i3wm_screen_brightness

Map your hot keys to increase or decrease the screen brightness in i3 wm

Install brightnessctl

ARCH

sudo pacman -S brightnessctl

DEBIAN

sudo apt-get install brightnessctl

FEDORA

sudo dnf install brightnessctl

Paste these lines in your i3 config file(~/.config/i3/config)

Increase brightness

bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec --no-startup-id brightnessctl set +5%

Decrease brightness

bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec --no-startup-id brightnessctl set 5%-