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ROFI 1 rofi

NAME

rofi - A window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement

SYNOPSIS

rofi [ -width pct_scr ] [ -lines lines ] [ -columns columns ] [ -font xftfont ] [ -fg color ] [ -bg color ] [ -hlfg color ] [ -hlbg color ] [ -key combo ] [ -dkey comdo ] [ -rkey comdo ] [ -terminal terminal ] [ -location position ] [ -hmode ] [ -fixed-num-lines ] [ -padding padding ] [ -opacity opacity% ] [ -display display ] [ -bc color ] [ -bw width ] [ -dmenu [ -p prompt ] ] [ -ssh-set-title true|false ] [ -now ] [ -rnow ] [ -snow ] [ -version ] [ -help] [ -dump-xresources ] [ -disable-history ] [ -levenshtein-sort ] [ -show mode ] [ -switcher mode1,mode2 ]

DESCRIPTION

rofi 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.

License

MIT/X11

USAGE

rofi can be used in two ways, single-shot; executes once and directly exits when done or as daemon listening to specific key-combinations.

The default key combinations are:

• F12

  Show all windows on all desktops.

• mod1-F2

  Show run-dialog.

• mod1-F3

  Show run-dialog.

OPTIONS

-key

Change the key combination to display all windows (default: F12).

    rofi -key F12
    rofi -key control+shift+s
    rofi -key mod1+Tab

-rkey

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)

-skey

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)

-now

Run rofi in all-windows mode once then exit. Does not bind any keys.

-rnow

Run rofi in run-dialog mode once then exit. Does not bind any keys.

-snow

Run rofi in ssh mode once then exit. Does not bind any keys.

-bg

Set the background text color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the menu (default: #222222).

    rofi -fg "#222222"

-bc

Set the border color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the menu (default: #000000).

    rofi -bc black

-bw

Set the border width in pixels (default: 1).

    rofi -bw 1

-fg

Set the foreground text color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the menu (default: #cccccc).

    rofi -fg "#cccccc"

-font

Xft font name for use by the menu (default: mono-14).


    rofi -font monospace-14:medium

-hlbg

Set the background text color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the highlighted item in the
menu (default: #005577).

    rofi -fg "#005577"

-hlfg

Set the foreground text color (X11 named color or hex #rrggbb) for the highlighted item in the
menu (default: #ffffff).

    rofi -fg "#ffffff"

-opacity

Set the window opacity (0-100).

    rofi -opacity "75"

-lines

Maximum number of lines the menu may show before scrolling (default: 25).

    rofi -lines 25

-columns

The number of columns the menu may show before scrolling (default: 25).

    rofi -columns 2

-width

Set the width of the menu as a percentage of the screen width (default: 60).

    rofi -width 60

-terminal

Specify what terminal to start (default x-terminal-emulator)

    rofi -terminal xterm

-location

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

-hmode

Switch to horizontal mode (ala dmenu). The number of elements is the number of lines times the number of columns.

-fixed-num-lines

Keep a fixed number of visible lines (See the -lines option.)

-padding

Define the inner margin of the window. Default is 5 pixels.

To make rofi look like dmenu:

    rofi -hmode -padding 0

-dmenu

Run rofi in dmenu mode. Allowing it to be used for user interaction in scripts.

-dump-xresources

Dump the current active configuration in xresources format to the command-line.

-ssh-set-title true|false

SSH dialogs tries to set 'ssh hostname' of the spawned terminal. Not all terminals support this. Default value is true.

-disable-history

Disable history

-levenshtein-sort

When searching sort the result based on levenshtein distance.

-show mode

Open rofi in a certain mode.

For example to show the run-dialog:

    rofi -show run

This function deprecates -rnow,-snow and -now

-switchers mode1,mode1

Give a comma separated list of modes to enable, in what order.

For example to only show the run and ssh dialog (in that order):

    rofi -switchers "run,ssh" -show run

Custom modes can be added using the internal 'script' mode. Each mode has two parameters:

    <name>:<script>

So to have a mode 'Workspaces' using the i3_switch_workspace.sh script type:

    rofi -switchers "window,run,ssh,Workspaces:i3_switch_workspaces.sh" -show Workspaces

Switch between modi

Type '?' enter to switch between window list, run and ssh mode. The list can be customized with the -switchers argument.

WEBSITE

rofi website can be found at here

AUTHOR

Qball Cow qball@gmpclient.org

Original code based on work by: Sean Pringle sean.pringle@gmail.com