Try glass UI

config.def.h

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* Default settings; can be overriden by command line. */
 
 static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
-static const unsigned int alpha = 0xf0;
+static const unsigned int alpha = 0x0b;
 static const int border_width = 0;         /* for alpha patch */
 static int fuzzy = 1;                      /* -F  option; if 0, dmenu doesn't use fuzzy matching     */
 /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ static const unsigned int alphas[SchemeLast][2] = {
 	[SchemeOut] = { OPAQUE, alpha },
 };
 
-/* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
+/* -l and -g options; controls number of lines and columns in grid if > 0 */
 static unsigned int lines      = 0;
+static unsigned int columns    = 0;
 
 /*
  * Characters not considered part of a word while deleting words

dmenu.1

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
 .RB [ \-bfiv ]
+.RB [ \-g
+.IR columns ]
 .RB [ \-l
 .IR lines ]
 .RB [ \-m
@@ -55,8 +57,11 @@ is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
 .B \-i
 dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
 .TP
+.BI \-g " columns"
+dmenu lists items in a grid with the given number of columns.
+.TP
 .BI \-l " lines"
-dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
+dmenu lists items in a grid with the given number of lines.
 .TP
 .BI \-m " monitor"
 dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting

dmenu.c

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ calcoffsets(void)
 	int i, n;
 
 	if (lines > 0)
-		n = lines * bh;
+		n = lines * columns * bh;
 	else
 		n = mw - (promptw + inputw + TEXTW("<") + TEXTW(">"));
 	/* calculate which items will begin the next page and previous page */
@@ -207,9 +207,15 @@ drawmenu(void)
 	}
 
 	if (lines > 0) {
-		/* draw vertical list */
+		/* draw grid */
-		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right)
+		int i = 0;
-			drawitem(item, x, y += bh, mw - x);
+		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right, i++)
+			drawitem(
+				item,
+				x + ((i / lines) *  ((mw - x) / columns)),
+				y + (((i % lines) + 1) * bh),
+				(mw - x) / columns
+			);
 	} else if (matches) {
 		/* draw horizontal list */
 		x += inputw;
@@ -751,6 +757,7 @@ setup(void)
 	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
 	lines = MAX(lines, 0);
 	mh = (lines + 1) * bh;
+	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
 #ifdef XINERAMA
 	i = 0;
 	if (parentwin == root && (info = XineramaQueryScreens(dpy, &n))) {
@@ -777,9 +784,9 @@ setup(void)
 				if (INTERSECT(x, y, 1, 1, info[i]))
 					break;
 
-		x = info[i].x_org;
-		y = info[i].y_org + (topbar ? 0 : info[i].height - mh);
 		mw = info[i].width;
+		x = info[i].x_org + ((info[i].width  - mw) / 2);
+		y = info[i].y_org + ((info[i].height - mh) / 2);
 		XFree(info);
 	} else
 #endif
@@ -787,11 +794,10 @@ setup(void)
 		if (!XGetWindowAttributes(dpy, parentwin, &wa))
 			die("could not get embedding window attributes: 0x%lx",
 			    parentwin);
-		x = 0;
-		y = topbar ? 0 : wa.height - mh;
 		mw = wa.width;
+		x = (wa.width  - mw) / 2;
+		y = (wa.height - mh) / 2;
 	}
-	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
 	inputw = MIN(inputw, mw/3);
 	match();
 
@@ -860,9 +866,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		} else if (i + 1 == argc)
 			usage();
 		/* these options take one argument */
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-l"))   /* number of lines in vertical list */
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-g")) {   /* number of columns in grid */
+			columns = atoi(argv[++i]);
+			if (lines == 0) lines = 1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-l")) { /* number of lines in grid */
 			lines = atoi(argv[++i]);
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-m"))
+			if (columns == 0) columns = 1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-m"))
 			mon = atoi(argv[++i]);
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-p"))   /* adds prompt to left of input field */
 			prompt = argv[++i];