From 9e4d85298b8006919b093e67ff0ec6cc18ea93d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Langer <nikitalanger@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:48:05 +0200
Subject: dmenu padding wie dmw-bar-patch

---
 config.def.h      |  6 ++++--
 dmenu.1           | 10 ++++++++++
 dmenu.c           | 18 +++++++++++-------
 patches/README.md |  1 +
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 9beffbc..9673152 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
 static int draw_input = 1;                  /* -noi option; if 0, the input will not be drawn by default */
 static int centered = 0;                    /* -c option; centers dmenu on screen */
-static int min_width = 500;                    /* minimum width when centered */
-static const float menu_height_ratio = 4.0f;  /* This is the ratio used in the original calculation */
+       int vertpad = 0;                     /* vertical padding of bar */
+       int sidepad = 0;                     /* horizontal padding of bar */
+static int min_width = 500;                 /* minimum width when centered */
+static const float menu_height_ratio = 4.0f;/* This is the ratio used in the original calculation */
 static const unsigned int alpha = 0xee;     /* Amount of opacity. 0xff is opaque             */
 /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
 static char font[] = "JetBrains Mono Nerd Font Propo:size=10";
diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
index d672902..f7650b1 100644
--- a/dmenu.1
+++ b/dmenu.1
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .IR windowid ]
 .RB [ \-it
 .IR text ]
+.RB [ \-sp
+.IR sidepad ]
+.RB [ \-vp
+.IR vertpad ]
 .P
 .BR dmenu_run " ..."
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -127,6 +131,12 @@ embed into windowid.
 .TP
 .BI \-it " text".
 start with initial text input.
+.TP
+.BI \-sp " sidepad".
+change horizontal padding around dmenu.
+.TP
+.BI \-vp " vertpad".
+change vertical padding around dmenu.
 .SH USAGE
 dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Items are selected using the
 arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 6565563..346039d 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -1061,9 +1061,9 @@ setup(void)
 			x = info[i].x_org + ((info[i].width  - mw) / 2);
 			y = info[i].y_org + ((info[i].height - mh) / menu_height_ratio);
 		} else {
-			x = info[i].x_org + dmx;
-			y = info[i].y_org + (topbar ? dmy : info[i].height - mh - dmy);
-			mw = (dmw>0 ? dmw : info[i].width);;
+			x = info[i].x_org + dmx + sidepad;
+			y = info[i].y_org + (topbar ? dmy : info[i].height - mh - dmy) + vertpad;
+			mw = (dmw>0 ? dmw : info[i].width) - 2 * sidepad;;
 		}
 
 		XFree(info);
@@ -1079,9 +1079,9 @@ setup(void)
 			x = (wa.width  - mw) / 2;
 			y = (wa.height - mh) / 2;
 		} else {
-			x = dmx;
-			y = topbar ? dmy : wa.height - mh - dmy;
-			mw = (dmw>0 ? dmw : wa.width);
+			x = dmx + sidepad;
+			y = topbar ? dmy : wa.height - mh - dmy + vertpad;
+			mw = (dmw>0 ? dmw : wa.width) - 2 * sidepad;
 		}
 	}
 	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ usage(void)
 {
 	die("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-noi] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
 	    "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]\n"
-	    "             [-x xoffset] [-y yoffset] [-z width]\n"
+	    "             [-x xoffset] [-y yoffset] [-z width] [-vp vertpad] [-sp sidepad]\n"
 	    "             [-it text]\n", stderr);
 }
 
@@ -1196,6 +1196,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			dmy = atoi(argv[++i]);
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-z"))   /* make dmenu this wide */
 			dmw = atoi(argv[++i]);
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-vp"))   /* vertical padding */
+			vertpad = atoi(argv[++i]);
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-sp"))   /* horizontal padding */
+			sidepad = atoi(argv[++i]);
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-bw"))
 			border_width = atoi(argv[++i]); /* border width */
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-it")) {   /* embedding window id */
diff --git a/patches/README.md b/patches/README.md
index f25581b..a0717c2 100644
--- a/patches/README.md
+++ b/patches/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # eigen
 -   vi-mode integration für gridnav
+-   padding um dmenu wie dwm-bar-patch
-- 
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