CONFIGURATION

Option	Typeof	Default	Description
type	string
name	string

EXAMPLES

"privacy": {
	"icon-spacing": 4,
	"icon-size": 18,
	"transition-duration": 250,
	"modules": [
		{
			"type": "screenshare",
			"tooltip": true,
			"tooltip-icon-size": 24
		},
		{
			"type": "audio-out",
			"tooltip": true,
			"tooltip-icon-size": 24
		},
		{
			"type": "audio-in",
			"tooltip": true,
			"tooltip-icon-size": 24
		},
		{
			"type": "location",
			"icon-name": "location-services-active-symbolic"
		}
	],
	"ignore-monitor": true,
	"ignore": [
		{
			"type": "audio-in",
			"name": "cava"
		},
		{
			"type": "screenshare",
			"name": "obs"
		}
	]
},

STYLE

• #privacy

• #privacy-item

• #privacy-item.screenshare

• #privacy-item.audio-in

• #privacy-item.audio-out

• #privacy-item.location