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rofi keys

Rofi Key and Mouse bindings

rofi supports overriding of any of it key and mouse binding.

Bindings can be done on the commandline (-{bindingname}):

rofi -show run -kb-accept-entry 'Control+Shift+space'

or via the configuration file:

configuration {
  kb-accept-entry: "Control+Shift+space";
}

The key can be set by its name (see above) or its keycode:

configuration {
  kb-accept-entry: "Control+Shift+[65]";
}

An easy way to look up keycode is xev(1).

Multiple keys can be specified for an action as a comma separated list:

configuration {
  kb-accept-entry: "Control+Shift+space,Return";
}

By Default rofi reacts on pressing, to act on the release of all keys prepend the binding with !:

configuration {
  kb-accept-entry: "!Control+Shift+space,Return";
}

To unset a binding, pass an empty string.

configuration {
  kb-clear-line: "";
}

Paste primary selection

Default: Control+V,Shift+Insert

Paste clipboard

Default: Control+v,Insert

Copy current selection to clipboard

Default: Control+c

Clear input line

Default: Control+w

Beginning of line

Default: Control+a

End of line

Default: Control+e

Move back one word

Default: Alt+b,Control+Left

Move forward one word

Default: Alt+f,Control+Right

Move back one char

Default: Left,Control+b

Move forward one char

Default: Right,Control+f

Delete previous word

Default: Control+Alt+h,Control+BackSpace

Delete next word

Default: Control+Alt+d

Delete next char

Default: Delete,Control+d

Delete previous char

Default: BackSpace,Shift+BackSpace,Control+h

Delete till the end of line

Default: Control+k

Delete till the start of line

Default: Control+u

Accept entry

Default: Control+j,Control+m,Return,KP_Enter

Use entered text as command (in ssh/run modes)

Default: Control+Return

Use entered text as command (in ssh/run modes)

Default: Control+Shift+Return

Use alternate accept command.

Default: Shift+Return

Delete entry from history

Default: Shift+Delete

Switch to the next mode.

Default: Shift+Right,Control+Tab

Switch to the previous mode.

Default: Shift+Left,Control+ISO_Left_Tab

Start completion for mode.

Default: Control+l

Go to the previous column

Default: Control+Page_Up

Go to the next column

Default: Control+Page_Down

Select previous entry

Default: Up,Control+p

Select next entry

Default: Down,Control+n

Go to next row, if one left, accept it, if no left next mode.

Default:

Go to next row.

Default: Tab

Go to previous row.

Default: ISO_Left_Tab

Go to the previous page

Default: Page_Up

Go to the next page

Default: Page_Down

Go to the first entry

Default: Home,KP_Home

Go to the last entry

Default: End,KP_End

Set selected item as input text

Default: Control+space

Take a screenshot of the rofi window

Default: Alt+S

Toggle between ellipsize modes for displayed data

Default: Alt+period

Toggle case sensitivity

Default: grave,dead_grave

Toggle filtered menu sort

Default: Alt+grave

Quit rofi

Default: Escape,Control+g,Control+bracketleft

Custom keybinding 1

Default: Alt+1

Custom keybinding 2

Default: Alt+2

Custom keybinding 3

Default: Alt+3

Custom keybinding 4

Default: Alt+4

Custom Keybinding 5

Default: Alt+5

Custom keybinding 6

Default: Alt+6

Custom Keybinding 7

Default: Alt+7

Custom keybinding 8

Default: Alt+8

Custom keybinding 9

Default: Alt+9

Custom keybinding 10

Default: Alt+0

Custom keybinding 11

Default: Alt+exclam

Custom keybinding 12

Default: Alt+at

Custom keybinding 13

Default: Alt+numbersign

Custom keybinding 14

Default: Alt+dollar

Custom keybinding 15

Default: Alt+percent

Custom keybinding 16

Default: Alt+dead_circumflex

Custom keybinding 17

Default: Alt+ampersand

Custom keybinding 18

Default: Alt+asterisk

Custom Keybinding 19

Default: Alt+parenleft

Select row 1

Default: Super+1

Select row 2

Default: Super+2

Select row 3

Default: Super+3

Select row 4

Default: Super+4

Select row 5

Default: Super+5

Select row 6

Default: Super+6

Select row 7

Default: Super+7

Select row 8

Default: Super+8

Select row 9

Default: Super+9

Select row 10

Default: Super+0

Go up in the entry history.

Default: Control+Up

Go down in the entry history.

Default: Control+Down

Select the next matcher.

Default: Super+equal

Select the previous matcher.

Default: Super+minus

Go to the previous column

Default: ScrollLeft

Go to the next column

Default: ScrollRight

Select previous entry

Default: ScrollUp

Select next entry

Default: ScrollDown

Select hovered row

Default: MousePrimary

Accept hovered row

Default: MouseDPrimary

Accept hovered row with custom action

Default: Control+MouseDPrimary

The following mouse buttons can be bound:

  • Primary: Primary (Left) mouse button click.
  • Secondary: Secondary (Right) mouse button click.
  • Middle: Middle mouse button click.
  • Forward: The forward mouse button.
  • Back: The back mouse button.
  • ExtraN: The N’the mouse button. (Depending on mouse support).

The Identifier is constructed as follow:

  • D indicates optional Double press.
  • Button is the button name.

So MouseDPrimary is Primary (Left) mouse button double click.

rofi(1), rofi-sensible-terminal(1), rofi-theme(5), rofi-script(5)

Qball Cow <qball@gmpclient.org>

Rasmus Steinke <rasi@xssn.at>

Morgane Glidic <sardemff7+rofi@sardemff7.net>

Original code based on work by: Sean Pringle <sean.pringle@gmail.com>

For a full list of authors, check the AUTHORS file.