dmenu

commit 372a9fda9af1abffff231065ab3f9f755dd77b12
parent b36a036b83a632ceb6aeb10b66326caf04542e9a
Author: regexghost <regexghost@protonmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:56:32 +0100

print index patch

Diffstat:
M
dmenu.1
 | 
3
+++
M
dmenu.c
 | 
13
+++++++++++--

2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
 .B \-i
 dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
 .TP
+.B \-ix
+dmenu prints the index of matched text instead of the text itself.
+.TP
 .BI \-l " lines"
 dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
 .TP
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct item {
 	unsigned int width;
 	struct item *left, *right;
 	int out;
+	int index;
 	double distance;
 };
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ static struct item *items = NULL;
 static struct item *matches, *matchend;
 static struct item *prev, *curr, *next, *sel;
 static int mon = -1, screen;
+static int print_index = 0;
 
 static Atom clip, utf8;
 static Display *dpy;
@@ -627,7 +629,11 @@ insert:
 		break;
 	case XK_Return:
 	case XK_KP_Enter:
-		puts((sel && !(ev->state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->text : text);
+		if (print_index)
+			printf("%d\n", (sel && !(ev->state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->index : -1);
+		else
+			puts((sel && !(ev->state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->text : text);
+
 		if (!(ev->state & ControlMask)) {
 			cleanup();
 			exit(0);
@@ -704,6 +710,7 @@ readstdin(void)
 		items[i].width = TEXTW(line);
 
 		items[i].out = 0;
+		items[i].index = i;
 	}
 	free(line);
 	if (items)
@@ -897,7 +904,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) { /* case-insensitive item matching */
 			fstrncmp = strncasecmp;
 			fstrstr = cistrstr;
-		} else if (i + 1 == argc)
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-ix"))  /* adds ability to return index in list */
+			print_index = 1;
+		else if (i + 1 == argc)
 			usage();
 		/* these options take one argument */
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-l"))   /* number of lines in vertical list */