dmenu-iwd

Connect to wireless networks via dmenu.

Features

• Networks sorted by signal strength
• Notifications via dunst
• Password entry via dmenu

Requirements

• dmenu
• dunst
• iwd or nmcli
• A user in the netdev or wheel group

Installation

Download the script and place it somewhere on your $PATH, eg.

# For IWD users...
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattoberle/dmenu-iwd/main/dmenu-iwd >~/bin/dmenu-iwd
chmod +x ~/bin/dmenu-iwd

# For NetworkManager users...
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattoberle/dmenu-iwd/main/dmenu-nm >~/bin/dmenu-nm
chmod +x ~/bin/dmenu-nm

i3 Integration

Choose a key combination to bind in ~/.config/i3/config.

Run i3reload after to activate the binding.

# For IWD users...
bindsym $mod+n exec --no-startup-id dmenu-iwd

# For NetworkManager users...
bindsym $mod+n exec --no-startup-id dmenu-nm

Customization

Edit any of the following values.

STATION="wlan0"
FONT="Monospace"
NORMAL_BACKGROUND="#000000"
NORMAL_FOREGROUND="#8f8f8f"
SELECTED_BACKGROUND="#000000"
SELECTED_FOREGROUND="#00ff00"

Remove "-b" from the FLAGS array to move the menu to the top.