pragma Singleton import QtQuick import Quickshell import Quickshell.Io import qs.Utils Singleton { id: root property list ddcMonitors: [] readonly property list monitors: variants.instances property bool appleDisplayPresent: false function getMonitorForScreen(screen: ShellScreen): var { return monitors.find(m => m.modelData === screen) } // Signal emitted when a specific monitor's brightness changes, includes monitor context signal monitorBrightnessChanged(var monitor, real newBrightness) function getAvailableMethods(): list { var methods = [] if (monitors.some(m => m.isDdc)) methods.push("ddcutil") if (monitors.some(m => !m.isDdc)) methods.push("internal") if (appleDisplayPresent) methods.push("apple") return methods } // Global helpers for IPC and shortcuts function increaseBrightness(): void { monitors.forEach(m => m.increaseBrightness()) } function decreaseBrightness(): void { monitors.forEach(m => m.decreaseBrightness()) } function getDetectedDisplays(): list { return detectedDisplays } reloadableId: "brightness" Component.onCompleted: { Logger.log("Brightness", "Service started") } onMonitorsChanged: { ddcMonitors = [] ddcProc.running = true } Variants { id: variants model: Quickshell.screens Monitor {} } // Check for Apple Display support Process { running: true command: ["sh", "-c", "which asdbctl >/dev/null 2>&1 && asdbctl get || echo ''"] stdout: StdioCollector { onStreamFinished: root.appleDisplayPresent = text.trim().length > 0 } } // Detect DDC monitors Process { id: ddcProc property list ddcMonitors: [] command: ["ddcutil", "detect", "--sleep-multiplier=0.5"] stdout: StdioCollector { onStreamFinished: { var displays = text.trim().split("\n\n") ddcProc.ddcMonitors = displays.map(d => { var ddcModelMatch = d.match(/(This monitor does not support DDC\/CI|Invalid display)/) var modelMatch = d.match(/Model:\s*(.*)/) var busMatch = d.match(/I2C bus:[ ]*\/dev\/i2c-([0-9]+)/) var ddcModel = ddcModelMatch ? ddcModelMatch.length > 0 : false var model = modelMatch ? modelMatch[1] : "Unknown" var bus = busMatch ? busMatch[1] : "Unknown" Logger.log("Brigthness", "Detected DDC Monitor:", model, "on bus", bus, "is DDC:", !ddcModel) return { "model": model, "busNum": bus, "isDdc": !ddcModel } }) root.ddcMonitors = ddcProc.ddcMonitors.filter(m => m.isDdc) } } } component Monitor: QtObject { id: monitor required property ShellScreen modelData readonly property bool isDdc: root.ddcMonitors.some(m => m.model === modelData.model) readonly property string busNum: root.ddcMonitors.find(m => m.model === modelData.model)?.busNum ?? "" readonly property bool isAppleDisplay: root.appleDisplayPresent && modelData.model.startsWith("StudioDisplay") readonly property string method: isAppleDisplay ? "apple" : (isDdc ? "ddcutil" : "internal") property real brightness property real lastBrightness: 0 property real queuedBrightness: NaN // For internal displays - store the backlight device path property string backlightDevice: "" property string brightnessPath: "" property string maxBrightnessPath: "" property int maxBrightness: 100 property bool ignoreNextChange: false // Signal for brightness changes signal brightnessUpdated(real newBrightness) // Execute a system command to get the current brightness value directly readonly property Process refreshProc: Process { stdout: StdioCollector { onStreamFinished: { var dataText = text.trim() if (dataText === "") { return } var lines = dataText.split("\n") if (lines.length >= 2) { var current = parseInt(lines[0].trim()) var max = parseInt(lines[1].trim()) if (!isNaN(current) && !isNaN(max) && max > 0) { var newBrightness = current / max // Only update if it's actually different (avoid feedback loops) if (Math.abs(newBrightness - monitor.brightness) > 0.01) { // Update internal value to match system state monitor.brightness = newBrightness monitor.brightnessUpdated(monitor.brightness) root.monitorBrightnessChanged(monitor, monitor.brightness) } } } } } } // Function to actively refresh the brightness from system function refreshBrightnessFromSystem() { if (!monitor.isDdc && !monitor.isAppleDisplay) { // For internal displays, query the system directly refreshProc.command = ["sh", "-c", "cat " + monitor.brightnessPath + " && " + "cat " + monitor.maxBrightnessPath] refreshProc.running = true } else if (monitor.isDdc) { // For DDC displays, get the current value refreshProc.command = ["ddcutil", "-b", monitor.busNum, "getvcp", "10", "--brief"] refreshProc.running = true } else if (monitor.isAppleDisplay) { // For Apple displays, get the current value refreshProc.command = ["asdbctl", "get"] refreshProc.running = true } } // FileView to watch for external brightness changes (internal displays only) readonly property FileView brightnessWatcher: FileView { id: brightnessWatcher // Only set path for internal displays with a valid brightness path path: (!monitor.isDdc && !monitor.isAppleDisplay && monitor.brightnessPath !== "") ? monitor.brightnessPath : "" watchChanges: path !== "" onFileChanged: { // When a file change is detected, actively refresh from system // to ensure we get the most up-to-date value Qt.callLater(() => { monitor.refreshBrightnessFromSystem() }) } } // Initialize brightness readonly property Process initProc: Process { stdout: StdioCollector { onStreamFinished: { var dataText = text.trim() if (dataText === "") { return } if (monitor.isAppleDisplay) { var val = parseInt(dataText) if (!isNaN(val)) { monitor.brightness = val / 101 Logger.log("Brightness", "Apple display brightness:", monitor.brightness) } } else if (monitor.isDdc) { var parts = dataText.split(" ") if (parts.length >= 4) { var current = parseInt(parts[3]) var max = parseInt(parts[4]) if (!isNaN(current) && !isNaN(max) && max > 0) { monitor.brightness = current / max Logger.log("Brightness", "DDC brightness:", current + "/" + max + " =", monitor.brightness) } } } else { // Internal backlight - parse the response which includes device path var lines = dataText.split("\n") if (lines.length >= 3) { monitor.backlightDevice = lines[0] monitor.brightnessPath = monitor.backlightDevice + "/brightness" monitor.maxBrightnessPath = monitor.backlightDevice + "/max_brightness" var current = parseInt(lines[1]) var max = parseInt(lines[2]) if (!isNaN(current) && !isNaN(max) && max > 0) { monitor.maxBrightness = max monitor.brightness = current / max Logger.log("Brightness", "Internal brightness:", current + "/" + max + " =", monitor.brightness) Logger.log("Brightness", "Using backlight device:", monitor.backlightDevice) } } } // Always update monitor.brightnessUpdated(monitor.brightness) root.monitorBrightnessChanged(monitor, monitor.brightness) } } } readonly property real stepSize: 5.0 / 100.0 // Timer for debouncing rapid changes readonly property Timer timer: Timer { interval: 100 onTriggered: { if (!isNaN(monitor.queuedBrightness)) { monitor.setBrightness(monitor.queuedBrightness) monitor.queuedBrightness = NaN } } } function setBrightnessDebounced(value: real): void { monitor.queuedBrightness = value timer.start() } function increaseBrightness(): void { const value = !isNaN(monitor.queuedBrightness) ? monitor.queuedBrightness : monitor.brightness setBrightnessDebounced(value + stepSize) } function decreaseBrightness(): void { const value = !isNaN(monitor.queuedBrightness) ? monitor.queuedBrightness : monitor.brightness setBrightnessDebounced(value - stepSize) } function setBrightness(value: real): void { value = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, value)) var rounded = Math.round(value * 100) if (timer.running) { monitor.queuedBrightness = value return } // Update internal value and trigger UI feedback monitor.brightness = value monitor.brightnessUpdated(value) root.monitorBrightnessChanged(monitor, monitor.brightness) if (isAppleDisplay) { monitor.ignoreNextChange = true Quickshell.execDetached(["asdbctl", "set", rounded]) } else if (isDdc) { monitor.ignoreNextChange = true Quickshell.execDetached(["ddcutil", "-b", busNum, "setvcp", "10", rounded]) } else { monitor.ignoreNextChange = true Quickshell.execDetached(["brightnessctl", "s", rounded + "%"]) } if (isDdc) { timer.restart() } } function initBrightness(): void { if (isAppleDisplay) { initProc.command = ["asdbctl", "get"] } else if (isDdc) { initProc.command = ["ddcutil", "-b", busNum, "getvcp", "10", "--brief"] } else { // Internal backlight - find the first available backlight device and get its info // This now returns: device_path, current_brightness, max_brightness (on separate lines) initProc.command = ["sh", "-c", "for dev in /sys/class/backlight/*; do " + " if [ -f \"$dev/brightness\" ] && [ -f \"$dev/max_brightness\" ]; then " + " echo \"$dev\"; " + " cat \"$dev/brightness\"; " + " cat \"$dev/max_brightness\"; " + " break; " + " fi; " + "done"] } initProc.running = true } onBusNumChanged: initBrightness() Component.onCompleted: initBrightness() } }