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dmenu-wl [-b] [-i] [-l lines] [-m monitor] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-v]

dmenu-wl_run ...

dmenu-wl_path

dmenu-wl is a dynamic menu for Wayland, originally designed for X and dwm(1). It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.

dmenu-wl reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input and creates a menu (or displays a notification if using -e). When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, their choice is printed to standard output and dmenu-wl terminates.

dmenu-wl_run is a dmenu-wl script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and executes the selected item.

dmenu-wl_path is a program used by dmenu-wl_run to find and cache a list of executables.

-e

dmenu displays text from stdin with no user interaction.

-ec

same as -e but text is aligned centrally.

-er

same as -e but text is aligned to the right.

-et secs

when using -e, close the message after the given number of seconds

-b

dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.

-h height

dmenu is drawn at least the given number of pixels high.

-i

dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.

-l lines

dmenu lists items vertically, within the given number of lines.

-m monitor

dmenu appears on the given monitor (0-based index or monitor name)

-p prompt

defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.

-po prompt

same as -p but don't wait for stdin - useful for a prompt with no selection options.

-r

Return as soon as a single match is found. i.e. don't wait for the user to press return.

-fn font

defines the font or font set used.

-nb color

defines the normal background color. #RRGGBBand #RRGGBBAA are supported.

-nf color

defines the normal foreground color.

-sb color

defines the selected background color.

-sf color

defines the selected foreground color.

-v

prints version information to standard output, then exits.

dmenu-wl is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Besides standard Unix line editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the following keys are recognized:

Tab (Control-i)

Copy the selected item to the input field.

Return (Control-j)

Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to standard output and exits, returning success.

Shift-Return (Control-Shift-j)

Confirm input.  Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning success.

Escape (Control-c)

Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.

Control-y

Paste the current selection into the input field.

dwm(1)