Sort entries when using drun

[ghost]

I don't know if this is already possible or if I misunderstood the -drun-match-fields but I'd like to limit the number of .desktop entries in my menu so that I can, for example, only show the .desktop entries with the "Office" category. Is it possible to do this with -show drun or do I need an external script for the job?

Version

1.5.1-dirty (tags/1.5.1)

Configuration

https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/qqFGXJ9ktp/

Launch Command

rofi -disable-history -show drun -theme ~/.cache/wal/colors-rofi-dark.rasi

[DaveDavenport]

There is currently no way to pre-filter the list.
You should however be able to type in 'Office' to see the office applications .
(rofi -show drun -filter Office)

[ghost]

It works for now. Thanks for helping me! You said there is currently no way to do this, but do you plan to eventually add it in the future? There is no urgency, of course

[DaveDavenport]

Never thought about it. Ill mark it as 'Nice to have'.

[dannycolin]

Indeed that would be nice to have that feature :). Would also be nice to have a widget that show all the categories.

[DaveDavenport]

@dannycolin Widget? Not sure how you would see this. Can you make a mockup?

[dannycolin]

@DaveDavenport By widget I mean something like in Gnome Shell Activities Overview. As you can see in that screenshot, there's a list a categories on the right that act like buttons.

[DaveDavenport]

I don't think that fits/works well with rofi.

[dannycolin]

Why not? The sidebar widget that show modes is very similar. You can select a mode and see the active one. We could definitely do something similar with a category-filter widget.

[DaveDavenport]

because it is very specific to a single mode (the mode selector is not), it won't work with combi mode or full keyboard access (without making mode-specific keybindings).

Anyway I don't see merits in it, other solutions to filter easily on category I would consider.

[dannycolin]

because it is very specific to a single mode (the mode selector is not), it won't work with combi mode or full keyboard access (without making mode-specific keybindings).

Now I see your point and I totally understand (and agree) you want to keep the core code as generic as possible. Thanks for the clarifications.

[DaveDavenport]

thx for understanding.

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