snacks.picker: override highlight groups when usiung neovim default colorscheme

[armyers]

Hi all,

I've seen other posts describing how to override snacks.picker highlight groups, but they all seem to apply to the case when you're using a colorscheme plugin, not the neovim default colorscheme, which is my choice, so the suggestion to override the highlight groups in my colorscheme plugin spec wasn't available to me, I guess. I used this hack, instead:

-- set and configure the default colorscheme
return {
  -- NOTE: I don't think I'll need everforest in the future, but I might
  {
    "LazyVim/LazyVim",
    opts = {
      colorscheme = "default",
    },
  },
  {
    -- WARN: the purpose of this is NOT to load the plenary plugin; it's just a placeholder used
    -- to trigger the init function to override highlight groups when using the neovim default 
    -- colorscheme in LazyVim.
    "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
    init = function()
      vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("ColorScheme", {
        pattern = "*",
        callback = function()
          vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerFile", { link = "Text" })
          vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerDir", { link = "Comment" })
          vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerPathHidden", { link = "Comment" })
          vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerPathIgnored", { link = "Comment" })
          vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerGitStatusUntracked", { link = "Special" })
        end,
      })
    end,
  },
}

looks like a hack, smells like a hack, ... right? Full disclosure, It probably is a hack since I got this from chatgpt. :/

If someone has a more proper way to do this, I love to know.

[drowning-cat]

 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
  pattern = "LazyDone",
  group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("override_picker_hl", { clear = true }),
  callback = function()
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerFile", { link = "Text" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerDir", { link = "Comment" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerPathHidden", { link = "Comment" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerPathIgnored", { link = "Comment" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerGitStatusUntracked", { link = "Special" })
  end,
})

-- Or
-- vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("ColorScheme", {
--   group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("override_picker_hl", { clear = true }),
--   callback = function()
--     vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerFile", { link = "Text" })
--     vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerDir", { link = "Comment" })
--     vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerPathHidden", { link = "Comment" })
--     vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerPathIgnored", { link = "Comment" })
--     vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerGitStatusUntracked", { link = "Special" })
--   end,
-- })

return {
  {
    "LazyVim/LazyVim",
    opts = {
      colorscheme = "default",
    },
  },
}

[armyers]

I actually reverted back to the config in my original message because it works even when opening a picker from the dashboard. For some reason the more proper method is not yet active. go figure ....

But thank you again for your help! :)

[drowning-cat]

I don't understand exactly where it doesn't work for you. Could you explain it to me in more detail?

You can also try one of the following:

• Put these highlight groups into options.lua (see comment)
• Change the event from pattern="LazyDone" to pattern = "VeryLazy"
• Use the ColorScheme event, but not inside the init function

[armyers]

OK, this is what I have now in my lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua file:

vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
  pattern = "LazyDone",
  group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("override_picker_hl", { clear = true }),
  callback = function()
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerFile", { link = "Text" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerDir", { link = "Comment" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerPathHidden", { link = "Comment" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerPathIgnored", { link = "Comment" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SnacksPickerGitStatusUntracked", { link = "Special" })
  end,
})

-- set and configure the default colorscheme
return {
  {
    "LazyVim/LazyVim",
    opts = {
      colorscheme = "default",
    },
  },
}

I tried putting the autocmd block in both lua/config/options and lua/config/autocmds.lua but those did work for me.

EDIT: yes, it's working for me now even when I bring up nvim without passing files on the cli, just starting from the dashboard and using 'f', 'c', 'g', etc.

[drowning-cat]

Okay, glad to hear it.

[armyers]

thanks again!