DMENU(1)

NAME
dmenu - dynamic menu

SYNOPSIS
dmenu [-bfiv] [-g columns] [-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.

-g columns
    dmenu lists items in a grid with the given number of columns.

-l lines
    dmenu lists items in a grid with the given number of lines.

-m monitor
    dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers 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 continues.

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)