kando-menu/kando

Features

• Radial Menu Launchers - Opens a radial menu on a hotkey and lets users select apps, files, or shortcuts by moving the cursor toward a slice.
• Gesture-Based Menu Systems - A menu system that recognizes directional mouse, stylus, touch, or controller movements to select items without precise aiming.
• Keyboard Shortcuts - Opens the pie menu by pressing a configurable hotkey, then navigates slices with arrow keys or number keys.
• Pointer Menu Navigations - Navigates and selects pie-menu items using pointer devices, including pressure-sensitive stylus input.
• Cross-Platform Desktop Utilities - A desktop application that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux with support for Wayland compositors and multiple input devices.
• Global Keyboard Shortcuts - Registers keyboard shortcuts through desktop portals or window manager configs so the menu can be opened from anywhere.
• Keyboard Shortcut Mappers - Triggers configurable key combinations when a pie-menu slice is selected, automating repetitive input tasks.
• Application Context Switching - Switches pie menu configurations based on the currently active application window.
• Application-Context Menu Switchers - Displays a different pie menu configuration based on the currently active window or application for context-aware actions.
• Pie Menu Shortcut Triggers - Simulates complex key sequences or macros by selecting a slice in a pie menu, reducing repetitive input tasks.
• Keyboard-Navigable Menu Generators - Navigates and selects pie-menu items using mouse, stylus, touch, controller, or keyboard interchangeably.
• Gesture-Triggered Launchers - Opens applications by moving the pointer in a direction from a radial menu, eliminating browsing or searching.
• Menu-Triggered Command Launchers - Runs a shell command or opens an application when the user selects the item from a pie menu.
• Per-Application Menu Switching - Opens a different pie menu depending on the active window, giving each app its own set of actions.
• Radial Menu Management - Opens a radial menu on a hotkey and lets users select apps, shortcuts, or files by moving the cursor toward a slice.
• Radial Layout Engines - Arranges menu items in a circular pattern around the cursor, computing slice angles and positions dynamically.
• Directional Menu Selectors - Registers a selection based on the approximate direction of a mouse, stylus, touch, or controller movement.
• Pie Menu Gesture Navigators - Selects a menu item by pressing the mouse button and dragging across it, using directional gestures.
• Radial Menu Gesture Navigators - Navigates and selects items in a radial menu using directional pointer movements, touch gestures, or game controller input.
• Gesture-Based Menu Selectors - Selects menu items by drawing directional gestures like zig-zag lines for fast submenu navigation.
• Directional Gesture Selectors - Interprets pointer movement direction and distance to select menu items without precise clicking.
• Menu Item - Draws zig-zag lines to select items in nested submenus without looking at the screen.
• Input Abstraction Layers - Normalizes input from mouse, stylus, touch, game controller, and keyboard into a unified event stream.
• Multi-Device Menu Navigators - Navigates and selects pie-menu items using mouse, stylus, touch, controller, or keyboard interchangeably.
• Pointing Device Menu Navigators - Navigates and selects pie-menu items using mouse, stylus, touch, or game controller input.
• Gesture-Traversed - Recognizes directional gestures to traverse multiple submenu levels in a single fluid motion.
• Navigation Menus - Links pie menus together so users can jump between menus without closing the interface.
• Touch and Gestures - Responds to touch input for opening and selecting items in the radial menu without a physical pointer.
• Menu Launchers - Opens specific pie menus or triggers shortcuts via terminal commands or window manager keybindings.
• Pie Menu CLI Controllers - Opens specific pie menus or triggers shortcuts via terminal commands or window manager keybindings for external automation.
• JSON IPC Controllers - Accepts commands from third-party tools and plugins through a JSON-based IPC interface for external automation.
• Held Key Menu Navigators - Keeps a modifier key pressed after opening the menu to browse and select items without clicking.
• Keyboard Macro Engines - Simulates keyboard shortcuts when a menu item is selected, so complex key combinations run from a single motion.
• Gesture-Triggered Macros - Triggers keyboard shortcuts or complex macro sequences by performing a single directional gesture.
• Menu-Triggered Shortcut Simulators - Triggers configurable key combinations when a pie-menu slice is selected, automating repetitive input tasks.
• Gesture-Triggered File Openers - Opens files and folders by selecting a direction in a radial pie menu triggered by a hotkey.
• Menu-Triggered File Openers - Opens files, folders, or URIs in the default system handler from a pie menu item.
• Game Controller Menu Navigations - Maps controller joystick or D-pad movement to pie-menu navigation and button presses to selection.
• Inter-Process Communication Bridges - Exposes a JSON-based IPC interface for external processes to trigger menu actions and query state.
• Menu Hierarchies - Supports building multi-level pie menus with submenus for deep item organization.
• Hover Menu Selectors - Selects a menu item by hovering over it for a brief moment, requiring no clicks or key presses.
• Menu Theme Customizers - Allows users to change pie menu appearance through themes, icons, and sound effects.
• Radial Menu File Pickers - Presents a file picker inside a pie menu and opens the chosen file with its default handler.
• Nested Gesture Recognizers - Detects zig-zag or continuous directional movements to traverse multiple submenu levels in one fluid motion.
• Pie Menu Keyboard Navigators - Selects pie-menu slices using keyboard keys as an alternative to pointing-device input.
• Visual Menu Editors - Provides a visual drag-and-drop editor for building and modifying pie menu configurations.
• Nested Menus - Builds hierarchical pie menus with submenus, icons, and custom configurations.
• Point-and-Click Menu Selectors - Selects a menu item by clicking anywhere inside its wedge, without requiring precise aiming.
• Keyboard Menu Selections - Allows selecting pie menu items using keyboard input as an alternative to pointer-based selection.
• Command-Line Menu Launchers - Opens a specific menu or triggers a shortcut by running a command from the terminal or window manager configuration.
• Pie Menu - Changes the default navigation behavior to centered or anchored mode for touch screens or gamepad input.
• Desktop Customization - Cross-platform pie menu for fast desktop navigation.

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