Override keymaps for prompt windows

[mystilleef]

CodeCompanion distinguishes between hiding and closing windows. Closing chat windows destroys them.

This is great for ephemeral windows like the commit message prompt window. But for the main chat window hiding is the preferable option as they're intended to be toggled.

As the Lord intended, I've bound q and esc to hide chat windows. But I want those same keys to destroy certain prompt windows. I've tried to get used to <c-c>, but this old brain is not having it. I've also looked into events. There's a closed chat event, but none for hidden.

Is there a way to override the default keymaps for prompt windows?

[olimorris]

You could add your own custom keymap. Below is a non-related example that I've used previously (source: #485)

require('codecompanion').setup({
  strategies = {
    chat = {
      keymaps = {
        hide = {
          modes = {
            n = "gh",
          },
          callback = function(chat)
            chat.ui:hide()
          end,
          description = "Hide the chat buffer",
        },
      }
    }
  }
})

You could take this principle and customize it to suit your needs.

[mystilleef]

Thanks for your quick response. Yes, but those keymaps apply to all chat windows. I was wondering if there was a way to override the keymaps for some prompt-library windows.

[olimorris]

Ahhhhh. I see what you mean. I could always create a custom autocmd when a prompt library is triggered?

[mystilleef]

Yeah, that sounds good. For now, I've found a hacky workaround that works. Since I turn off system prompts for prompt-library windows, I use chat.opts.ignore_system_prompt to decide whether to close or hide the window. Ideally, an opts.keymaps table should be in the prompt-library settings that override the global chat settings.

[olimorris]

I've just added a new event called CodeCompanionChatOpened which a boolean value from_prompt_library.

[mystilleef]

Thank you! I now use chat.from_prompt_library to decide whether to close or hide chat windows.