volumeicon5

Usage

Overview

volumeicon(1) obtains configuration information from ~/.config/volumeicon/volumeicon. This configuration file can be overridden on runtime via --config switch.

The configuration syntax is similar of those .ini files.

[Alsa]

This section holds alsa sound card configuration.

card

Specify which sound card to control. The default value is default.

channel

Specify the channel to control. This defaults to the first channel of the selected card/device.

logarithmic_scale

Use logarithmic volume scale which mimics how humans perceive changes in volume. The default value is false.

[Notification]

This section holds notification configuration.

show_notification

The value can be either true to enable notification or false to disable notification.

notification_type

The value can be either 1 for libnotify based notification or 0 for GTK+ popup notification.

[StatusIcon]

This section holds status icon configuration. The configuration items are as follows.

stepsize

Configure how many steps when changing volume. Takes an integer value. The default is 5.

onclick

Configure the command executed when clicking volumeicon(1) applet. The default is xterm -e 'alsamixer'.

theme

Icon theme to use. The default is tango

use_panel_specific_icons

Whether to use panel-provided icon. The default is false.

lmb_slider

Whether to show volume slider. The default is false.

mmb_mute

whether to use middle mouse button to toggle mute. The default is false.

use_horizontal_slider

Whether to use horizontal slider. The default is true.

show_sound_level

Whether to show sound level. The default is false.

use_transparent_background

Whether to use transparent background. The default is false.

[Hotkeys]

This section holds the hotkey configuration for volume manipulation.

up_enabled

Whether to enable volume up hotkey. The default is false.

down_enabled

whether to enable volume down hotkey. The default is false.

mute_enabled

Whether to enable volume mute hotkey. The default is false.

up

Hotkey to increase volume. The default is XF86AudioRaiseVolume.

down

Hotkey to decrease volume. The default is XF86AudioLowerVolume.

mute

Hotkey to toggle mute. The default is XF86AudioMute.