Rofi - menus¶

A bundle of Rofi-based utility menus: audio sink/source switcher, bluetooth, network manager, and emoji picker.

Package: menus

Overview¶

src/rofi/menus/
├── default.nix
├── bin/
│   ├── audio-sink      # switch output device
│   ├── audio-source    # switch input device
│   ├── bluetooth       # rofi-bluetooth wrapper
│   ├── network          # networkmanager-dmenu wrapper
│   └── rofimoji        # emoji picker wrapper
└── share/
    ├── bt.rasi          # bluetooth menu theme (with placeholder)
    ├── clients.rasi     # shared window/listview theme
    ├── conf.rasi        # shared rofi config
    ├── nm.ini          # networkmanager-dmenu config (with placeholders)
    └── rofimoji.rasi    # emoji picker theme

`audio-sink` - switch output device¶

Lists all PipeWire audio sinks (output devices), excludes loopbacks and Easy Effects sinks, marks the current default with 🔊, and lets you pick a new default via Rofi.

getSinks() {
  pw-dump | jq 'map(select(.info.props."media.class" == "Audio/Sink"
    and (.info.props."node.description" | test("^(?!Loopback|Easy Effects Sink).*"))))
    | map({ id, "node.name": ..., "node.description": ... })'
}

getListedSinks() {
  getSinks | jq -r '.[] | "\(.id) \(.["node.description"])"' | while read -r id name; do
    if [[ "$id" == "$(getDefaultSinkId)" ]]; then
      echo "🔊 $name"
    else
      echo "$id $name"
    fi
  done
}

On selection, calls wpctl set-default <id> and notifies with the new device name. If only one device exists, it notifies "Single Audio Device" and exits.


Arguments	none
Runtime deps	`rofi-wayland`, `jq`, `libnotify`, `pipewire` (`pw-dump`), `wireplumber` (`wpctl`)
Env vars	`ROFI_THEME_STR`, `ROFI_CMD`

`audio-source` - switch input device¶

Identical to audio-sink but for sources (input devices - microphones). Includes Audio/Source and Audio/Source/Virtual classes, marks the current default with 🎤.

getSources() {
  pw-dump | jq 'map(select((.info.props."media.class" == "Audio/Source"
    or .info.props."media.class" == "Audio/Source/Virtual")
    and (.info.props."node.description" | test("^(?!Loopback).*"))))
    | map(...))'
}


Arguments	none
Runtime deps	same as `audio-sink`

`bluetooth` - bluetooth device picker¶

A thin wrapper around rofi-bluetooth:

killall rofi &>/dev/null
rofi-bluetooth -i -config "$SRC_DIR/share/bt.rasi"


Arguments	none
Runtime deps	`rofi-wayland`, `rofi-bluetooth`, `killall`, `bluetoothctl` (via rofi-bluetooth)

`network` - network manager¶

A thin wrapper around networkmanager-dmenu (provided via the flake's networkmanager input):

killall rofi &>/dev/null
networkmanager_dmenu

The NM_DMENU_CONFIG env var is set in the wrapper to point at the bundled nm.ini, which configures the dmenu command, wifi characters (▂▄▆█), and passphrase obscuring.

[dmenu]
dmenu_command = rofi -dmenu -i -l 10 -config {{config}} -theme-str {{network-theme-str}}
compact = True
wifi_chars = ▂▄▆█
active_chars = 

[dmenu_passphrase]
obscure = True

[editor]
terminal = foot


Arguments	none
Runtime deps	`rofi-wayland`, `networkmanager-dmenu` (flake input), `killall`, `NetworkManager`

`rofimoji` - emoji picker¶

A wrapper around rofimoji configured for Wayland:

rofimoji \
  --action copy type \
  --files emojis emoticons kaomoji nerd \
  --skin-tone moderate \
  --selector=rofi \
  --clipboarder=wl-copy \
  --typer=wtype \
  --selector-args="-theme $SRC_DIR/share/rofimoji.rasi" \
  --hidden-descriptions

Behavior¶

Action: copy to clipboard and type the selected character
Sources: emojis, emoticons, kaomoji, nerd fonts
Skin tone: moderate
Clipboard: wl-copy (Wayland)
Typer: wtype (Wayland)

The emoji picker theme (rofimoji.rasi) is a 9-column × 7-row grid with horizontal flow, Noto Color Emoji font at 24px, and a rounded 8px window.


Arguments	none
Runtime deps	`rofimoji`, `rofi-wayland`, `wl-clipboard` (`wl-copy`), `wtype`, `killall`

Build overrides¶

Argument	Default	Description
`audio-theme-str`	`""`	Rasi fragment for `audio-sink` / `audio-source` (via `ROFI_THEME_STR`)
`network-theme-str`	`""`	Rasi fragment for the network menu (substituted into `nm.ini`)
`bt-theme-str`	`""`	Rasi fragment for the bluetooth menu (substituted into `bt.rasi`)

inputs.utils.packages.${pkgs.system}.menus.override {
  audio-theme-str = ''...'';
  network-theme-str = ''...'';
  bt-theme-str = ''...'';
}

How theme injection works

audio-theme-str → exported as ROFI_THEME_STR in the wrapper (--run)
network-theme-str → substituteInPlace into nm.ini (newlines flattened to spaces)
bt-theme-str → substituteInPlace into bt.rasi

Environment variables¶

Variable	Set by	Description
`ROFI_THEME_STR`	build arg	Inline rasi theme for audio menus
`NM_DMENU_CONFIG`	wrapper	Path to bundled `nm.ini`
`ROFI_CMD`	per-script	Override the full rofi command (audio scripts)

Usage¶

# Individual menus
nix run github:semi710/utils#menus -- audio-sink
nix run github:semi710/utils#menus -- audio-source
nix run github:semi710/utils#menus -- bluetooth
nix run github:semi710/utils#menus -- network
nix run github:semi710/utils#menus -- rofimoji

{ inputs, pkgs, lib, ... }:
let u = inputs.utils.packages.${pkgs.system};
in {
  home.packages = [ u.menus ];

  wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings.bind = [
    "$mod, p, exec, ${lib.getExe' u.menus "audio-sink"}"
    "$mod, b, exec, ${lib.getExe' u.menus "bluetooth"}"
    "$mod, n, exec, ${lib.getExe' u.menus "network"}"
    "$mod, e, exec, ${lib.getExe' u.menus "rofimoji"}"
  ];
}