@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ 
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 1edb647..7ee3247 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
+ /* Default settings; can be overriden by command line. */
+ 
+ static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
++static int centered = 0;                    /* -c option; centers dmenu on screen */
+ /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
+ static const char *fonts[] = {
+ 	"monospace:size=10"
+diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
+index 323f93c..c036baa 100644
+--- a/dmenu.1
++++ b/dmenu.1
+@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ which lists programs in the user's $PATH and runs the result in their $SHELL.
+ .B \-b
+ dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
+ .TP
++.B \-c
++dmenu appears centered on the screen.
++.TP
+ .B \-f
+ dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin if not reading from a tty. This
+ is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
+diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
+index 65f25ce..bc7d087 100644
+--- a/dmenu.c
++++ b/dmenu.c
+@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ calcoffsets(void)
+ 			break;
+ }
+ 
++static int
++max_textw(void)
++{
++	int len = 0;
++	for (struct item *item = items; item && item->text; item++)
++		len = MAX(TEXTW(item->text), len);
++	return len;
++}
++
+ static void
+ cleanup(void)
+ {
+@@ -611,6 +620,7 @@ 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))) {
+@@ -637,9 +647,16 @@ 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;
++		if (centered) {
++			mw = MIN(MAX(max_textw() + promptw, 100), info[i].width);
++			x = info[i].x_org + ((info[i].width  - mw) / 2);
++			y = info[i].y_org + ((info[i].height - mh) / 2);
++		} else {
++			x = info[i].x_org;
++			y = info[i].y_org + (topbar ? 0 : info[i].height - mh);
++			mw = info[i].width;
++		}
++
+ 		XFree(info);
+ 	} else
+ #endif
+@@ -647,11 +664,17 @@ 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;
++
++		if (centered) {
++			mw = MIN(MAX(max_textw() + promptw, 100), wa.width);
++			x = (wa.width  - mw) / 2;
++			y = (wa.height - mh) / 2;
++		} else {
++			x = 0;
++			y = topbar ? 0 : wa.height - mh;
++			mw = wa.width;
++		}
+ 	}
+-	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
+ 	inputw = MIN(inputw, mw/3);
+ 	match();
+ 
+@@ -709,6 +732,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 			topbar = 0;
+ 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-f"))   /* grabs keyboard before reading stdin */
+ 			fast = 1;
++		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-c"))   /* centers dmenu on screen */
++			centered = 1;
+ 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) { /* case-insensitive item matching */
+ 			fstrncmp = strncasecmp;
+ 			fstrstr = cistrstr;

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ 
+static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
+/* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
+static const char *fonts[] = {
+	"Roboto Mono Medium:size=14"
+};
+static int centered = 1;
+static const char *prompt      = NULL;      /* -p  option; prompt to the left of input field */
+static unsigned int lineheight = 35;
+static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2] = {
+	/*     fg         bg       */
+	[SchemeNorm] = { "#383838", "#f8f8f8" },
+	[SchemeSel] = { "#f8f8f8", "#383838" },
+	[SchemeOut] = { "#000000", "#00ffff" },
+};
+/* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
+static unsigned int lines      = 5;
+
+/*
+ * Characters not considered part of a word while deleting words
+ * for example: " /?\"&[]"
+ */
+static const char worddelimiters[] = " ";

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ 
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 1edb647..317fa2f 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2] = {
+ };
+ /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
+ static unsigned int lines      = 0;
++static unsigned int lineheight = 0;         /* -h option; minimum height of a menu line     */
+ 
+ /*
+  * Characters not considered part of a word while deleting words
+diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
+index 323f93c..7ef34d2 100644
+--- a/dmenu.1
++++ b/dmenu.1
+@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
+ .BI \-l " lines"
+ dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
+ .TP
++.BI \-h " height"
++dmenu uses a menu line of at least 'height' pixels tall, but no less than 8.
++.TP
+ .BI \-m " monitor"
+ dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting
+ from 0.
+diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
+index 6b8f51b..45d1946 100644
+--- a/dmenu.c
++++ b/dmenu.c
+@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
+ {
+ 	unsigned int curpos;
+ 	struct item *item;
+-	int x = 0, y = 0, w;
++	int x = 0, y = 0, fh = drw->fonts->h, w;
+ 
+ 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+ 	drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, mw, mh, 1, 1);
+@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
+ 	curpos = TEXTW(text) - TEXTW(&text[cursor]);
+ 	if ((curpos += lrpad / 2 - 1) < w) {
+ 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+-		drw_rect(drw, x + curpos, 2, 2, bh - 4, 1, 0);
++		drw_rect(drw, x + curpos, 2 + (bh-fh)/2, 2, fh - 4, 1, 0);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	if (lines > 0) {
+@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ setup(void)
+ 
+ 	/* calculate menu geometry */
+ 	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
++	bh = MAX(bh,lineheight);	/* make a menu line AT LEAST 'lineheight' tall */
+ 	lines = MAX(lines, 0);
+ 	mh = (lines + 1) * bh;
+ #ifdef XINERAMA
+@@ -683,6 +684,7 @@ static void
+ usage(void)
+ {
+ 	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
++	      "             [-h height]\n"
+ 	      "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]\n", stderr);
+ 	exit(1);
+ }
+@@ -716,6 +718,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 			prompt = argv[++i];
+ 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-fn"))  /* font or font set */
+ 			fonts[0] = argv[++i];
++		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-h")) { /* minimum height of one menu line */
++			lineheight = atoi(argv[++i]);
++			lineheight = MAX(lineheight,8); /* reasonable default in case of value too small/negative */
++		}
+ 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nb"))  /* normal background color */
+ 			colors[SchemeNorm][ColBg] = argv[++i];
+ 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nf"))  /* normal foreground color */