Delete item from loclist and refresh table

[stuckinsnow]

Hello, I'm having an issue trying to get ctrl-x to delete an item from the loclist. The keybind works when listing buffers and then deleting them. To work around this, I added the following configuration:

        actions = {
          ["Ctrl-x"] = function()
            local loclist = vim.fn.getloclist(0, { items = 0 }).items

            if not loclist or #loclist == 0 then
              print("Location list is empty.")
              return
            end

            local last_index = #loclist
            if last_index > 0 then
              table.remove(loclist, last_index)
              vim.fn.setloclist(0, loclist, "r")
              print("Deleted item at index: " .. last_index)
            else
              print("Invalid selection.")
            end
          end,
        },

With this setup, the item gets deleted as expected, but unlike the buffers list, the window closes after deleting an item. Is there a way to delete an item while keeping the window open and refreshed?

[ibhagwan]

["Ctrl-x"] = { fn = function() … end, reload = true }

[ibhagwan]

I’m answering from mobile so can’t really expand/test, for a more complete answer I’ll have to be not AFK.

[ibhagwan]

Unfortunately we cannot use reload yet until I change the underlying function, in the meantime this is the “poor man’s” version (cursor isn’t kept in place):

1. note the call at the end to reopen the loclist interface
2. noclose doesn’t close the window so we avoid the cosmetic flash of recreating the win, try without noclose and you’ll understand

FzfLua.loclist({
  actions = {
    ["Ctrl-x"] = {
      noclose = true,
      fn = function(_, opts)
        local loclist = vim.fn.getloclist(0, { items = 0 }).items

        if not loclist or #loclist == 0 then
          print("Location list is empty.")
          return
        end

        local current_index = vim.fn.getloclist(0, { idx = 0 }).idx
        if current_index and loclist[current_index] then
          table.remove(loclist, current_index)
          vim.fn.setloclist(0, loclist, "r")
          print("Deleted item at index: " .. current_index)
        else
          print("Invalid selection.")
        end
        FzfLua.loclist(opts)
      end,
    }
  },
})

[stuckinsnow]

Thank you for trying to help. The noclose argument doesn't seem to do anything at all for me it seems. Using the code above, with FzfLua.loclist({, the keybind doesn't work. If I remove FzfLua.loclist({, the keybind functions but there's the cosmetic flash you speak of. And if I change noclose = true to false, the functionality is the same.

[ibhagwan]

Thank you for trying to help. The noclose argument doesn't seem to do anything at all for me it seems. Using the code above, with FzfLua.loclist({, the keybind doesn't work. If I remove FzfLua.loclist({, the keybind functions but there's the cosmetic flash you speak of. And if I change noclose = true to false, the functionality is the same.

You’re probably lazy loading fzf-lua, the global object FzfLua should exist after the first run, it equals the require object so it’s the same,

The flash you’re getting now is the restarting of the Fzf process not the window recreation, that’s why I said “poor man’s” for quick fix, this will require internal changes to enable reload, open a feature request and I’ll do it when I get a chance.

[stuckinsnow]

Thank you for trying to help. The noclose argument doesn't seem to do anything at all for me it seems. Using the code above, with FzfLua.loclist({, the keybind doesn't work. If I remove FzfLua.loclist({, the keybind functions but there's the cosmetic flash you speak of. And if I change noclose = true to false, the functionality is the same.

You’re probably lazy loading fzf-lua, the global object FzfLua should exist after the first run, it equals the require object so it’s the same,

The flash you’re getting now is the restarting of the Fzf process not the window recreation, that’s why I said “poor man’s” for quick fix, this will require internal changes to enable reload, open a feature request and I’ll do it when I get a chance.

Thank you for the help! I have made a feature request. And if I can assist with anything else, let me know. I will close this thread now.