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WMENU(1)		     General Commands Manual			WMENU(1)

NAME
     wmenu - dynamic menu for Wayland

SYNOPSIS
     wmenu [-biPv]
       [-f font]
       [-l lines]
       [-o output]
       [-p prompt]
       [-N color] [-n color]
       [-M color] [-m color]
       [-S color] [-s color]

     wmenu-run ...

DESCRIPTION
     wmenu  is	a  dynamic menu for Wayland, which reads a list of newline-sepa-
     rated items from stdin. When the user selects an item and	presses  Return,
     their  choice is printed to stdout and wmenu terminates. Entering text will
     narrow the items to those matching the tokens in the input.

     wmenu-run is a special invocation of wmenu  which	lists  programs  in  the
     user's $PATH and runs the result.

OPTIONS
     -b
	 wmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.

     -i
	 wmenu matches menu items case insensitively.

     -P
	 wmenu will not directly display the keyboard input, but instead replace
	 it with asterisks.

     -v
	 prints version information to stdout, then exits.

     -f font
	 defines     the     font    used.    For    more    information,    see
	 https://docs.gtk.org/Pango/type_func.FontDescription.from_string.html

     -l lines
	 wmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.

     -o output
	 wmenu is displayed on the output with the given name.

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

     -N RRGGBB[AA]
	 defines the normal background color.

     -n RRGGBB[AA]
	 defines the normal foreground color.

     -M RRGGBB[AA]
	 defines the prompt background color.

     -m RRGGBB[AA]
	 defines the prompt foreground color.

     -S RRGGBB[AA]
	 defines the selection background color.

     -s RRGGBB[AA]
	 defines the selection foreground color.

USAGE
     wmenu 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, re-
	 turning 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-[   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 Wayland 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

				   2026-07-30				WMENU(1)

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