vim.ui.select does not start in insert mode when current buf is terminal

[santhosh-tekuri]

vim.ui.select does not start in insert mode

I have to explicitly press i. How to avoid this?

[drowning-cat]

-- nvim -u repro.lua repro.lua
-- <space>f

-- repro.lua

vim.env.LAZY_STDPATH = '.repro'
load(vim.fn.system 'curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/folke/lazy.nvim/main/bootstrap.lua')()

vim.keymap.set('n', '<space>f', function()
  vim.ui.select({ 1, 2, 3 }, {}, function(ch)
    vim.print(ch)
  end)
end)

require('lazy.minit').repro {
  spec = {
    {
      'folke/snacks.nvim',
      opts = {
        picker = {
          ui_select = true,
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

[santhosh-tekuri]

it seems the issue is reproducible when keymap is set in terminal mode.

-- nvim -u repro.lua repro.lua
-- <space>f

-- repro.lua

vim.env.LAZY_STDPATH = '.repro'
load(vim.fn.system 'curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/folke/lazy.nvim/main/bootstrap.lua')()

vim.keymap.set('t', '<c-f>', function()
    vim.ui.select({ 1, 2, 3 }, { }, function(ch)
        vim.print(ch)
    end)
end)

require('lazy.minit').repro {
    spec = {
        {
            'folke/snacks.nvim',
            opts = {
                picker = {
                    ui_select = true,
                },
            },
        },
    },
}

open terminal, go to insert mode, and press control-F. snacks picker opens in normal mode

[drowning-cat]

Yes, that is indeed the problem. The same behavior occurs with other pickers as well. As a workaround, you can use this:

opts = {
  picker = {
    on_show = function(picker)
      vim.schedule(function()
        -- vim.api.nvim_win_call(picker.input.win.win, function()
        vim.cmd 'startinsert'
        -- end)
      end)
    end,