Config IdleInhibit

Idle Inhibit

Controls what the "Keep Awake" quick settings toggle (also the bar's cup indicator and the keep-awake request command) does when switched on.

Section: [idle_inhibit]

Key	Type	Default	What it does
command	list	[]	Run this instead of the built-in inhibitor; started when keep awake goes on, killed when it goes off — must BLOCK for as long as it should inhibit. Empty uses the built-in lock

• By default the shell takes a logind inhibitor lock — no helper process, released automatically if the shell dies.
• The built-in lock covers logind's own idle actions and hypridle (unless you set ignore_systemd_inhibit there).
• swayidle does NOT look at logind inhibitors — on sway, use a Wayland idle-inhibit helper instead, e.g. command = ["wlinhibit"] or command = ["systemd-inhibit", "--what=idle", "--who=wam-shell", "--why=Keep awake", "sleep", "infinity"].