* New feature: RGBLIGHT_LAYERS
This feature allows users to define multiple independent layers of lighting
that can be toggled on and off individually, making it easy to use your
RGB lighting to indicate things like active keyboard layer & modifier state.
* Demonstrate built in functions for layer state checking
Also link the video in the docs.
* Follow existing pattern for setting rgblight_status flags
* Eliminate rgblight_is_static_mode since it's not needed
Just check to see if the timer is enabled directly.
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* pin the DI on the WS2812 is hooked-up to
* pin the DI on the WS2812 is hooked-up to
* `#define RGBLIGHT_ANIMATIONS`
* `#define RGBLIGHT_ANIMATIONS`
* run RGB animations
* run RGB animations
* `#define RGBLIGHT_LAYERS`
* Lets you define [lighting layers](feature_rgblight.md) that can be toggled on or off. Great for showing the current keyboard layer or caps lock state.
By including `#define RGBLIGHT_LAYERS` in your `config.h` file you can enable lighting layers. These make
it easy to use your underglow LEDs as status indicators to show which keyboard layer is currently active, or the state of caps lock, all without disrupting any animations. [Here's a video](https://youtu.be/uLGE1epbmdY) showing an example of what you can do.
To define a layer, we modify `keymap.c` to list out LED ranges and the colors we want to overlay on them using an array of `rgblight_segment_t` using the `RGBLIGHT_LAYER_SEGMENTS` macro. We can define multiple layers and enable/disable them independently:
```c
// Light LEDs 6 to 9 and 12 to 15 red when caps lock is active. Hard to ignore!
We combine these layers into an array using the `RGBLIGHT_LAYERS_LIST` macro, and assign it to the `rgblight_layers` variable during keyboard setup. Note that you can only define up to 8 lighting layers. Any extra layers will be ignored. Since the different lighting layers overlap, the order matters in the array, with later layers taking precedence:
```c
// Now define the array of layers. Later layers take precedence
If you need to change your RGB lighting in code, for example in a macro to change the color whenever you switch layers, QMK provides a set of functions to assist you. See [`rgblight.h`](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/quantum/rgblight.h) for the full list, but the most commonly used functions include:
If you need to change your RGB lighting in code, for example in a macro to change the color whenever you switch layers, QMK provides a set of functions to assist you. See [`rgblight.h`](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/quantum/rgblight.h) for the full list, but the most commonly used functions include:
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|`rgblight_sethsv(h, s, v)` |Set effect range LEDs to the given HSV value where `h`/`s`/`v` are between 0 and 255 |
|`rgblight_sethsv(h, s, v)` |Set effect range LEDs to the given HSV value where `h`/`s`/`v` are between 0 and 255 |
|`rgblight_sethsv_noeeprom(h, s, v)` |Set effect range LEDs to the given HSV value where `h`/`s`/`v` are between 0 and 255 (not written to EEPROM) |
|`rgblight_sethsv_noeeprom(h, s, v)` |Set effect range LEDs to the given HSV value where `h`/`s`/`v` are between 0 and 255 (not written to EEPROM) |