Test

xmenu.c

@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static void
 calcmenu(struct Menu *menu)
 {
 	XWindowChanges changes;
+	XSizeHints sizeh;
 	struct Item *item;
 
 	/* calculate items positions and menu height */
@@ -392,6 +393,12 @@ calcmenu(struct Menu *menu)
 	changes.y = menu->y;
 	XConfigureWindow(dpy, menu->win, CWHeight | CWX | CWY, &changes);
 
+	/* set window manager size hints */
+	sizeh.flags = PMaxSize | PMinSize;
+	sizeh.min_width = sizeh.max_width = menu->w;
+	sizeh.min_height = sizeh.max_height = menu->h;
+	XSetWMNormalHints(dpy, menu->win, &sizeh);
+
 	/* calculate positions of submenus */
 	for (item = menu->list; item != NULL; item = item->next) {
 		if (item->submenu != NULL)

xmenu.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-cat <<EOF | ./xmenu | xargs sh -c
+cat <<EOF | ./xmenu -w | xargs sh -c
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