Rofi: Hide categories?

[hxss]

Version

Version: 1.4.2

Configuration

https://gist.github.com/hxss/454dbae7f1f66dd0578725d359caea1e

Launch Command

rofi -show drun

What behaviour you see

What behaviour you expect to see

Can I hide categories from drun menu?

[DaveDavenport]

No, this is not supported.

[hxss]

It would be great if you add option for that.

[Shamaoke]

@hxss You can copy the .desktop files with “categories” from _/usr/share/applications_ to _~/.local/share/applications_ and remove the _GenericName_ field from them. (It also needs to remove _~/.cache/rofi-3.runchache_ and _~/.cache/rofi2.druncache_ in order the changes to take effect.) That way the categories won't be displayed at the list. Moreover, by using this approach you can hide only specific categories or create your own (by modifying the field).

[itsdeadguy]

Does this mean that drun-match-fields will still show the generic name in the drun list?

[JPUnD]

i also would like this feature, editing each program entry manually only to have it replaced in an update is not really a good idea and this seems like a rather good idea, is there any updates?

[JPUnD]

wait never mind, using -drun-display-format {name} fixes the issue

[DaveDavenport]

This is now also supported. https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/issues/817

[DaveDavenport]

https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/commit/f8961462178d81eb69d7d7f095677f7d250e653d

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