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Usage with KOSD

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Beau Hastings edited this page Dec 30, 2025 · 3 revisions

i3-volume can be used with KOSD notifications. KOSD is a simple framework for the KDE Desktop providing an OSD in response to media key presses.

KOSD notifications

i3-volume uses PipeWire/WirePlumber for audio control:

bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id $volumepath/volume -n -t $statuscmd -u $statussig -N kosd up $volumestep
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id $volumepath/volume -n -t $statuscmd -u $statussig -N kosd down $volumestep
bindsym XF86AudioMute        exec --no-startup-id $volumepath/volume -n -t $statuscmd -u $statussig -N kosd mute

Then reload [i3wm] with mod+Shift+r

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