rofi-modi-template

Basic rofi custom modi script template in bash

Enable modi

rofi -modi "<name>:<path/to/script>"

Run rofi showing only a custom modi

rofi -modi "<name>:<path/to/script>" -show <name>

<name> can contain spaces, but it must be enclosed in quotes when used with -show

rofi -modi "<modiname>:<path/to/script>" -show <modiname>
rofi -modi "<modi name>:<path/to/script>" -show "<modi name>"

Template pseudo-code/working principle

• Run rofi without any arguments
• if (no arguments given)
• then {print options to stdout, separated by newlines;
  rofi re-launches with the options now printed to stdout}
• else {run command(s) for option given as first given argument}

Example script

Example script used to change the container layout in the i3 window manager