diff -up dmenu/config.def.h dmenu-noinput/config.def.h
--- dmenu/config.def.h	2024-03-03 12:59:00.545293913 -0600
+++ dmenu-noinput/config.def.h	2024-03-03 10:00:59.974900500 -0600
@@ -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 draw_input = 1;                  /* -noi option; if 0, the input will not be drawn by default */
 /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
 static const char *fonts[] = {
 	"monospace:size=10"
diff -up dmenu/dmenu.c dmenu-noinput/dmenu.c
--- dmenu/dmenu.c	2024-03-03 12:59:00.545293913 -0600
+++ dmenu-noinput/dmenu.c	2024-03-03 12:15:44.416277776 -0600
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 {
 	unsigned int curpos;
 	struct item *item;
-	int x = 0, y = 0, w;
+	int x = 0, y = 0, w = 0;
 
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 	drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, mw, mh, 1, 1);
@@ -156,15 +156,17 @@ drawmenu(void)
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
 		x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, promptw, bh, lrpad / 2, prompt, 0);
 	}
-	/* draw input field */
-	w = (lines > 0 || !matches) ? mw - x : inputw;
-	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-	drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
 
-	curpos = TEXTW(text) - TEXTW(&text[cursor]);
-	if ((curpos += lrpad / 2 - 1) < w) {
+	if (draw_input) {
+		w = (lines > 0 || !matches) ? mw - x : inputw;
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-		drw_rect(drw, x + curpos, 2, 2, bh - 4, 1, 0);
+		drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
+
+		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);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (lines > 0) {
@@ -178,8 +180,8 @@ drawmenu(void)
 		if (curr->left) {
 			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 			drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, "<", 0);
+			x += w;
 		}
-		x += w;
 		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right)
 			x = drawitem(item, x, 0, textw_clamp(item->text, mw - x - TEXTW(">")));
 		if (next) {
@@ -358,16 +360,19 @@ keypress(XKeyEvent *ev)
 		case XK_p: ksym = XK_Up;        break;
 
 		case XK_k: /* delete right */
-			text[cursor] = '\0';
-			match();
+			if (draw_input) {
+				text[cursor] = '\0';
+				match();
+			}
 			break;
 		case XK_u: /* delete left */
-			insert(NULL, 0 - cursor);
+			if (draw_input)
+				insert(NULL, 0 - cursor);
 			break;
 		case XK_w: /* delete word */
-			while (cursor > 0 && strchr(worddelimiters, text[nextrune(-1)]))
+			while (cursor > 0 && strchr(worddelimiters, text[nextrune(-1)]) && draw_input)
 				insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
-			while (cursor > 0 && !strchr(worddelimiters, text[nextrune(-1)]))
+			while (cursor > 0 && !strchr(worddelimiters, text[nextrune(-1)]) && draw_input)
 				insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
 			break;
 		case XK_y: /* paste selection */
@@ -414,23 +419,23 @@ keypress(XKeyEvent *ev)
 	switch(ksym) {
 	default:
 insert:
-		if (!iscntrl((unsigned char)*buf))
+		if (!iscntrl((unsigned char)*buf) && draw_input)
 			insert(buf, len);
 		break;
 	case XK_Delete:
 	case XK_KP_Delete:
-		if (text[cursor] == '\0')
+		if (text[cursor] == '\0' || !draw_input)
 			return;
 		cursor = nextrune(+1);
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case XK_BackSpace:
-		if (cursor == 0)
+		if (cursor == 0 || !draw_input)
 			return;
 		insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
 		break;
 	case XK_End:
 	case XK_KP_End:
-		if (text[cursor] != '\0') {
+		if (text[cursor] != '\0' && draw_input) {
 			cursor = strlen(text);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -514,7 +519,7 @@ insert:
 		}
 		break;
 	case XK_Tab:
-		if (!sel)
+		if (!sel || !draw_input)
 			return;
 		cursor = strnlen(sel->text, sizeof text - 1);
 		memcpy(text, sel->text, cursor);
@@ -677,7 +682,7 @@ setup(void)
 		mw = wa.width;
 	}
 	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
-	inputw = mw / 3; /* input width: ~33% of monitor width */
+	inputw = !draw_input ? 0 : mw / 3; /* input width: ~33% of monitor width */
 	match();
 
 	/* create menu window */
@@ -715,7 +720,7 @@ setup(void)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	die("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+	die("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-noi] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
 	    "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]");
 }
 
@@ -734,6 +739,8 @@ 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], "-noi")) /* no input field. intended to be used with a prompt */
+			draw_input = 0;
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) { /* case-insensitive item matching */
 			fstrncmp = strncasecmp;
 			fstrstr = cistrstr;