Limit search results

[wojciech-kulik]

Is it possible to limit search results in a picker? I believe Telescope has implemented this feature.

For example, when I type something and press a shortcut, the search results are restricted to my phrase. Now, when I type something else, the search is based on these limited results.

[drowning-cat]

To refine the search, see:

#1102

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To limit the search by the number of items, use:

snacks.nvim/lua/snacks/picker/config/defaults.lua

Line 72 in bc0630e

---@field limit? number when set, the finder will stop after finding this number of items. useful for live searches

[drowning-cat]

Here's an example of a more advanced search using arguments passed to fd.

Find asset files smaller than 1GB with the svg extension, and narrow the results down to those related to Red:

[wojciech-kulik]

Does it also work for grep picker? I'd like to limit files for which grep should be performed. The solution above works only for Files picker.

[drowning-cat]

This should also work for the grep picker as well. Maybe you forgot to switch the mode?

[wojciech-kulik]

It turns out that it shows unrelated files if I don't use $ after the pattern, but with $ it works well :D

[wojciech-kulik]

Oh... I know why :D My pattern was file:FooBar.swift and it turned out that it matches ../Foo/path1/path2/SomeFileBar.swift, but when I use $ it forces the pattern to be continuous, I think.

I couldn't see the whole path so I thought those matches are unrelated. Thanks 🍻