.TH ROFI 1 rofi .SH NAME .PP rofi \- A window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement .SH SYNOPSIS .PP \fB\fCrofi\fR [ \-width \fIpct_scr\fP ] [ \-lines \fIlines\fP ] [ \-columns \fIcolumns\fP ] [ \-font \fIxftfont\fP ] [ \-fg \fIcolor\fP ] [ \-bg \fIcolor\fP ] [ \-hlfg \fIcolor\fP ] [ \-hlbg \fIcolor\fP ] [ \-key \fIcombo\fP ] [ \-dkey \fIcomdo\fP ] [ \-rkey \fIcomdo\fP ] [ \-terminal \fIterminal\fP ] [ \-loc \fIposition\fP ] [ \-hmode ] [ \-fixed\-num\-lines ] [ \-padding \fIpadding\fP ] [ \-opacity \fIopacity%\fP ] [ \-display \fIdisplay\fP ] [ \-bc \fIcolor\fP ] [ \-bw \fIwidth\fP ] [ \-dmenu [ \-p \fIprompt\fP ] ] [ \-ssh\-set\-title \fItrue|false\fP ] [ \-now ] [ \-rnow ] [ \-snow ] [ \-version ] [ \-help] [ \-dump ] [ \-dump\-xresources ] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \fB\fCrofi\fR is an X11 popup window switcher. A list is displayed center\-screen showing open window titles, WM_CLASS, and desktop number. The user may filter the list by typing, navigate with Up/Down or Tab keys, and select a window with Return (Enter). Escape cancels. .SH License .PP MIT/X11 .SH USAGE .PP \fB\fCrofi\fR can be used in two ways, single\-shot; executes once and directly exits when done or as daemon listening to specific key\-combinations. .PP The default key combinations are: .RS .IP \(bu 2 \fB\fCF12\fR .RE .PP Show all windows on all desktops. .RS .IP \(bu 2 \fB\fCmod1\-F2\fR .RE .PP Show run\-dialog. .RS .IP \(bu 2 \fB\fCmod1\-F3\fR .RE .PP Show run\-dialog. .SH OPTIONS .PP \fB\fC\-key\fR .PP .RS .nf Change the key combination to display all windows (default: F12). rofi \-key F12 rofi \-key control+shift+s rofi \-key mod1+Tab .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-rkey\fR .PP .RS .nf Change the key combination to display the run dialog (default: mod1\-F2). rofi \-rkey F11 rofi \-rkey control+shift+d rofi \-rkey mod1+grave (grave=backtick) .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-skey\fR .PP .RS .nf Change the key combination to display the ssh dialog (default: Alt\-F3). rofi \-skey F10 rofi \-skey control+shift+s rofi \-skey mod1+grave (grave=backtick) .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-now\fR .PP .RS .nf Run rofi in all\-windows mode once then exit. Does not bind any keys. .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-rnow\fR .PP .RS .nf Run rofi in run\-dialog mode once then exit. Does not bind any keys. .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-snow\fR .PP .RS .nf Run rofi in ssh mode once then exit. Does not bind any keys. .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-bg\fR .PP .RS .nf Set the background text color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the menu (default: #222222). rofi \-fg "#222222" .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-bc\fR .PP .RS .nf Set the border color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the menu (default: #000000). rofi \-bc black .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-bw\fR .PP .RS .nf Set the border width in pixels (default: 1). rofi \-bw 1 .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-fg\fR .PP .RS .nf Set the foreground text color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the menu (default: #cccccc). rofi \-fg "#cccccc" .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-font\fR .PP .RS .nf Xft font name for use by the menu (default: mono\-14). rofi \-font monospace\-14:medium .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-hlbg\fR .PP .RS .nf Set the background text color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the highlighted item in the menu (default: #005577). rofi \-fg "#005577" .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-hlfg\fR .PP .RS .nf Set the foreground text color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the highlighted item in the menu (default: #ffffff). rofi \-fg "#ffffff" .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-opacity\fR .PP .RS .nf Set the window opacity (0\-100). rofi \-opacity "75" .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-lines\fR .PP .RS .nf Maximum number of lines the menu may show before scrolling (default: 25). rofi \-lines 25 .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-columns\fR .PP .RS .nf The number of columns the menu may show before scrolling (default: 25). rofi \-columns 2 .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-width\fR .PP .RS .nf Set the width of the menu as a percentage of the screen width (default: 60). rofi \-width 60 .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-terminal\fR .PP .RS .nf Specify what terminal to start (default x\-terminal\-emulator) rofi \-terminal xterm .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-loc\fR .PP .RS .nf Specify where the window should be located. The numbers map to the following location on the monitor: 1 2 3 8 0 4 7 6 5 .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-hmode\fR .IP Switch to horizontal mode (ala dmenu). The number of elements is the number of \fB\fClines\fR times the number of \fB\fCcolumns\fR\&. .PP \fB\fC\-fixed\-num\-lines\fR .PP Keep a fixed number of visible lines (See the \fB\fC\-lines\fR option.) .PP \fB\fC\-padding\fR .PP .RS .nf Define the inner margin of the window. Default is 5 pixels. To make rofi look like dmenu: rofi \-hmode \-padding 0 .fi .RE .PP \fB\fC\-dmenu\fR .IP Run rofi in dmenu mode. Allowing it to be used for user interaction in scripts. .PP \fB\fC\-dump\fR .IP Dump the current active configuration to the command\-line. .PP \fB\fC\-dump\-xresources\fR .IP Dump the current active configuration in xresources format to the command\-line. .PP \fB\fC\-ssh\-set\-title\fR \fItrue|false\fP .IP SSH dialogs tries to set 'ssh hostname' of the spawned terminal. Not all terminals support this. Default value is true. .SH Switch between modi .PP Type '?' \fIenter\fP to switch between window list, run and ssh mode. .SH WEBSITE .PP \fB\fCrofi\fR website can be found at here .UR https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/ .UE .SH AUTHOR .PP Qball Cow .MT qball@gmpclient.org .ME .PP Original code based on work by: Sean Pringle .MT sean.pringle@gmail.com .ME