dmenu(1) dmenu(1)
NAME
dmenu - dynamic menu
SYNOPSIS
dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-m monitor] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-nb
color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]
dmenu_run ...
DESCRIPTION
dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline-separated
items from stdin. When the user selects an item and presses Return,
their choice is printed to stdout and dmenu terminates. Entering text
will narrow the items to those matching the tokens in the input.
dmenu_run is a script used by dwm(1) which lists programs in the user's
$PATH and runs the result in their $SHELL.
OPTIONS
-b dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
-f dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin if not reading
from a tty. This is faster, but will lock up X until stdin
reaches end-of-file.
-i dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
-l lines
dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
-m monitor
dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor num-
bers are starting from 0.
-p prompt
defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input
field.
-fn font
defines the font or font set used.
-nb color
defines the normal background color. #RGB, #RRGGBB, and X color
names 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 stdout, then exits.
-w windowid
embed into windowid.
USAGE
dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Items are selected
using the arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.
Tab Copy the selected item to the input field.
Return Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and
exits, returning success.
Ctrl-Return
Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and con-
tinues.
Shift-Return
Confirm input. Prints the input text to stdout and exits,
returning success.
Escape Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
Ctrl-Left
Move cursor to the start of the current word
Ctrl-Right
Move cursor to the end of the current word
C-a Home
C-b Left
C-c Escape
C-d Delete
C-e End
C-f Right
C-g Escape
C-h Backspace
C-i Tab
C-j Return
C-J Shift-Return
C-k Delete line right
C-m Return
C-M Shift-Return
C-n Down
C-p Up
C-u Delete line left
C-w Delete word left
C-y Paste from primary X selection
C-Y Paste from X clipboard
M-b Move cursor to the start of the current word
M-f Move cursor to the end of the current word
M-g Home
M-G End
M-h Up
M-j Page down
M-k Page up
M-l Down
SEE ALSO
dwm(1), stest(1)
dmenu-4.9 dmenu(1)
dmenu 4.9 - Generated Sat Feb 16 09:28:36 CST 2019