Add support for preview window header

Fix #2373

  # Display top 3 lines as the fixed header
  fzf --preview 'bat --style=header,grid --color=always {}' --preview-window '~3'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
-0.25.2
+0.26.0
 ------
+- Added support for fixed header in preview window
+  ```sh
+  # Display top 3 lines as the fixed header
+  fzf --preview 'bat --style=header,grid --color=always {}' --preview-window '~3'
+  ```
 - Added `select` and `deselect` action for unconditionally selecting or
   deselecting a single item in `--multi` mode. Complements `toggle` action.
+- Sigificant performance improvement in ANSI code processing
+- Bug fixes and improvements
 - Built with Go 1.16
 
 0.25.1

man/man1/fzf.1

@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ e.g.
       done'\fR
 .RE
 .TP
-.BI "--preview-window=" "[POSITION][:SIZE[%]][:rounded|sharp|noborder][:[no]wrap][:[no]follow][:[no]cycle][:[no]hidden][:+SCROLL[-OFFSET]][:default]"
+.BI "--preview-window=" "[POSITION][:SIZE[%]][:rounded|sharp|noborder][:[no]wrap][:[no]follow][:[no]cycle][:[no]hidden][:+SCROLL[-OFFSET]][:~HEADER_LINES][:default]"
 
 .RS
 .B POSITION: (default: right)
@@ -487,6 +487,9 @@ for adjusting the base offset so that you can see the text above it. It should
 be given as a numeric integer (\fB-INTEGER\fR), or as a denominator form
 (\fB-/INTEGER\fR) for specifying a fraction of the preview window height.
 
+* \fB~HEADER_LINES\fR keeps the top N lines as the fixed header so that they
+are always visible.
+
 * \fBdefault\fR resets all options previously set to the default.
 
 .RS
@@ -506,6 +509,8 @@ e.g.
            --preview 'bat --style=numbers --color=always --highlight-line {2} {1}' \\
            --preview-window +{2}-/2\fR
 
+     # Display top 3 lines as the fixed header
+     fzf --preview 'bat --style=header,grid --color=always {}' --preview-window '~3'
 .RE
 
 .SS Scripting

src/options.go

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const usage = `usage: fzf [options]
                           [up|down|left|right][:SIZE[%]]
                           [:[no]wrap][:[no]cycle][:[no]follow][:[no]hidden]
                           [:rounded|sharp|noborder]
-                          [:+SCROLL[-OFFSET]]
+                          [:+SCROLL[-OFFSET]][:~HEADER_LINES]
                           [:default]
 
   Scripting
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ type previewOpts struct {
 	cycle       bool
 	follow      bool
 	border      tui.BorderShape
+	headerLines int
 }
 
 // Options stores the values of command-line options
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ type Options struct {
 }
 
 func defaultPreviewOpts(command string) previewOpts {
-	return previewOpts{command, posRight, sizeSpec{50, true}, "", false, false, false, false, tui.BorderRounded}
+	return previewOpts{command, posRight, sizeSpec{50, true}, "", false, false, false, false, tui.BorderRounded, 0}
 }
 
 func defaultOptions() *Options {
@@ -1078,6 +1079,7 @@ func parsePreviewWindow(opts *previewOpts, input string) {
 	tokens := strings.Split(input, ":")
 	sizeRegex := regexp.MustCompile("^[0-9]+%?$")
 	offsetRegex := regexp.MustCompile("^\\+([0-9]+|{-?[0-9]+})(-[0-9]+|-/[1-9][0-9]*)?$")
+	headerRegex := regexp.MustCompile("^~(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$")
 	for _, token := range tokens {
 		switch token {
 		case "":
@@ -1114,7 +1116,9 @@ func parsePreviewWindow(opts *previewOpts, input string) {
 		case "nofollow":
 			opts.follow = false
 		default:
-			if sizeRegex.MatchString(token) {
+			if headerRegex.MatchString(token) {
+				opts.headerLines = atoi(token[1:])
+			} else if sizeRegex.MatchString(token) {
 				opts.size = parseSize(token, 99, "window size")
 			} else if offsetRegex.MatchString(token) {
 				opts.scroll = token[1:]
@@ -1364,7 +1368,7 @@ func parseOptions(opts *Options, allArgs []string) {
 			opts.Preview.command = ""
 		case "--preview-window":
 			parsePreviewWindow(&opts.Preview,
-				nextString(allArgs, &i, "preview window layout required: [up|down|left|right][:SIZE[%]][:rounded|sharp|noborder][:wrap][:cycle][:hidden][:+SCROLL[-OFFSET]][:default]"))
+				nextString(allArgs, &i, "preview window layout required: [up|down|left|right][:SIZE[%]][:rounded|sharp|noborder][:wrap][:cycle][:hidden][:+SCROLL[-OFFSET]][:~HEADER_LINES][:default]"))
 		case "--height":
 			opts.Height = parseHeight(nextString(allArgs, &i, "height required: HEIGHT[%]"))
 		case "--min-height":

src/terminal.go

@@ -1295,18 +1295,37 @@ func (t *Terminal) renderPreviewSpinner() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (t *Terminal) renderPreviewText(unchanged bool) {
-	maxWidth := t.pwindow.Width()
-	lineNo := -t.previewer.offset
-	height := t.pwindow.Height()
+func (t *Terminal) renderPreviewArea(unchanged bool) {
 	if unchanged {
-		t.pwindow.MoveAndClear(0, 0)
+		t.pwindow.MoveAndClear(0, 0) // Clear scroll offset display
 	} else {
 		t.previewed.filled = false
 		t.pwindow.Erase()
 	}
+
+	height := t.pwindow.Height()
+	header := []string{}
+	body := t.previewer.lines
+	headerLines := t.previewOpts.headerLines
+	// Do not enable preview header lines if it's value is too large
+	if headerLines > 0 && headerLines < util.Min(len(body), height) {
+		header = t.previewer.lines[0:headerLines]
+		body = t.previewer.lines[headerLines:]
+		// Always redraw header
+		t.renderPreviewText(height, header, 0, false)
+		t.pwindow.MoveAndClear(t.pwindow.Y(), 0)
+	}
+	t.renderPreviewText(height, body, -t.previewer.offset+headerLines, unchanged)
+
+	if !unchanged {
+		t.pwindow.FinishFill()
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Terminal) renderPreviewText(height int, lines []string, lineNo int, unchanged bool) {
+	maxWidth := t.pwindow.Width()
 	var ansi *ansiState
-	for _, line := range t.previewer.lines {
+	for _, line := range lines {
 		var lbg tui.Color = -1
 		if ansi != nil {
 			ansi.lbg = -1
@@ -1354,9 +1373,6 @@ func (t *Terminal) renderPreviewText(unchanged bool) {
 		}
 		lineNo++
 	}
-	if !unchanged {
-		t.pwindow.FinishFill()
-	}
 }
 
 func (t *Terminal) printPreview() {
@@ -1369,7 +1385,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) printPreview() {
 		t.previewer.version == t.previewed.version &&
 		t.previewer.offset == t.previewed.offset
 	t.previewer.scrollable = t.previewer.offset > 0 || numLines > height
-	t.renderPreviewText(unchanged)
+	t.renderPreviewArea(unchanged)
 	t.renderPreviewSpinner()
 	t.previewed.numLines = numLines
 	t.previewed.version = t.previewer.version
@@ -1382,7 +1398,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) printPreviewDelayed() {
 	}
 
 	t.previewer.scrollable = false
-	t.renderPreviewText(true)
+	t.renderPreviewArea(true)
 
 	message := t.trimMessage("Loading ..", t.pwindow.Width())
 	pos := t.pwindow.Width() - len(message)
@@ -1929,7 +1945,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) Loop() {
 					cmd := util.ExecCommand(command, true)
 					if pwindow != nil {
 						height := pwindow.Height()
-						initialOffset = util.Max(0, t.evaluateScrollOffset(items, height))
+						initialOffset = util.Max(0, t.evaluateScrollOffset(items, util.Max(0, height-t.previewOpts.headerLines)))
 						env := os.Environ()
 						lines := fmt.Sprintf("LINES=%d", height)
 						columns := fmt.Sprintf("COLUMNS=%d", pwindow.Width())
@@ -2132,7 +2148,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) Loop() {
 						if t.previewer.following {
 							t.previewer.offset = len(t.previewer.lines) - t.pwindow.Height()
 						} else if result.offset >= 0 {
-							t.previewer.offset = util.Constrain(result.offset, 0, len(t.previewer.lines)-1)
+							t.previewer.offset = util.Constrain(result.offset, t.previewOpts.headerLines, len(t.previewer.lines)-1)
 						}
 						t.printPreview()
 					case reqPreviewRefresh:
@@ -2205,7 +2221,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) Loop() {
 			if t.previewOpts.cycle {
 				newOffset = (newOffset + numLines) % numLines
 			}
-			newOffset = util.Constrain(newOffset, 0, numLines-1)
+			newOffset = util.Constrain(newOffset, t.previewOpts.headerLines, numLines-1)
 			if t.previewer.offset != newOffset {
 				t.previewer.offset = newOffset
 				req(reqPreviewRefresh)

test/test_go.rb

@@ -2016,6 +2016,32 @@ class TestGoFZF < TestBase
       nil
     end
   end
+
+  def test_preview_header
+    tmux.send_keys "seq 100 | #{FZF} --bind ctrl-k:preview-up+preview-up,ctrl-j:preview-down+preview-down+preview-down --preview 'seq 1000' --preview-window 'top:+{1}:~3'", :Enter
+    tmux.until { |lines| assert_equal 100, lines.item_count }
+    top5 = ->(lines) { lines.drop(1).take(5).map { |s| s[/[0-9]+/] } }
+    tmux.until do |lines|
+      assert_includes lines[1], '4/1000'
+      assert_equal(%w[1 2 3 4 5], top5[lines])
+    end
+    tmux.send_keys '55'
+    tmux.until do |lines|
+      assert_equal 1, lines.match_count
+      assert_equal(%w[1 2 3 55 56], top5[lines])
+    end
+    tmux.send_keys 'C-J'
+    tmux.until do |lines|
+      assert_equal(%w[1 2 3 58 59], top5[lines])
+    end
+    tmux.send_keys :BSpace
+    tmux.until do |lines|
+      assert_equal 19, lines.match_count
+      assert_equal(%w[1 2 3 5 6], top5[lines])
+    end
+    tmux.send_keys 'C-K'
+    tmux.until { |lines| assert_equal(%w[1 2 3 4 5], top5[lines]) }
+  end
 end
 
 module TestShell