Explorer: How do I choose where to open it?

[LionyxML]

When I have several splits (created with C-w s, C-w v), is it possible to choose on explorer where to open the file?

On nvim-tree, if a split is present, you're prompted to choose a window on 'where' to open the selected file, like this:

An overlay is shown on each window to name it.

Is it (yet) possible to have this behavior with Snacks explorer ?

[dpetka2001]

Just press <S-Enter> on the file you want to open and it will present you with labels based on the splits you have open.

[LionyxML]

Just to be sure S is shift and not Super, right?

Either way, for me, S-Enter simply open the file without asking anything. I had something on noice.nvim for S-Enter, removed it and it is still not working :(

[dpetka2001]

It's working for me when I try it. Maybe some conflict with your terminal. If you are in insert mode and press <C-v><S-Enter> what does it print out?

[LionyxML]

Thx for your patience 😄

It prints ^M, I tried with/without tmux on kitty, lxterminal and allacritty.

If i map I get:

04:16:39 PM msg_show.list_cmd   map <S-Enter> n  <S-CR>      *@<Lua 3034: ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/snacks.nvim/lua/snacks/win.lua:334>
                 pick_win, jump

My snacks is on commit 08c2eaf.

[LionyxML]

Well this might be a "me" problem indeed, looks like both my keyboards on Linux / Wayland and Linux / tty cant show any differences between <Enter> and <S-Enter> (testing with showkey -a).

Is this a function I could easily rebind to other key?

[dpetka2001]

No idea. It has to do with your terminal. I'm using Kitty and outside of tmux it works as expected.

[markhagemann]

I am also on Linux / Wayland. Got it to work by binding it to O

                ["O"] = { { "pick_win", "jump" }, mode = { "n", "i" } },

        explorer = {
          enabled = true,
          hidden = true,
          auto_close = false,
          win = {
            list = {
              keys = {
                ["-"] = "edit_split",
                ["|"] = "edit_vsplit",
                ["<CR>"] = "confirm",
                ["o"] = "confirm",
                ["O"] = { { "pick_win", "jump" }, mode = { "n", "i" } },
                ["<BS>"] = "explorer_up",
                ["a"] = "explorer_add",
                ["d"] = "explorer_del",
                ["r"] = "explorer_rename",
                ["c"] = "explorer_copy",
                ["p"] = "explorer_paste",
                ["u"] = "explorer_update",
                ["<C-t>"] = "terminal",
                ["x"] = "explorer_move",
                ["y"] = "explorer_yank",
                ["<c-c>"] = "explorer_cd",
                ["."] = "explorer_focus",
                ["I"] = "toggle_ignored",
                ["H"] = "toggle_hidden",
                ["Z"] = "explorer_close_all",
              },
            },
          },
        },

[markhagemann]

Worth pointing out if you don't have dashboard on initial load you can do this and it will still load the first file (before you have splits).

                ["o"] = { { "pick_win", "jump" }, mode = { "n", "i" } },

For some reason you can't open a file this way if dashboard is still up.

This does mean that if you press "o" on a folder it won't open up the folder in the tree though.

[LionyxML]

Strangely, S-Enter that used to work on macos stopped working, and on Linux I still can't make it work.

I guess I'm failing to provide the specific keys to explorer, once I am using the example from the docs to config snacks, and yes, I'm using the dashboard.

Here's the relevant part:

https://github.com/LionyxML/dotneovim/blob/675bb723eaa799f75d57946151ab7c2064450afd/init.lua#L71

If I add to the explorer entry:

...
explorer = {
          enabled = true,
          hidden = true,
          auto_close = false,
          win = {
            list = {
              keys = {
                ["-"] = "edit_split",
                ...
}
...

- still doesn't work nor it is remapped when I see bindings with ?

Should I define this keys elsewhere?

[mike-lloyd03]

For some reason you can't open a file this way if dashboard is still up.

@markhagemann did you get this working? I cannot open a file from the explorer on initial load because of my dashboard. I think it ignores the dashboard pane by default and I'm not sure how to fix it.

[drowning-cat]

❓ Type mismatch:

["O"] = { { "pick_win", "jump" }, mode = { "n", "i" } }, -- Type mismatch, see `snacks.win.Keys`

✅ This works but feels a bit odd:

["O"] = { "O", { "pick_win", "jump" }, mode = { "n", "i" } }, -- Key duplication is required

✅ No types:

---@diagnostic disable-next-line: assign-type-mismatch
["O"] = { { "pick_win", "jump" }, mode = { "n", "i" } },

⛔ This seems correct, but it doesn’t work:

["O"] = { nil, { "O", "jump" }, mode = { "n", "i" } },

[LionyxML]

Is it (yet) possible to have this behavior with Snacks explorer ?

Yes, <S-Enter> is the way, but it may play tricks depending on your window manager / terminal config, so you may want to rebind it, to, let's say 'O'.

Thanks to all who help me debug this issue.

Answering my own question, as pointed by TimothyKrell.

This is how an override should be applied: https://github.com/LionyxML/dotneovim/blob/03bf4b5cab5286f45db9d19a21104265e841ab0d/init.lua#L108

Basically:

require("lazy").setup({
	{
		"folke/snacks.nvim",
		priority = 1000,
		lazy = false,
		---@type snacks.Config
		opts = {
			explorer = { enabled = true }, -- NOT HERE!
			picker = {
				enabled = true,
				sources = {
					explorer = {   -- HERE!
						enabled = true,
						hidden = true,
						auto_close = false,
						win = {
							list = {
								keys = {
									["O"] = { { "pick_win", "jump" }, mode = { "n", "i" } },
								},
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
...

[InstaFall]

I fixed this in WezTerm by adding this to the $HOME/.wezterm.lua file:

local wezterm = require("wezterm")
local config = wezterm.config_builder()
-- Other configurations
config.keys = {
-- Fix for SHIFT + ENTER not being recognized in nvim
{ key = "Enter", mods = "SHIFT", action = wezterm.action.SendString("\x1b[13;2u") },
}