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dmenu-inlinePrompt-20250821-d893c63.diff (2448B)
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1 From 5a2f518818431f74f291facf2c5503735b85e5a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2 From: Daan Blom <contact@daanblom.com>
3 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:13:03 +0200
4 Subject: [PATCH] Show prompt as placeholder inside input field instead of
5 before it
6
7 ---
8 config.def.h | 1 +
9 dmenu.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
10 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
11
12 diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
13 index 1edb647..c4c8b72 100644
14 --- a/config.def.h
15 +++ b/config.def.h
16 @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2] = {
17 [SchemeNorm] = { "#bbbbbb", "#222222" },
18 [SchemeSel] = { "#eeeeee", "#005577" },
19 [SchemeOut] = { "#000000", "#00ffff" },
20 + [SchemePrompt] = { "#444444", "#222222" },
21 };
22 /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
23 static unsigned int lines = 0;
24 diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
25 index fd49549..a58a28b 100644
26 --- a/dmenu.c
27 +++ b/dmenu.c
28 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
29 #define TEXTW(X) (drw_fontset_getwidth(drw, (X)) + lrpad)
30
31 /* enums */
32 -enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel, SchemeOut, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
33 +enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel, SchemeOut, SchemePrompt, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
34
35 struct item {
36 char *text;
37 @@ -152,21 +152,24 @@ drawmenu(void)
38 drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
39 drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, mw, mh, 1, 1);
40
41 - if (prompt && *prompt) {
42 - drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
43 - x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, promptw, bh, lrpad / 2, prompt, 0);
44 - }
45 - /* draw input field */
46 w = (lines > 0 || !matches) ? mw - x : inputw;
47 - drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
48 - drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
49
50 - curpos = TEXTW(text) - TEXTW(&text[cursor]);
51 - if ((curpos += lrpad / 2 - 1) < w) {
52 + if (text[0] == '\0' && prompt && *prompt) {
53 + drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemePrompt]);
54 + /* If vertical list: use full width (w), else just promptw */
55 + drw_text(drw, x, 0, (lines > 0 ? w : promptw), bh, lrpad / 2, prompt, 0);
56 + } else {
57 drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
58 - drw_rect(drw, x + curpos, 2, 2, bh - 4, 1, 0);
59 + drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
60 }
61
62 + if (text[0] != '\0') {
63 + curpos = TEXTW(text) - TEXTW(&text[cursor]);
64 + if ((curpos += lrpad / 2 - 1) < w) {
65 + drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
66 + drw_rect(drw, x + curpos, 1, 2, bh - 4, 1, 0);
67 + }
68 + }
69 if (lines > 0) {
70 /* draw vertical list */
71 for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right)
72 --
73 2.50.1
74