Feature: waybar privacy module

[zeerayne]

Pull Request

Description

This module shows icons in waybar when screen is recorded/shared or microphone is used.
Looks useful for me, especially screen recording, as I'm using wf-recorder often.

Please note that I added new variable to wbarconfgen.sh named i_priv. Thats because if existing i_task variable is used for icon-size in this module, icons are ridiculously larger than should be.

p.s. I'm not sure about if it is a good idea or not to add privacy module to config.ctl by default. If it is not - i'll revert this commit

Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Documentation update (non-breaking change; modified files are limited to the documentations)
• Technical debt (a code change that does not fix a bug or add a feature but makes something clearer for devs)
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Screenshots

Only microphone is used

Only screen is shared/captured

Both screen is shared and microphone is used

[kRHYME7]

Just a question. What happens if we remove icon_size for the module. will it fall back to a constant value? or will it respect the Parent bar?

[zeerayne]

Without setting icon_size it defaults to 20. Have checked myself and this is stated in doc.

[kRHYME7]

Thanks!

[se7en-x230]

Is it wf- specific or why does it not show any icon while recording with wl-screenrecorder?

[kRHYME7]

@se7en-x230 Might be a waybar issue. will try to check it later

[se7en-x230]

my config.ctl file is fairly simple

1||top|( hyprland/workspaces hyprland/window ) ( custom/invest )|( clock )|( network pulseaudio ) ( privacy tray battery ) ( mpris ) ( custom/cava )

[zeerayne]

I've tested it with wf-recorder and gpu-screen-recorder, both worked. Maybe diffetent methods of screen recording are used and not all of them are detected by waybar

[se7en-x230]

hmm neither of them work for me. I have a constant mic icon that does not change at all.

if I start waybar from the cli I get this error
[2024-09-01 14:57:12.866] [warning] module : Unknown module:

not sure if that realates to

Edit:
If I remove the audio part of the modules the constant mic icon is gone but also no icon no matter which recorder I use

[kRHYME7]

I only tested this on these platforms. I merged that PR as It's more likely users will be using obs as screen recorder. Maybe this is a waybar issue on how the module polls/queries the status or the screen recorder themeselves

pkg	audio	video
wl-screenrec	/
obs	/	/
wf-recorder	/

BTW wl-screenrec works better now in Hyprland.

[se7en-x230]

custom notification if screenrecorder is running. Not the same but fits my needs