ROFI-FILE-...R-EXTENDED(1) General Commands Manual ROFI-FILE-...R-EXTENDED(1) NAME rofi-file-browser-extended - use rofi to quickly open files SYNOPSIS rofi -show file-browser-extended [ -file-browser-dir <dir> ] [ -file-browser-cmd <cmd> ] rofi -show file-browser-extended [ -file-browser-depth <depth> ] [ -file-browser-follow-symlinks ] rofi -show file-browser-extended [ -file-browser-oc-cmd <cmd> ] [ -file-browser-oc-search-path ] fd | rofi -show file-browser-extended -file-browser-stdin DESCRIPTION rofi-file-browser-extended is a configurable file browser plugin for rofi. It's main use case is to quickly open files without having to open a window to navigate to the file. USAGE Resuming from the last opened directory Use -file-browser-resume to enable this behaviour. The plugin will write the current directory to the "resume file" before exiting, and read it on startup. The default resume file location is $XDG_USER_CON- FIG_DIR/rofi/file-browser-resume (usually $HOME/con- fig/rofi/file-browser-resume). A different resume file can be chosen via -file-browser-resume-file. Listing files recursively -file-browser-depth can be used to list files recursively up to a certain depth. A depth of 0 means files are listed without a depth limit. Symlinks are not followed by default. -file-browser-follow-symlinks can be used to follow symlinks. When symlinks are followed, every file is still only reported once. Opening files with custom commands Press the open custom key (see Key bindings) to enter open custom mode on the selected file. The plugin will then display a list of commands to open the selected file with. O All executables in $PATH can be added to this list with -file-browser-oc-search-path. O User-defined commands can be added with -file-browser-oc-cmd (multiple by passing the option multiple times). O If no commands are specified, the file to be opened will be shown in- stead of a list of commands. User-defined commands can optionally specify an icon and a display name (with pango markup). Format: <command>;icon:<icon-name>;name:<name-to-displayed> icon and name are optional. The order of icon and name does not matter as long as the command comes first. Example: -file-browser-oc-cmd "gimp" -file-browser-oc-cmd "pcmanfm-qt;name:pcmanfm;icon:system-file-manager" -file-browser-oc-cmd "deadbeef --queue;icon:deadbeef;name:deadbeef <i>(queue)</i>" Reading paths from stdin -file-browser-stdin can be used to read displayed paths from stdin. Paths must either be relative to the starting directory (-file-browser-dir) or absolute. It is not checked if the paths actually exist. The paths are not sorted or matched to any exclude patters. After reading the paths, the plugin behaves no different than usual. You may want to use this option with -file-browser-no-descend and / or -file-browser-stdout to make it more dmenu-like. Example: fd | rofi -show file-browser-extended -file-browser-stdin fd -a | rofi -show file-browser-extended -file-browser-stdin ls somedir | rofi -show file-browser-extended -file-browser-stdin -file-browser-dir somedir CONFIGURATION The default config file location is $XDG_USER_CONFIG_DIR/rofi/file-browser (usually to $HOME/config/rofi/file-browser). The config file consists of newline-separated command line options without the "-file-browser-" prefix. Example: cmd "exo-open" oc-cmd "evince;icon:evince" oc-cmd "gimp;icon:gimp" depth 2 open-parent-as-self Comments start with #. Quotes inside string arguments must not be escaped. Escape sequences are currently not supported. Command line options will override the config file (or add to the config file arguments if the option can be specified multiple times). A different config file can be specified with -file-browser-config (multiple by passing the option multiple times). All command line options but -file-browser-con- fig itself can be used in the config file. KEY BINDINGS O kb-accept-alt, (default: Shift+Return) open custom: Open the selected file with a custom command. O kb-custom-1, (default: Alt+1) open multi: Open the selected file without closing rofi. Can be used in the prompt of open custom. O kb-custom-2, (default: Alt+2) Toggle hidden files. Key bindings can be changed via command line options (see Command line op- tions/Key bindings). OPTIONS Behaviour -file-browser-cmd cmd Set the command to open selected files with. (default: xdg-open) -file-browser-dir path Set the starting directory. (default: current working directory) -file-browser-resume Resume from the last opened directory. (default: disabled) -file-browser-resume-file path Set the resume file. When resuming is enabled, the path of the last opened directory is saved to this file. (default: $XDG_USER_CON- FIG_DIR/rofi/file-browser-resume) -file-browser-depth depth List files recursively until a depth is reached. A value of 0 means no depth limit. (default: 1) -file-browser-follow-symlinks Follow symlinks when listing files recursively. (default: don't fol- low symlinks) When symlinks are followed, every file is still only reported once. -file-browser-show-hidden Show hidden files. (default: hidden) -file-browser-only-dirs Only show directories. (default: disabled) -file-browser-only-files Only show files. (default: disabled) -file-browser-no-descend Open directories instead of descending into them. (default: dis- abled) -file-browser-open-parent-as-self Treat the parent directory (..) as the current directory when opened. (default: disabled) -file-browser-exclude Exclude paths by matching the basename to glob patterns. (default: none) Supports * and ?. -file-browser-stdin Read paths from stdin. (default: disabled) Paths must either be relative to the starting directory (-file-browser-dir) or absolute. It is not checked if the files ac- tually exist. The paths are not sorted or matched to any exclude patters. -file-browser-stdout Instead of opening files, print absolute paths of selected files to stdout. (default: disabled) -file-browser-oc-search-path Search $PATH for executables and display them in open custom mode (after user-defined commands). (default: disabled) -file-browser-oc-cmd cmd Specify user-defined commands to be displayed in open custom mode. (default: none) Format: <command>;icon:<icon-name>;name:<name-to-displayed> icon and name are optional. The order of icon and name does not mat- ter as long as the command comes first. name may use pango markup. -file-browser-sort-by-type, -file-browser-no-sort-by-type Enable / disable sort-by-type (directories first, files second, in- accessible directories last). (default: enabled) -file-browser-sort-by-depth, -file-browser-no-sort-by-depth Enable / disable sort-by-depth when listing files recursively. Sort-by-type is secondary to sort-by-depth if both are enabled. (de- fault: disabled) -file-browser-hide-parent Hide the parent directory (..). (default: shown) -file-browser-config path Load options from the specified config file. (default: $XDG_USER_CONFIG_DIR/rofi/file-browser) Can be used multiple times to load options from multiple config files. When this option is specified, the default config file will not be loaded. Key bindings Supported key bindings are kb-accept-alt, kb-custom-[0-19] and none (dis- ables the key binding). You can change the actual key bindings that corre- spond to kb-accept-alt and kb-custom-* in rofi's options. Run rofi -show keys to display rofi's key bindings and what they are bound to. Run rofi -dump-config or rofi -dump-xresources to get a list of available options. -file-browser-open-custom-key rofi-key Set the key binding for open custom. (default: kb-accept-alt) -file-browser-open-multi-key rofi-key Set the key binding for open multi. (default: kb-custom-1) -file-browser-open-toggle-hidden rofi-key Set the key binding for toggling hidden files. (default: kb-cus- tom-2) Appearance -file-browser-disable-icons Disable icons. (default: enabled) -file-browser-disable-thumbnails Disable thumbnails for image files. (default: enabled) -file-browser-disable-status Disable the status line that shows the current path. (default: en- abled) -file-browser-path-sep string Set the path separator for the status line. (default: " / ") -file-browser-hide-hidden-symbol string Set the indicator that hidden files are hidden. (default: "[-]") -file-browser-show-hidden-symbol string Set the indicator that hidden files are shown. (default: "[+]") -file-browser-up-text string Set the text for the parent directory. (default: ".."). -file-browser-up-icon icon-name Set the icon for the parent directory. (default: "go-up") -file-browser-fallback-icon icon-name Set the fallback icon used for files without icons (e.g. block de- vices). (default: "text-x-generic") -file-browser-inaccessible-icon icon-name Set the icon for inaccessible directories. (default: "error") TROUBLESHOOTING If you encounter a problem, try running rofi from the command line. The plugin prints error messages if things go wrong. If that doesn't help, feel free to create a new issue on GitHub. SEE ALSO rofi(1), nftw(3) January 2022 ROFI-FILE-...R-EXTENDED(1)
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