yambar-modules-xkb(5)

Overview

This module monitors the currently active XKB keyboard layout and lock-key states.

Note: this module is X11 only. It does not work in Wayland.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Name of currently selected layout, long version (e.g. "English (US)")
symbol	string	Name of currently selected layout, short version (e.g. "us")
caps_lock	bool	True if CapsLock is enabled
num_lock	bool	True if NumLock is enabled
scroll_lock	bool	True if ScrollLock is enabled

No additional attributes supported, only the generic ones (see GENERIC CONFIGURATION in yambar-modules(5))

bar:
  left:
    - xkb:
        content:
          string: {text: "{symbol}"}

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.