Interested in how the menus work | Omacom | Page 1

safe stump Mar 14, 2026, 8:31 AM

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I've been digging into the Omarchy binaries and how they all end up working with the walker launcher, but can someone give me a quick rundown of how these menus are rendered and styled?

tranquil temple Mar 14, 2026, 9:06 AM

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safe stump I've been digging into the Omarchy binaries and how they all end up working with...

Omarchy script/binary -> generates menu entries -> dmenu-style list -> walker -> Walker creates the actual Wayland UI window and list interface -> applies Walker CSS + Omarchy theme -> rendered menu with the style

safe stump Mar 14, 2026, 9:07 AM

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thanks! what do you mean with generating menu entries? i see it does something with —app-id= which i don’t understand

tranquil temple Mar 14, 2026, 9:09 AM

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the scripts creates the list of items that will appear in the menu

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since walker has dmenu support

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the tag you mentioned likely tells which app or command to run

high monolith Mar 14, 2026, 11:10 AM

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make omarchy theme

safe stump Mar 23, 2026, 1:44 PM

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APP_ID="org.omarchy.$(basename "$1")" what is this about?

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why all the APP_ID

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