diff -r bebcf140b8a9 dmenu.1
--- a/dmenu.1	Wed Oct 26 14:16:12 2011 +0100
+++ b/dmenu.1	Thu Oct 27 12:56:43 2011 -0700
@@ -85,2 +85,5 @@
 .TP
+.B Ctrl-Return
+Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and continues.
+.TP
 .B Shift\-Return (Ctrl\-Shift\-j)
diff -r bebcf140b8a9 dmenu.c
--- a/dmenu.c	Wed Oct 26 14:16:12 2011 +0100
+++ b/dmenu.c	Thu Oct 27 12:56:43 2011 -0700
@@ -24,2 +24,3 @@
 	Item *left, *right;
+	Bool out;
 };
@@ -51,2 +52,4 @@
 static const char *selfgcolor  = "#ffffff";
+static const char *outbgcolor  = "#00ffff";
+static const char *outfgcolor  = "#000000";
 static unsigned int lines = 0;
@@ -54,2 +57,3 @@
 static unsigned long selcol[ColLast];
+static unsigned long outcol[ColLast];
 static Atom clip, utf8;
@@ -187,3 +191,4 @@
 			dc->y += dc->h;
-			drawtext(dc, item->text, (item == sel) ? selcol : normcol);
+			drawtext(dc, item->text, (item == sel) ? selcol :
+			                         (item->out)   ? outcol : normcol);
 		}
@@ -199,3 +204,4 @@
 			dc->w = MIN(textw(dc, item->text), mw - dc->x - textw(dc, ">"));
-			drawtext(dc, item->text, (item == sel) ? selcol : normcol);
+			drawtext(dc, item->text, (item == sel) ? selcol :
+			                         (item->out)   ? outcol : normcol);
 		}
@@ -280,2 +286,5 @@
 			return;
+		case XK_Return:
+		case XK_KP_Enter:
+			break;
 		default:
@@ -352,3 +361,6 @@
 		puts((sel && !(ev->state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->text : text);
-		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		if(!(ev->state & ControlMask))
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		sel->out = True;
+		break;
 	case XK_Right:
@@ -468,2 +480,3 @@
 			eprintf("cannot strdup %u bytes:", strlen(buf)+1);
+		items[i].out = False;
 		if(strlen(items[i].text) > max)
@@ -519,2 +532,4 @@
 	selcol[ColFG]  = getcolor(dc, selfgcolor);
+	outcol[ColBG]  = getcolor(dc, outbgcolor);
+	outcol[ColFG]  = getcolor(dc, outfgcolor);