How to open the dashboard conditionally

[rbhanot4739]

I want to open the dashboard only if there are no sessions for the current directory; otherwise, I want to load the last session for the current directory.

I see enabled is a boolean, so is there a way to do so ?

[drowning-cat]

Easy

vim.schedule(function()
  require('persistence').load()
end)

Lazy

vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('User', {
  pattern = 'SnacksDashboardOpened',
  group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('smart_load', { clear = true }),
  callback = function()
    require('persistence').load()
    vim.schedule(function()
      pcall(vim.cmd.windo, 'edit')
    end)
  end,
})

[drowning-cat]

1. I assume you’re using folke/persistence.nvim for session restore.
2. Place vim.print inside the autocmd, then reopen Neovim (use :messages to check what was printed).

[rbhanot4739]

I already tried doing a vim.print but it prints nothing. I am using olimorris/persisted.nvim which also has similar interface.

[drowning-cat]

Do you even open the dashboard? Run nvim without arguments.

[rbhanot4739]

That's exactly what I am doing, so when I run vim the snacks dashboard gets opened always no matter if there exists a session for cwd or not.

[drowning-cat]

ok.mp4

[drowning-cat]

Okay, so if you're using persisted.nvim, you can take a different approach. Simply autoload the session as shown in the README.md:

{
  'olimorris/persisted.nvim',
  -- event = 'BufReadPre',
  lazy = false,
  opts = {
    autoload = true,
    should_save = function()
      return vim.bo.filetype ~= 'snacks_dashboard'
    end,
  },
}

If there’s no session, it will skip the initialization and open the dashboard.