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# ROFI 1 rofi
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## NAME
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**rofi** - A window switcher, application launcher, ssh dialog and dmenu replacement
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## SYNOPSIS
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**rofi** [ -show *mode* ]|[ -dmenu ]|[ -e *msg* ] [ CONFIGURATION ]
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## DESCRIPTION
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**rofi** is an X11 popup window switcher, run dialog, dmenu replacement and more. It focuses on
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being fast to use and have minimal distraction. It supports keyboard and mouse navigation, type to
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filter, tokenized search and more.
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## USAGE
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**rofi** main functionality is to assist in your workflow, allowing you to quickly (with a few keystrokes) switch
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between windows, start applications or log into a remote machine via ssh. There are different modi for different type of
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actions.
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**rofi** can also function as (drop in) replacement for **dmenu(1)**.
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### Running rofi
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To launch **rofi** directly in a certain mode, specify a mode with `rofi -show <mode>`.
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To show the run dialog:
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rofi -show run
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### Emulating dmenu
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**rofi** can emulate **dmenu(1)** (a dynamic menu for X) when launched with the `-dmenu` flag.
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The "official" website for `dmenu` can be found [here](http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/).
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**rofi** does not aim to be 100% compatible with dmenu. There are simply to many different flavours of dmenu.
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The idea is the basic usage commandline flags are obeyed, theme related flags are not.
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Besides this, **rofi** offers some extended features (like multi-select, highlighting, message bar, extra key-bindings).
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### Display Error message
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**rofi** error dialog can also be called from the commandline.
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rofi -e "my message"
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Markup support can be enabled, see CONFIGURATION options.
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## CONFIGURATION
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There are currently three methods of setting configuration options (evaluated in order below):
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* System configuration file (f.e. /etc/rofi.conf).
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* Xresources: A method of storing key values in the Xserver. See
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[here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_resources) for more information.
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* Rasi theme file: The new *theme* format can be used to set configuration values.
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* Configuration File: This uses the same format as the Xresources file.
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By default it looks in `XDG_USER_CONFIG_DIR`/rofi/config, but can be overridden on commandline.
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By default XDG_USER_CONFIG_DIR defaults to `$HOME/.config`. (See `rofi -h` for current location).
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This is the recommended way of configuring **rofi**.
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* Command-line options: Arguments passed to **rofi**.
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**TIP**: To get a template config file run: `rofi -dump-xresources > rofi-example.config`.
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**NOTE**: In version 1.4.0 we support configuration in a new format, a config for this can be generated by: `rofi
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-dump-config`
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The Xresources file expects options starting with `rofi.` followed by it's name. An Example to set the number of lines:
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rofi.lines: 10
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Command line options override settings from Xresources file. The same option set as argument:
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prefixed with a '-':
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rofi -lines 10
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To get a list of available options, formatted as Xresources entries run:
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rofi -dump-xresources
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The configuration system supports the following types:
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* String
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* Integer (signed and unsigned)
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* Char
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* Boolean
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Boolean options have a non-default command-line syntax. Example to enable option X:
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-X
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To disable option X:
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-no-X
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Below is a list of the most important options:
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### General
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`-help`
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The help option shows the full list of commandline options and the current set value.
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These include dynamic (run-time generated) options.
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`-dump-xresources`
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Dump the current active configuration in Xresources format to the command-line.
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This does not validate all passed values (e.g. colors).
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`-threads` *num*
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Specify the number of threads **rofi** should use:
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* 0: Autodetect the number of supported hardware threads.
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* 1: Disable threading
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* 2..N: Specify the maximum number of threads to use in the thread pool.
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`-dmenu`
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Run **rofi** in dmenu mode. This allows for interactive scripts.
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In `dmenu` mode, **rofi** reads from STDIN, and output to STDOUT.
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A simple example, displaying 3 pre-defined options:
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echo -e "Option #1\nOption #2\nOption #3" | rofi -dmenu
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Or get the options from a script:
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~/my_script.sh | rofi -dmenu
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`-show` *mode*
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Open **rofi** in a certain mode. Available modes are `window`, `run`, `drun`, `ssh`, `combi`.
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The special argument `keys` can be used to open a searchable list of supported keybindings
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(see *KEYBINDINGS*)
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To show the run-dialog:
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rofi -show run
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`-modi` *mode1,mode1*
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Specify a ordered, comma separated list of modes to enable.
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Enabled modes can be changed at runtime. Default key is Ctrl+Tab.
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If no modes are specified all modes will be enabled.
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To only show the run and ssh launcher:
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rofi -modi "run,ssh" -show run
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Custom modes can be added using the internal 'script' mode. Each mode has two parameters:
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<name>:<script>
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Example: Have a mode 'Workspaces' using the `i3_switch_workspaces.sh` script:
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rofi -modi "window,run,ssh,Workspaces:i3_switch_workspaces.sh" -show Workspaces
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Notes: The I3 Window manager does not like commas in the command when specifying an exec command.
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For that case '#' can be used as an separator.
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`-case-sensitive`
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Start in case sensitive mode.
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This option can be changed at run-time using the `-kb-toggle-case-sensitivity` key binding.
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`-cycle`
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Cycle through the results list. Default is 'true'.
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`-filter` *filter*
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Filter the list by setting text in input bar to *filter*
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`-config` *filename*
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Load alternative configuration file.
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`-scroll-method` *method*
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Select the scrolling method. 0: Per page, 1: continuous.
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`-no-show-match`
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Hide the indicator that shows what part of the string is matched.
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`-no-lazy-grab`
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Disables lazy grab, this forces the keyboard being grabbed before gui is shown.
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`-no-plugins`
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Disable plugin loading.
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`-plugin-path` *directory*
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Specify the directory where *rofi* should look for plugins.
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### Matching
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`-matching` *method*
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Specify the matching algorithm used.
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Current the following methods are supported.
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* **normal**: Match the int string.
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* **regex**: Match a regex input.
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* **glob**: Match a glob pattern.
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* **fuzzy**: Do a fuzzy match.
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Default: *normal*
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Note: glob matching might be slow for larger lists
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`-tokenize`
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Tokenize the input.
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### Layout
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Most of the following options are **deprecated** and should not be used. Please use the new theme format to customize
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rofi. More information about the new format can be found in the **rofi-theme(5)** manpage.
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`-lines`
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Maximum number of lines to show before scrolling.
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rofi -lines 25
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Default: *15*
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`-columns`
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Number of columns to show before scrolling.
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rofi -columns 2
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Default: *1*
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`-width` [value]
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Set width of menu. `[value]` is specified in percentage.
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rofi -width 60
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If `[value]` is larger then 100, size is set in pixels. Example to span a full hd monitor:
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rofi -width 1920
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If `[value]` is negative, it tries to estimates a character width. To show 30 characters on a row:
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rofi -width -30
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Character width is a rough estimation, and might not be correct, but should work for most monospaced fonts.
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Default: *50*
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`-location`
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Specify where the window should be located. The numbers map to the following locations on screen:
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1 2 3
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8 0 4
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7 6 5
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Default: *0*
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`-fixed-num-lines`
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Keep a fixed number of visible lines (See the `-lines` option.)
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`-padding`
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Define the inner margin of the window.
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Default: *5*
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`-fullscreen`
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Use the full screen height and width.
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`-sidebar-mode`
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Open in sidebar-mode. In this mode a list of all enabled modes is shown at the bottom.
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(See `-modi` option)
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To show sidebar use:
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rofi -show run -sidebar-mode -lines 0
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`-auto-select`
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When one entry is left, automatically select it.
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`-m` *num*
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`-m` *name*
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`-monitor` *num*
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`-monitor` *name*
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Select monitor to display **rofi** on.
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As input it accepts: *primary* (if primary output is set), the *xrandr* output name or integer number (in order of
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detection). Negative numbers are handled differently:
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* **-1**: the currently focused monitor.
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* **-2**: the currently focused window (i.e. rofi will be displayed on top of the focused window).
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* **-3**: Position at mouse (overrides the location setting to get normal context menu
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behaviour.)
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* **-4**: the monitor with the focused window.
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* **-5**: the monitor that shows the mouse pointer.
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Default: *-5*
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See `rofi -h` output for the detected monitors, their position and size.
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`-theme` *filename*
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Path to the new theme file format. This overrides the old theme settings.
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`-theme-str` *string*
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Allow theme parts to be specified on the commandline as an override.
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For example
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rofi -theme-str '#window { fullscreen: true; }'
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This option can be specified multiple times.
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`-dpi` *number*
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Override the default DPI setting.
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If set to `0` it tries to auto-detect based on X11 screen size. (Similar to i3 and GTK)
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If set to `1` it tries to auto-detect based on monitor (rofi is displayed on) size. (Similar to latest QT5)
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### PATTERN setting
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`-terminal`
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Specify what terminal to start.
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rofi -terminal xterm
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Pattern: *{terminal}*
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Default: *x-terminal-emulator*
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`-ssh-client` *client*
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Override the used ssh client.
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Pattern: *{ssh-client}*
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Default: *ssh*
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### SSH settings
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`-ssh-command` *cmd*
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Set the command to execute when starting a ssh session.
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The pattern *{host}* is replaced by the selected ssh entry.
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Pattern: *{ssh-client}*
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Default: *{terminal} -e {ssh-client} {host}*
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`-parse-hosts`
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Parse the `/etc/hosts` file for entries.
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Default: *disabled*
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`-parse-known-hosts`
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`-no-parse-known-hosts`
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Parse the `~/.ssh/known_hosts` file for entries.
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Default: *enabled*
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### Run settings
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`-run-command` *cmd*
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Set command (*{cmd}*) to execute when running an application.
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See *PATTERN*.
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Default: *{cmd}*
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`-run-shell-command` *cmd*
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Set command to execute when running an application in a shell.
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See *PATTERN*.
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Default: *{terminal} -e {cmd}*
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`-run-list-command` *cmd*
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If set, use an external tool to generate list of executable commands. Uses 'run-command'
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Default: *""*
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### Window switcher settings
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`-window-format` *format*
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Format what is being displayed for windows.
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*format*: {field[:len]}
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*field*:
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* **w**: Desktop name
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* **t**: Title of window
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* **n**: Name
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* **r**: Role
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* **c**: Class
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*len*: maximum field length (0 for auto-size). If length negative and window *width* is negative field length is *width - len*.
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if length is positive, the entry will be truncated or padded to fill that length.
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default: {w} {c} {t}
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`-window-command` *cmd*
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Set command to execute on selected window for custom action.
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See *PATTERN*.
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Default: *"xkill -id {window}"*
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### Combi settings
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`-combi-modi` *mode1,mode2*
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The modi to combine in combi mode.
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For syntax to see `-modi`.
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To get one merge view, of window,run,ssh:
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rofi -show combi -combi-modi "window,run,ssh" -modi combi
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Notes: The I3 Window manager does not like commas in the command when specifying an exec command.
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For that case '#' can be used as an separator.
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### History and Sorting
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`-disable-history`
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`-no-disable-history` (re-enable history)
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Disable history
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`-levenshtein-sort` to enable
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`-no-levenshtein-sort` to disable
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When searching sort the result based on levenshtein distance.
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This setting can be changed at runtime, see `-kb-toggle-sort`.
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### Dmenu specific
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`-sep` *separator*
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Separator for dmenu. Example: To show list 'a' to 'e' with '|' as separator:
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echo "a|b|c|d|e" | rofi -sep '|' -dmenu
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`-p` *prompt*
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Specify the prompt to show in dmenu mode. E.g. select monkey a,b,c,d or e.
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echo "a|b|c|d|e" | rofi -sep '|' -dmenu -p "monkey:"
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Default: *dmenu*
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`-selected-row` *selected row*
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Select a certain row.
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Default: *0*
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`-l` *number of lines to show*
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Maximum number of lines the menu may show before scrolling.
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rofi -lines 25
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Default: *15*
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`-i`
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Makes dmenu searches case-insensitive
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`-a` *X*
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Active row, mark row X as active. (starting at 0)
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You can specify single element: -a 3
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A range: -a 3-8
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or a set of rows: -a 0,2
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or any combination: -a 0,2-3,9
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`-u` *X*
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Urgent row, mark row X as urgent. (starting at 0)
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You can specify single element: -u 3
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A range: -u 3-8
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or a set of rows: -u 0,2
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or any combination: -u 0,2-3,9
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`-only-match`
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Only return a selected item, do not allow custom entry.
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This mode always returns an entry, or returns directly when no entries given.
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`-no-custom`
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Only return a selected item, do not allow custom entry.
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This mode returns directly when no entries given.
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`-format` *format*
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Allows the output of dmenu to be customized (N is total number of input entries):
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* 's' selected string.
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* 'i' index (0 - (N-1)).
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* 'd' index (1 - N).
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* 'q' quote string.
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* 'f' filter string (user input).
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* 'F' quoted filter string (user input).
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Default: 's'
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`-select` *string*
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Select first line that matches the given string
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`-mesg` *string*
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Add a message line below the filter entry box. Supports pango markup.
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For more information on supported markup see [here](https://developer.gnome.org/pango/stable/PangoMarkupFormat.html)
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`-normal-window`
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Make **rofi** react like a normal application window. Useful for scripts like Clerk that are basically an application.
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`-dump`
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Dump the filtered list to stdout and quit.
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This can be used to get the list as **rofi** would filter it.
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Use together with `-filter` command.
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`-input` *file*
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Reads from *file* instead of stdin.
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`-password`
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Hide the input text. This should not be considered secure!
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`-markup-rows`
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Tell **rofi** that DMenu input is pango markup encoded and should be rendered.
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See [here](https://developer.gnome.org/pango/stable/PangoMarkupFormat.html) for details about pango markup.
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`-multi-select`
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Allow multiple lines to be selected. Adds a small selection indicator to the left of each entry.
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`-sync`
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Force rofi mode to first read all data from stdin before showing selection window. This is how original dmenu behaviour.
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Note: the default asynchronous mode will also be automatically disabled if used with conflicting options
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such as `-dump`, `-only-match` or `-auto-select`
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`-async-pre-read` *number*
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Reads the first 25 entries blocking. Then switches to async mode. This makes it feel more 'snappy'.
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*default*: 25
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### Message dialog
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`-e` *message*
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Popup a message dialog (used internally for showing errors) with *message*.
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Message can be multi-line.
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### Other
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`-pid` *path*
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Make **rofi** create a pid file and check this on startup. Avoiding multiple copies running
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simultaneously. This is useful when running **rofi** from a keybinding daemon.
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`-fake-transparency`
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Enable fake transparency. This only works with transparent background color in the theme.
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`-fake-background`
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Select what to use as background for fake transparency. This can be 'background', 'screenshot' or a path to an image
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file (currently only supports png).
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`-display-{mode}` *string*
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Set the name to use for mode. This is used as prompt and in combi-browser.
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`-click-to-exit`
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`-no-click-to-exit`
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Click the mouse outside of the **rofi** window to exit.
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Default: *enabled*
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### Debug
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`-no-config`
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Disable parsing of configuration. This runs rofi in *stock* mode.
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`-no-plugins`
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Disables the loading of plugins.
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To get a trace with (lots of) debug information set the following environment variable when executing **rofi**:
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```
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G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all
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```
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The trace can be filtered by only outputting the relevant domains, f.e.:
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```
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G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=Dialogs.DRun
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```
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For more information on debugging see the [wiki](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/wiki/Debugging%20Rofi)
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## PATTERN
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To launch commands (e.g. when using the ssh launcher) the user can enter the used command-line,
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the following keys can be used that will be replaced at runtime:
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* `{host}`: The host to connect to.
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* `{terminal}`: The configured terminal (See -terminal-emulator)
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* `{ssh-client}`: The configured ssh client (See -ssh-client)
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* `{cmd}`: The command to execute.
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* `{window}`: The window id of the selected window. (In `window-command`)
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## DMENU REPLACEMENT
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If `argv[0]` (calling command) is dmenu, **rofi** will start in dmenu mode.
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This way it can be used as a drop-in replacement for dmenu. just copy or symlink **rofi** to dmenu in `$PATH`.
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ln -s /usr/bin/rofi /usr/bin/dmenu
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## THEMING
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The theme format below describes the old (pre version 1.4) theme format. Please see rofi-theme(5) manpage for an updated
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manual.
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The theme setup allows you to specify colors per state, similar to **i3**
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Currently 3 states exists:
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* **normal** Normal row.
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* **urgent** Highlighted row (urgent)
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* **active** Highlighted row (active)
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For each state the following 5 colors must be set:
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* **bg** Background color row
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* **fg** Text color
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* **bgalt** Background color alternating row
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* **hlfg** Foreground color selected row
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* **hlbg** Background color selected row
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The window background and border color should be specified separate. The key `color-window` contains
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a pair `background,border,separator`.
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An example for `Xresources` file:
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! State: 'bg', 'fg', 'bgalt', 'hlbg', 'hlfg'
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rofi.color-normal: #fdf6e3, #002b36, #eee8d5, #586e75, #eee8d5
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rofi.color-urgent: #fdf6e3, #dc322f, #eee8d5, #dc322f, #fdf6e3
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rofi.color-active: #fdf6e3, #268bd2, #eee8d5, #268bd2, #fdf6e3
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! 'background', 'border', 'separator'
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rofi.color-window: #fdf6e3, #002b36, #002b36
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Same settings can also be specified on command-line:
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rofi -color-normal "#fdf6e3,#002b36,#eee8d5,#586e75,#eee8d5"
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## COLORS
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RGB colors can be specified by either its X11 name, or hexadecimal notation.
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For example:
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white
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Or
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#FFFFFF
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ARGB colors are also support, these can be used to create a transparent window if: 1. Your Xserver supports TrueColor, 2.
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You are running a composite manager.
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argb:FF444444
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Or
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#FF444444
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The first two fields specify the alpha level. This determines the amount of transparency.
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(00 everything, FF nothing). The other fields represent the actual color, in hex.
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Within **rofi** transparency can be used, e.g. if the selected background color is 50% transparent, the background color
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of the window will be visible through it.
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## KEYBINDINGS
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**rofi** has the following key-bindings:
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* `Ctrl-v, Insert`: Paste clipboard
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* `Ctrl-Shift-v, Shift-Insert`: Paste primary selection
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* `Ctrl-u`: Clear the line
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* `Ctrl-a`: Beginning of line
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* `Ctrl-e`: End of line
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* `Ctrl-f, Right`: Forward one character
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* `Alt-f`: Forward one word
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* `Ctrl-b, Left`: Back one character
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* `Alt-b`: Back one word
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* `Ctrl-d, Delete`: Delete character
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* `Ctrl-Alt-d`: Delete word
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* `Ctrl-h, Backspace`: Backspace (delete previous character)
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* `Ctrl-Alt-h`: Delete previous word
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* `Ctrl-j,Ctrl-m,Enter`: Accept entry
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* `Ctrl-n,Down`: Select next entry
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* `Ctrl-p,Up`: Select previous entry
|
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* `Page Up`: Go to the previous page
|
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* `Page Down`: Go to the next page
|
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* `Ctrl-Page Up`: Go to the previous column
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* `Ctrl-Page Down`: Go to the next column
|
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* `Ctrl-Enter`: Use entered text as command (in ssh/run modi)
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* `Shift-Enter`: Launch the application in a terminal (in run mode)
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* `Shift-Enter`: Return the selected entry and move to the next item while keeping Rofi open. (in dmenu)
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* `Shift-Right`: Switch to the next modi. The list can be customized with the `-switchers` argument.
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* `Shift-Left`: Switch to the previous modi. The list can be customized with the `-switchers` argument.
|
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* `Ctrl-Tab`: Switch to the next modi. The list can be customized with the `-switchers` argument.
|
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* `Ctrl-Shift-Tab`: Switch to the previous modi. The list can be customized with the `-switchers` argument.
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* `Ctrl-space`: Set selected item as input text.
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* `Shift-Del`: Delete entry from history.
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* `grave`: Toggle case sensitivity.
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* `Alt-grave`: Toggle levenshtein sorting.
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* `Alt-Shift-S`: Take a screenshot and store this in the Pictures directory.
|
|
|
|
To get a full list of keybindings on the commandline, see `rofi -dump-xresources | grep kb-`.
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|
Keybindings can be modified using the configuration systems.
|
|
To get searchable list of keybindings, run `rofi -show keys`.
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|
|
|
A keybinding starting with `!` will act when all keys have been released.
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## Available Modi
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### Window
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Show a list of all the windows and allow switching between them.
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Pressing the `delete-entry` binding (`shift-delete`) will close the window.
|
|
Pressing the `accept-custom` binding (`control-enter` or `shift-enter`) will run a command on the window.
|
|
(See option `window-command` );
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|
|
|
### WindowCD
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|
|
|
Shows a list of the windows on the current desktop and allows switching between them.
|
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Pressing the `delete-entry` binding (`shift-delete`) will kill the window.
|
|
Pressing the `accept-custom` binding (`control-enter` or `shift-enter`) will run a command on the window.
|
|
(See option `window-command` );
|
|
|
|
### Run
|
|
|
|
Shows a list of executables in **$PATH** and can launch them (optional in a terminal).
|
|
Pressing the `delete-entry` binding (`shift-delete`) will remove this entry from the run history.
|
|
Pressing the `accept-custom` binding (`control-enter` or `shift-enter`) will run the command in a terminal.
|
|
|
|
### DRun
|
|
|
|
Same as the **run** launches, but the list is created from the installed desktop files. It automatically launches them
|
|
in a terminal if specified in the Desktop File.
|
|
Pressing the `delete-entry` binding (`shift-delete`) will remove this entry from the run history.
|
|
Pressing the `accept-custom` binding (`control-enter` or `shift-enter`) with custom input (no entry matching) will run the command in a terminal.
|
|
|
|
### SSH
|
|
|
|
Shows a list of SSH targets based on your ssh config file, and allows to quickly ssh into them.
|
|
|
|
### Keys
|
|
|
|
Shows a searchable list of key bindings.
|
|
|
|
### Script
|
|
|
|
Allows custom scripted Modi to be added.
|
|
|
|
## FAQ
|
|
|
|
### The text in the window switcher is not nicely lined out.
|
|
|
|
Try using a mono-space font.
|
|
|
|
### The window is completely black.
|
|
|
|
Check quotes used on the commandline: e.g. used “ instead of ".
|
|
|
|
### What does the icon in the top right show?
|
|
|
|
The indicator shows:
|
|
|
|
` ` Case insensitive and no sorting.
|
|
`-` Case sensitivity enabled, no sorting.
|
|
`+` Case insensitive and Sorting enabled
|
|
`±` Sorting and Case sensitivity enabled"
|
|
|
|
## EXAMPLES
|
|
|
|
Some basic usage examples of **rofi**:
|
|
|
|
Show the run dialog:
|
|
|
|
rofi -modi run -show run
|
|
|
|
|
|
Show the the run dialog and allow switching to Desktop File run dialog (drun):
|
|
|
|
rofi -modi run,drun -show run
|
|
|
|
Combine the run and Desktop File run dialog (drun):
|
|
|
|
rofi -modi combi -show combi -combi-modi run,drun
|
|
|
|
|
|
Combine the run and Desktop File run dialog (drun) and allow switching to window switcher:
|
|
|
|
rofi -modi combi,window -show combi -combi-modi run,drun
|
|
|
|
Run **rofi** full monitor width at the top of the monitor like a dropdown menu:
|
|
|
|
rofi -show run -width 100 -location 1 -lines 5 -bw 2 -yoffset -2
|
|
|
|
Get a colored list of available wifi networks:
|
|
|
|
tty-pipe nmcli device wifi | out2html -p | rofi -dmenu -markup-rows
|
|
|
|
Popup a text message claiming that this is the end:
|
|
|
|
rofi -e "This is the end"
|
|
|
|
Popup a text message in red, bold font claiming that this is still the end:
|
|
|
|
rofi -e "<span color='red'><b>This is still the end</b></span>>" -markup
|
|
|
|
Show all keybindings:
|
|
|
|
rofi -show keys
|
|
|
|
Use `qalc` to get a simple calculator in **rofi**:
|
|
|
|
rofi -show calc -modi "calc:qalc +u8 -nocurrencies"
|
|
|
|
## I3
|
|
|
|
In [I3](http://i3wm.org/) you want to bind rofi to be launched on key-release. Otherwise it cannot grab the keyboard.
|
|
See also the I3 [manual](http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html):
|
|
|
|
Some tools (such as import or xdotool) might be unable to run upon a KeyPress event, because the keyboard/pointer is
|
|
still grabbed. For these situations, the --release flag can be used, which will execute the command after the keys have
|
|
been released.
|
|
|
|
## LICENSE
|
|
|
|
MIT/X11
|
|
|
|
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
|
|
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
|
|
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
|
|
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
|
|
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
|
|
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
|
|
the following conditions:
|
|
|
|
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
|
|
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
|
|
|
|
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
|
|
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
|
|
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
|
|
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
|
|
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
|
|
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
|
|
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
|
|
|
|
## WEBSITE
|
|
|
|
**rofi** website can be found at [here](https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/)
|
|
|
|
## SUPPORT
|
|
|
|
**rofi** support can be obtained [here](irc://irc.freenode.net/#rofi) (#rofi on irc.freenode.net), or via the
|
|
[forum](https://reddit.com/r/qtools//)
|
|
|
|
## DEBUGGING
|
|
|
|
Please see [this](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/wiki/Debugging Rofi) wiki entry.
|
|
|
|
## ISSUE TRACKER
|
|
|
|
**rofi** issue tracker can be found [here](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/issues)
|
|
|
|
When creating an issue, please read [this](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
|
|
first.
|
|
|
|
## SEE ALSO
|
|
|
|
rofi-sensible-terminal(1), dmenu(1), rofi-theme(5)
|
|
|
|
## AUTHOR
|
|
|
|
Qball Cow <qball@gmpclient.org>
|
|
|
|
Rasmus Steinke <rasi@xssn.at>
|
|
|
|
Quentin Glidic <sardemff7+rofi@sardemff7.net>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original code based on work by: Sean Pringle <sean.pringle@gmail.com>
|
|
|
|
For a full list of authors, check the AUTHORS file.
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