Rofi Configuration

Rofi is a powerful application launcher and window switcher that serves as the primary menu system in HyprFlux. It provides a fast, customizable, and feature-rich interface for launching applications and managing windows.

Overview

The HyprFlux Rofi configuration features:

Multiple specialized configurations for different use cases
Dynamic theming with wallpaper color integration
Custom modes for various system functions
Elegant animations and visual effects
Keyboard and mouse navigation support

Configuration Structure

~/.config/rofi/
├── config.rasi              # Main configuration
├── master-config.rasi       # Base configuration template
├── 0-shared-fonts.rasi      # Font definitions
├── config-*.rasi           # Specialized configurations
├── wallust/                # Dynamic color schemes
└── .current_wallpaper      # Current wallpaper reference

Specialized Configurations

1. Application Launcher (`config.rasi`)

Main application launcher with clean interface:

rasi

configuration {
    font: "JetBrains Mono 10";
    modi: "drun,run,filebrowser";
    show-icons: true;
    display-drun: "Apps";
    display-run: "Run";
    display-filebrowser: "Files";
    drun-display-format: "{name}";
    hover-select: true;
    me-select-entry: "MouseSecondary";
    me-accept-entry: "MousePrimary";
}

2. Compact Mode (`config-compact.rasi`)

Minimal launcher for quick access:

rasi

window {
    width: 30%;
    height: 40%;
    border-radius: 8px;
}

listview {
    lines: 8;
    columns: 1;
}

3. Calculator (`config-calc.rasi`)

Built-in calculator functionality:

rasi

configuration {
    modi: "calc";
    show-icons: false;
    display-calc: "Calculator";
}

4. Clipboard Manager (`config-clipboard.rasi`)

Clipboard history management:

rasi

configuration {
    modi: "clipboard:greenclip print";
    show-icons: false;
    display-clipboard: "Clipboard";
}

5. Emoji Picker (`config-emoji.rasi`)

Emoji selection interface:

rasi

configuration {
    modi: "emoji";
    show-icons: false;
    display-emoji: "Emoji";
    font: "JetBrains Mono 14";
}

Key Features

1. Dynamic Theming

Rofi automatically adapts to wallpaper colors through wallust integration:

rasi

/* Load dynamic colors */
@theme "~/.config/rofi/wallust/colors-rofi.rasi"

/* Color variables */
* {
    background-alt: @selected-active-background;
    selected: #9399b2;
    active: @selected-normal-background;
    urgent: @selected;
    text-selected: #181825;
    text-color: #c6e6f3;
    border-color: @selected;
}

2. Window Styling

rasi

window {
    enabled: true;
    fullscreen: false;
    transparency: "real";
    cursor: "default";
    spacing: 0px;
    border: 0px;
    border-radius: 14px;
    location: center;
    anchor: center;
    width: 44%;
    background-color: @background;
}

3. Input Field

rasi

inputbar {
    enabled: true;
    spacing: 10px;
    padding: 15px;
    border-radius: 10px;
    background-color: @background-alt;
    text-color: @foreground;
}

entry {
    enabled: true;
    background-color: transparent;
    text-color: inherit;
    cursor: text;
    placeholder: "Search...";
    placeholder-color: inherit;
}

4. List View

rasi

listview {
    enabled: true;
    columns: 1;
    lines: 8;
    cycle: true;
    dynamic: true;
    scrollbar: false;
    layout: vertical;
    reverse: false;
    fixed-height: true;
    fixed-columns: true;
    spacing: 5px;
    padding: 10px;
    margin: 0px;
    background-color: transparent;
}

Specialized Use Cases

1. Wallpaper Selection (`config-wallpaper.rasi`)

Visual wallpaper picker with thumbnails:

bash

# Launch wallpaper selector
~/.config/hypr/UserScripts/WallpaperSelect.sh

2. Theme Selection (`config-rofi-theme.rasi`)

Theme switching interface:

bash

# Launch theme selector
~/.config/hypr/scripts/RofiThemeSelector.sh

3. Waybar Layout (`config-waybar-layout.rasi`)

Waybar layout switching:

bash

# Launch layout selector
~/.config/hypr/scripts/WaybarLayout.sh

4. Monitor Profiles (`config-Monitors.rasi`)

Monitor configuration management:

bash

# Launch monitor profile selector
~/.config/hypr/scripts/MonitorProfiles.sh

5. Animation Selector (`config-Animations.rasi`)

Hyprland animation preset selection:

bash

# Launch animation selector
~/.config/hypr/scripts/Animations.sh

Customization Guide

Changing Appearance

Window Size and Position

rasi

window {
    width: 50%;           // Adjust width (percentage or pixels)
    height: 60%;          // Adjust height
    location: center;     // north, south, east, west, center
    anchor: center;       // Anchor point
    x-offset: 0;         // Horizontal offset
    y-offset: 0;         // Vertical offset
}

Font Configuration

rasi

configuration {
    font: "JetBrains Mono 12";  // Change font and size
}

element-text {
    font: "JetBrains Mono 14";  // Different font for elements
}

Colors and Transparency

rasi

window {
    background-color: rgba(30, 30, 46, 0.9);  // Semi-transparent background
    border: 2px solid @border-color;          // Add border
}

element selected {
    background-color: @selected;
    text-color: @text-selected;
    border-radius: 8px;
}

Adding Custom Modes

Create Custom Script Mode

bash

#!/bin/bash
# ~/.config/rofi/scripts/custom-mode.sh

case "$1" in
    "Option 1")
        notify-send "Selected Option 1"
        ;;
    "Option 2")
        notify-send "Selected Option 2"
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Option 1"
        echo "Option 2"
        ;;
esac

Configure Custom Mode

rasi

configuration {
    modi: "custom:~/.config/rofi/scripts/custom-mode.sh";
    display-custom: "Custom";
}

Keyboard Shortcuts

Arrow Keys / hjkl: Navigate items
Tab: Switch between modes
Enter: Select item
Escape: Close rofi
Ctrl+j/k: Navigate with Ctrl modifier

Custom Keybindings

rasi

configuration {
    kb-accept-entry: "Return,KP_Enter";
    kb-cancel: "Escape,Control+c";
    kb-mode-next: "Tab";
    kb-mode-previous: "ISO_Left_Tab";
    kb-row-up: "Up,Control+k";
    kb-row-down: "Down,Control+j";
}

Advanced Features

1. Multi-Column Layout

rasi

listview {
    columns: 3;           // Multiple columns
    lines: 6;            // Rows per column
    flow: horizontal;    // Fill horizontally first
}

2. Icon Configuration

rasi

configuration {
    show-icons: true;
    icon-theme: "Papirus";
}

element-icon {
    size: 32px;          // Icon size
    margin: 0 10px 0 0;  // Icon spacing
}

3. Scrollbar Customization

rasi

scrollbar {
    enabled: true;
    width: 4px;
    border: 0;
    handle-color: @selected;
    handle-width: 8px;
    padding: 0;
}

4. Message Display

rasi

message {
    enabled: true;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
    background-color: @background-alt;
}

textbox {
    background-color: transparent;
    text-color: @foreground;
    vertical-align: 0.5;
    horizontal-align: 0.0;
}

Integration with HyprFlux

Hyprland Keybindings

bash

# In UserConfigs/UserKeybinds.conf
bind = SUPER, SPACE, exec, rofi -show drun
bind = SUPER, R, exec, rofi -show run
bind = SUPER, F, exec, rofi -show filebrowser
bind = SUPER, W, exec, rofi -show window
bind = SUPER, C, exec, rofi -show calc
bind = SUPER, E, exec, rofi -show emoji

Waybar Integration

json

"custom/menu": {
    "format": "  ",
    "on-click": "pkill rofi || rofi -show drun",
    "tooltip-format": "Application Launcher"
}

Script Integration

Wallpaper Selection

bash

# ~/.config/hypr/UserScripts/WallpaperSelect.sh
rofi -show filebrowser -config ~/.config/rofi/config-wallpaper.rasi

Quick Settings

bash

# Custom settings menu
rofi -dmenu -config ~/.config/rofi/config-compact.rasi \
     -p "Settings" < ~/.config/rofi/menus/settings.txt

Performance Optimization

Reduce Startup Time

rasi

configuration {
    lazy-grab: true;          // Faster startup
    parse-hosts: false;       // Skip host parsing
    parse-known-hosts: false; // Skip known hosts
}

Memory Usage

rasi

configuration {
    cache-dir: "/tmp/rofi-cache";  // Use tmpfs for cache
    max-history-size: 25;          // Limit history
}

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Rofi not showing: Check if another instance is running
Icons not displaying: Install icon theme and verify path
Fonts not loading: Install required fonts
Colors not updating: Check wallust integration

Debug Commands

bash

# Test rofi configuration
rofi -show drun -config ~/.config/rofi/config.rasi

# Check for errors
rofi -show drun -no-lazy-grab

# List available modes
rofi -show help

# Dump current configuration
rofi -dump-config

Performance Monitoring

bash

# Monitor rofi performance
time rofi -show drun -config ~/.config/rofi/config.rasi

# Check memory usage
ps aux | grep rofi

Rofi Official Docs

More Details : https://davatorium.github.io/rofi

Rofi Configuration ​

Overview ​

Configuration Structure ​

Specialized Configurations ​

1. Application Launcher (config.rasi) ​

2. Compact Mode (config-compact.rasi) ​

3. Calculator (config-calc.rasi) ​

4. Clipboard Manager (config-clipboard.rasi) ​

5. Emoji Picker (config-emoji.rasi) ​

Key Features ​

1. Dynamic Theming ​

2. Window Styling ​

3. Input Field ​

4. List View ​

Specialized Use Cases ​

1. Wallpaper Selection (config-wallpaper.rasi) ​

2. Theme Selection (config-rofi-theme.rasi) ​

3. Waybar Layout (config-waybar-layout.rasi) ​

4. Monitor Profiles (config-Monitors.rasi) ​

5. Animation Selector (config-Animations.rasi) ​

Customization Guide ​

Changing Appearance ​

Window Size and Position ​

Font Configuration ​

Colors and Transparency ​

Adding Custom Modes ​

Create Custom Script Mode ​

Configure Custom Mode ​

Keyboard Shortcuts ​

Navigation ​

Custom Keybindings ​

Advanced Features ​

1. Multi-Column Layout ​

2. Icon Configuration ​

3. Scrollbar Customization ​

4. Message Display ​

Integration with HyprFlux ​

Hyprland Keybindings ​

Waybar Integration ​

Script Integration ​

Wallpaper Selection ​

Quick Settings ​

Performance Optimization ​

Reduce Startup Time ​

Memory Usage ​

Troubleshooting ​

Common Issues ​

Debug Commands ​

Performance Monitoring ​

Rofi Configuration

Overview

Configuration Structure

Specialized Configurations

1. Application Launcher (`config.rasi`)

2. Compact Mode (`config-compact.rasi`)

3. Calculator (`config-calc.rasi`)

4. Clipboard Manager (`config-clipboard.rasi`)

5. Emoji Picker (`config-emoji.rasi`)

Key Features

1. Dynamic Theming

2. Window Styling

3. Input Field

4. List View

Specialized Use Cases

1. Wallpaper Selection (`config-wallpaper.rasi`)

2. Theme Selection (`config-rofi-theme.rasi`)

3. Waybar Layout (`config-waybar-layout.rasi`)

4. Monitor Profiles (`config-Monitors.rasi`)

5. Animation Selector (`config-Animations.rasi`)

Customization Guide

Changing Appearance

Window Size and Position

Font Configuration

Colors and Transparency

Adding Custom Modes

Create Custom Script Mode

Configure Custom Mode

Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation

Custom Keybindings

Advanced Features

1. Multi-Column Layout

2. Icon Configuration

3. Scrollbar Customization

4. Message Display

Integration with HyprFlux

Hyprland Keybindings

Waybar Integration

Script Integration

Wallpaper Selection

Quick Settings

Performance Optimization

Reduce Startup Time

Memory Usage

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Debug Commands

Performance Monitoring