awesome-wm-widgets/_widgets/volume.md

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# Volume widget

Simple and easy-to-install widget for Awesome Window Manager which represents the sound level: ![Volume Widget](
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streetturtle/AwesomeWM/master/volume-widget/vol-widget-1.png)

Note that widget uses the Arc icon theme, so it should be [installed](https://github.com/horst3180/arc-icon-theme#installation) first under **/usr/share/icons/Arc/** folder.

## Installation

- clone/copy **volume.lua** file;

- include `volume.lua` and add volume widget to your wibox in rc.lua:

{% highlight lua %}
require("volume")
...
s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
	{ -- Right widgets
    	layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
		...
		volume_widget,
		...      
{% endhighlight %}

## Control volume

To mute/unmute click on the widget. To increase/decrease volume scroll up or down when mouse cursor is over the widget.

If you want to control volume level by keyboard shortcuts add following lines in shortcut section of the **rc.lua** (the commands could be slightly different depending on your PC configuration):

{% highlight lua %}
awful.key({ modkey}, "[", function () awful.spawn("amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%-") end, {description = "increase volume", group = "custom"}),
awful.key({ modkey}, "]", function () awful.spawn("amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+") end, {description = "decrease volume", group = "custom"}),
awful.key({ modkey}, "\\", function () awful.spawn("amixer -D pulse set Master +1 toggle") end, {description = "mute volume", group = "custom"}),
{% endhighlight %}