Add an indicator to FreeBSD for when recording is active.

ansible/roles/waybar/files/style.css

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ tooltip {
 #custom-clock,
 #custom-sound,
 #custom-temperature,
+#custom-recording_indicator,
 #idle_inhibitor,
 #memory,
 #mode,
@@ -204,3 +205,7 @@ tooltip {
     border-color: #c9545d;
     color: #c9545d;
 }
+
+#custom-recording_indicator {
+    color: red;
+}

ansible/roles/waybar/files/waybar_config.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   // "height": 10, // Waybar height (to be removed for auto height)
-  "modules-left": ["sway/workspaces", "sway/mode"],
+  "modules-left": ["sway/workspaces", "sway/mode", "custom/recording_indicator"],
   "modules-right": ["custom/temperature", "custom/sound", "custom/available_memory", "custom/battery", "idle_inhibitor", "custom/clock", "tray"],
   "sway/workspaces": {
     "disable-scroll": true
@@ -43,5 +43,10 @@
     "exec": "waybar_custom_temperature",
     "return-type": "json",
     "restart-interval": 30
+  },
+  "custom/recording_indicator": {
+    "exec": "waybar_custom_recording_indicator",
+    "return-type": "json",
+    "restart-interval": 30
   }
 }

ansible/roles/waybar/files/waybar_scripts/waybar_recording_indicator_freebsd.bash

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Report screen recording status in FreeBSD
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+SLEEP_INTERVAL=${SLEEP_INTERVAL:-10}
+
+function main {
+    local previous_reported="-1"
+
+    stream_key_binding_activations | while read -t "$SLEEP_INTERVAL" event; do
+        if pgrep -q wf-recorder; then
+            local is_running=1
+        else
+            local is_running=0
+        fi
+        if [ "$is_running" -ne "$previous_reported" ]; then
+            previous_reported="$is_running"
+            report "$is_running"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    while true; do
+        sleep $SLEEP_INTERVAL
+    done
+}
+
+function stream_key_binding_activations {
+    swaymsg --raw --monitor --type subscribe '[ "binding" ]'
+}
+
+function report {
+    is_running="$1"
+    if [ "$is_running" -eq 0 ]; then
+        jq --unbuffered --compact-output <<EOF
+{
+"text":"",
+"tooltip":"Not recording",
+"percentage":0,
+"class":"hidden"
+}
+EOF
+    else
+        jq --unbuffered --compact-output <<EOF
+{
+"text":"⏺",
+"tooltip":"Recording",
+"percentage":100,
+"class":"visible"
+}
+EOF
+    fi
+}
+
+main "${@}"

ansible/roles/waybar/tasks/freebsd.yaml

@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@
       dest: /usr/local/bin/waybar_custom_sound
     - src: waybar_temperature_freebsd.bash
       dest: /usr/local/bin/waybar_custom_temperature
+    - src: waybar_recording_indicator_freebsd.bash
+      dest: /usr/local/bin/waybar_custom_recording_indicator