waybar-styles(5)

# NAME

waybar-styles - using stylesheets for waybar

# DESCRIPTION

Waybar uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to configure its appearance.

It uses the first file found in this search order:

- *$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/waybar/style.css*
- *~/.config/waybar/style.css*
- *~/waybar/style.css*
- */etc/xdg/waybar/style.css*
- *@sysconfdir@/xdg/waybar/style.css*

# EXAMPLE

An example user-controlled stylesheet that just changes the color of the clock to be green on black, while keeping the rest of the system config the same would be:

```
@import url("file:///etc/xdg/waybar/style.css")

#clock {
  background: #000000;
  color: #00ff00;
}
```

## Hover-effect

You can apply special styling to any module for when the cursor hovers it.

```
#clock:hover {
  background-color: #ffffff;
}
```

## Setting cursor style

Most, if not all, module types support setting the `cursor` option. This is
configured in your `config.jsonc`. If set to `false`, when hovering the module a
"pointer"(as commonly known from web CSS styling `cursor: pointer`) style cursor
will not be shown. Default behavior is to indicate an interaction event is
available.

There are more cursor types to choose from by setting the `cursor` option to
a number, see Gdk3 official docs for all possible cursor types:
https://docs.gtk.org/gdk3/enum.CursorType.html.
However, note that not all cursor options listed may be available on
your system. If you attempt to use a cursor which is not available, the
application will crash.

Example of disabling pointer(`Gdk::Hand2`) cursor type on a custom module:

```
"custom/my-custom-module": {
    ...
    "cursor": false,
}
```

Example of setting cursor type to `Gdk::Boat`(according to
https://docs.gtk.org/gdk3/enum.CursorType.html#boat):

```
"custom/my-custom-module": {
    ...
    "cursor": 8,
}
```

# SEE ALSO

- *waybar(5)*