How to re-map leader?

[jsatk]

I added vim.g.mapleader = "," right before require('config.lazy'). And yet my leader is still <space>. Yes I've read the docs on LazyVim and its starter package extensively and combed the issues. Cannot find how to simply change my leader key.

[abeldekat]

Hello @jsatk,

Interpreting your question, I assume you setup LazyVim using its starter package.
It's a little confusing, as this is lazy.nvim's discussion forum.

The following does not look right:

I added vim.g.mapleader = "," right before require('config.lazy')

See this warning

Do not require autocmds, keymaps, lazy or options under lua/config/ or lazyvim.config manually. LazyVim will load those files automatically.

LazyVim sets the mapleader in its options.lua
Add to your personal options.lua:

vim.g.mapleader = ","

I hope I understood your setup correctly. Let me know otherwise.

[jsatk]

@abeldekat you're very kind. I was mixing up instructions from multiple places. This almost totally fixes it. The leader still isn't set correctly on the startup/splash screen. But everywhere else it is. I can live with that. Thank you very much for the kind response.

[abeldekat]

You're welcome!

[flov]

I'm having the same issue. I can't remap the leaderkey. It's always space even though I'm doing
vim.g.mapleader = "," before require("config.lazy") 🤯
What am I doing wrong?