-theme-str causes an error if ran through sxhkd but not from the terminal

[promitheas17j]

I am having a small issue while trying to run rofi through an sxhkd keybind. The exact command I am using works if I run it directly in the terminal.

Here it is:

rofi -dmenu -i -markup-rows -no-show-icons -input /home/user/.keybinds_list -theme-str 'window {width: 80%;}' -p "Search Keybinds"

I get an error message in a window without my theme applied:

Error while parsing theme: window width: 80%;
Parser error: syntax error, unexpected invalid element name, expecting "bracket open ('{')" or "Selector separator (',')"

If I run it from the terminal directly i will get a properly sized window with the correct contents from the keybinds_list file. Also, if I remove the -theme-str option it will again run, but its not the right size that I want (obviously).

My rofi version is: 1.7.5

[DaveDavenport]

It looks like sxhkd is messing up your command. (removing the '{}')

Yes, you need to escape '{}' : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Sxhkd

[promitheas17j]

Yes this was it. Thanks for your quick response!