waybar-power-profiles-daemon(5)                            File Formats Manual

NAME
       waybar - power-profiles-daemon module

DESCRIPTION
       The power-profiles-daemon module displays the active
       power-profiles-daemon profile and cycle through the available profiles
       on click.

FILES
       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/waybar/config

CONFIGURATION

       +---------------+--------+--------------------+------------------------+
       |    Option     | Typeof |      Default       |      Description       |
       +---------------+--------+--------------------+------------------------+
       |format         | string | "{icon}"           | Message displayed on   |
       |               |        |                    | the bar. {icon} and    |
       |               |        |                    | {profile} are          |
       |               |        |                    | respectively           |
       |               |        |                    | substituted with the   |
       |               |        |                    | icon representing the  |
       |               |        |                    | active profile and its |
       |               |        |                    | full name.             |
       +---------------+--------+--------------------+------------------------+
       |tooltip-format | string | "Power profile:    | Messaged displayed in  |
       |               |        | {profile}\nDriver: | the module tooltip.    |
       |               |        | {driver}"          | {icon} and {profile}   |
       |               |        |                    | are respectively       |
       |               |        |                    | substituted with the   |
       |               |        |                    | icon representing the  |
       |               |        |                    | active profile and its |
       |               |        |                    | full name.             |
       +---------------+--------+--------------------+------------------------+
       |tooltip        | bool   | true               | Display the tooltip.   |
       +---------------+--------+--------------------+------------------------+
       |format-icons   | object | See default value  | Icons used to          |
       |               |        | in the example     | represent the various  |
       |               |        | below.             | power-profile. Note:   |
       |               |        |                    | the default            |
       |               |        |                    | configuration uses the |
       |               |        |                    | font-awesome icons.    |
       |               |        |                    | You may want to        |
       |               |        |                    | override it if you     |
       |               |        |                    | don't have this font   |
       |               |        |                    | installed on your      |
       |               |        |                    | system.                |
       +---------------+--------+--------------------+------------------------+
       |expand:        | bool   | false              | Enables this module to |
       |               |        |                    | consume all left over  |
       |               |        |                    | space dynamically.     |
       +---------------+--------+--------------------+------------------------+

CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES
       Compact display (default config):

           "power-profiles-daemon": {
             "format": "{icon}",
             "tooltip-format": "Power profile: {profile}nDriver: {driver}",
             "tooltip": true,
             "format-icons": {
               "default": "<?>",
               "performance": "<?>",
               "balanced": "<?>",
               "power-saver": "<?>"
             }
           }

       Display the full profile name:

           "power-profiles-daemon": {
             "format": "{icon}   {profile}",
             "tooltip-format": "Power profile: {profile}nDriver: {driver}",
             "tooltip": true,
             "format-icons": {
               "default": "<?>",
               "performance": "<?>",
               "balanced": "<?>",
               "power-saver": "<?>"
             }
           }

                                  2026-08-31   waybar-power-profiles-daemon(5)