Unable to replace dmenu with rofi combi mode [closed]

Question

I'm unable to add a key binding for the following command in the i3 config file : rofi -combi-modi window,drun -show combi.

I'm trying to add the following entry to the .config/i3/config file : bindsym $mod+t exec rofi -combi-modi window,drun -show combi but this is not working.

I'm wondering why this is not working for me ?

However using this binding : bindsym $mod+t exec rofi -modi drun -show drun does the expected job.

Answer 1

i3 interprets commas and colons specially so if you are using those characters you need to quote your exec command.

$mod+t exec "rofi -combi-modi window,drun -show combi"

Reference: https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#exec and https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#command_chaining