From 291786d36adca079fa46aad4dcee1e62f1538797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:37:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Set brightness in a more broadly compatible way

Fixes brightness setting on the Asus G14
---
 bin/omarchy-cmd-brightness       | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 default/hypr/bindings/media.conf |  8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 bin/omarchy-cmd-brightness

diff --git a/bin/omarchy-cmd-brightness b/bin/omarchy-cmd-brightness
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..adcdacab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-cmd-brightness
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Adjust brightness on the most likely display device.
+
+step="${1:-+5%}"
+
+# Start with the first possible output, then refine to the most likely given an order heuristic.
+device="$(ls -1 /sys/class/backlight 2>/dev/null | head -n1)"
+for candidate in amdgpu_bl* intel_backlight acpi_video*; do
+  if [[ -e "/sys/class/backlight/$candidate" ]]; then
+    device="$candidate"
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+# Set the actual brightness of the display device.
+brightnessctl -d "$device" set "$step" >/dev/null
+
+# Use SwayOSD to display the new brightness setting.
+current=$(brightnessctl -d "$device" g)
+max=$(brightnessctl -d "$device" m)
+percent=$(( current * 100 / max ))
+progress=$(awk -v c="$current" -v m="$max" 'BEGIN{printf "%.2f", c/m}')
+
+swayosd-client \
+  --monitor "$(hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[]|select(.focused==true).name')" \
+  --custom-icon display-brightness \
+  --custom-progress "$progress" \
+  --custom-progress-text "${percent}%"
diff --git a/default/hypr/bindings/media.conf b/default/hypr/bindings/media.conf
index efedbb72..fe302524 100644
--- a/default/hypr/bindings/media.conf
+++ b/default/hypr/bindings/media.conf
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ bindeld = ,XF86AudioRaiseVolume, Volume up, exec, $osdclient --output-volume rai
 bindeld = ,XF86AudioLowerVolume, Volume down, exec, $osdclient --output-volume lower
 bindeld = ,XF86AudioMute, Mute, exec, $osdclient --output-volume mute-toggle
 bindeld = ,XF86AudioMicMute, Mute microphone, exec, $osdclient --input-volume mute-toggle
-bindeld = ,XF86MonBrightnessUp, Brightness up, exec, $osdclient --brightness raise
-bindeld = ,XF86MonBrightnessDown, Brightness down, exec, $osdclient --brightness lower
+bindeld = ,XF86MonBrightnessUp, Brightness up, exec, omarchy-cmd-brightness +5%
+bindeld = ,XF86MonBrightnessDown, Brightness down, exec, omarchy-cmd-brightness 5%-
 
 # Precise 1% multimedia adjustments with Alt modifier
 bindeld = ALT, XF86AudioRaiseVolume, Volume up precise, exec, $osdclient --output-volume +1
 bindeld = ALT, XF86AudioLowerVolume, Volume down precise, exec, $osdclient --output-volume -1
-bindeld = ALT, XF86MonBrightnessUp, Brightness up precise, exec, $osdclient --brightness +1
-bindeld = ALT, XF86MonBrightnessDown, Brightness down precise, exec, $osdclient --brightness -1
+bindeld = ALT, XF86MonBrightnessUp, Brightness up precise, exec, omarchy-cmd-brightness +1%
+bindeld = ALT, XF86MonBrightnessDown, Brightness down precise, exec, omarchy-cmd-brightness 1%-
 
 # Requires playerctl
 bindld = , XF86AudioNext, Next track, exec, $osdclient --playerctl next