hyprland: add hypr_brightness script

This script uses ddcutil and allows you to also control the brightness
of external displays.

It changes the brightness of the display that you are currently focused
in.

1 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.config/hypr/scripts/hypr_brightness.sh b/.config/hypr/scripts/hypr_brightness.sh
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+++ b/.config/hypr/scripts/hypr_brightness.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# Source: https://github.com/albertnis/hypr-brightness
+#  Install ddcutil, and then enable access to i2c for your user
+
+# sudo gpasswd -a $USER i2c
+# sudo modprobe i2c-dev
+# echo i2c-dev | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/i2c-dev.conf
+
+set +e
+
+usage="Usage: $0 [+] or [-]"
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "No direction parameter provided"
+    echo "$usage"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+arg="$1"
+
+if [ "$arg" == "help" ] || [ "$arg" == "--help" ] || [ "$arg" == "-h" ]; then
+    echo "$usage"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "$arg" != "+" ] && [ "$arg" != "-" ]; then
+    echo "Direction parameter must be '+' or '-'"
+    echo $usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+direction=$arg
+
+monitor_data=$(hyprctl monitors -j)
+focused_name=$(echo $monitor_data | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused == true) | .name')
+
+if [ "$focused_name" == "eDP-1" ]; then
+    if [ "$direction" == "-" ]; then
+        brightnessctl -e4 -n2 set 5%-
+    else
+        brightnessctl -e4 -n2 set 5%+
+    fi
+else
+    focused_id=$(echo $monitor_data | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused == true) | .id')
+    ddcutil  --enable-dynamic-sleep --display=$focused_id setvcp 10 $direction 15
+fi