FZF Vim integration =================== Installation ------------ Once you have fzf installed, you can enable it inside Vim simply by adding the directory to `&runtimepath` in your Vim configuration file. The path may differ depending on the package manager. ```vim " If installed using Homebrew set rtp+=/usr/local/opt/fzf " If installed using Homebrew on Apple Silicon set rtp+=/opt/homebrew/opt/fzf " If you have cloned fzf on ~/.fzf directory set rtp+=~/.fzf ``` If you use [vim-plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug), the same can be written as: ```vim " If installed using Homebrew Plug '/usr/local/opt/fzf' " If installed using Homebrew on Apple Silicon Plug '/opt/homebrew/opt/fzf' " If you have cloned fzf on ~/.fzf directory Plug '~/.fzf' ``` But if you want the latest Vim plugin file from GitHub rather than the one included in the package, write: ```vim Plug 'junegunn/fzf' ``` The Vim plugin will pick up fzf binary available on the system. If fzf is not found on `$PATH`, it will ask you if it should download the latest binary for you. To make sure that you have the latest version of the binary, set up post-update hook like so: ```vim Plug 'junegunn/fzf', { 'do': { -> fzf#install() } } ``` Summary ------- The Vim plugin of fzf provides two core functions, and `:FZF` command which is the basic file selector command built on top of them. 1. **`fzf#run([spec dict])`** - Starts fzf inside Vim with the given spec - `:call fzf#run({'source': 'ls'})` 2. **`fzf#wrap([spec dict]) -> (dict)`** - Takes a spec for `fzf#run` and returns an extended version of it with additional options for addressing global preferences (`g:fzf_xxx`) - `:echo fzf#wrap({'source': 'ls'})` - We usually *wrap* a spec with `fzf#wrap` before passing it to `fzf#run` - `:call fzf#run(fzf#wrap({'source': 'ls'}))` 3. **`:FZF [fzf_options string] [path string]`** - Basic fuzzy file selector - A reference implementation for those who don't want to write VimScript to implement custom commands - If you're looking for more such commands, check out [fzf.vim](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim) project. The most important of all is `fzf#run`, but it would be easier to understand the whole if we start off with `:FZF` command. `:FZF[!]` --------- ```vim " Look for files under current directory :FZF " Look for files under your home directory :FZF ~ " With fzf command-line options :FZF --reverse --info=inline /tmp " Bang version starts fzf in fullscreen mode :FZF! ``` Similarly to [ctrlp.vim](https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim), use enter key, `CTRL-T`, `CTRL-X` or `CTRL-V` to open selected files in the current window, in new tabs, in horizontal splits, or in vertical splits respectively. Note that the environment variables `FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND` and `FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS` also apply here. ### Configuration - `g:fzf_action` - Customizable extra key bindings for opening selected files in different ways - `g:fzf_layout` - Determines the size and position of fzf window - `g:fzf_colors` - Customizes fzf colors to match the current color scheme - `g:fzf_history_dir` - Enables history feature #### Examples ```vim " This is the default extra key bindings let g:fzf_action = { \ 'ctrl-t': 'tab split', \ 'ctrl-x': 'split', \ 'ctrl-v': 'vsplit' } " An action can be a reference to a function that processes selected lines function! s:build_quickfix_list(lines) call setqflist(map(copy(a:lines), '{ "filename": v:val, "lnum": 1 }')) copen cc endfunction let g:fzf_action = { \ 'ctrl-q': function('s:build_quickfix_list'), \ 'ctrl-t': 'tab split', \ 'ctrl-x': 'split', \ 'ctrl-v': 'vsplit' } " Default fzf layout " - Popup window (center of the screen) let g:fzf_layout = { 'window': { 'width': 0.9, 'height': 0.6 } } " - Popup window (center of the current window) let g:fzf_layout = { 'window': { 'width': 0.9, 'height': 0.6, 'relative': v:true } } " - Popup window (anchored to the bottom of the current window) let g:fzf_layout = { 'window': { 'width': 0.9, 'height': 0.6, 'relative': v:true, 'yoffset': 1.0 } } " - down / up / left / right let g:fzf_layout = { 'down': '40%' } " - Window using a Vim command let g:fzf_layout = { 'window': 'enew' } let g:fzf_layout = { 'window': '-tabnew' } let g:fzf_layout = { 'window': '10new' } " Customize fzf colors to match your color scheme " - fzf#wrap translates this to a set of `--color` options let g:fzf_colors = \ { 'fg': ['fg', 'Normal'], \ 'bg': ['bg', 'Normal'], \ 'hl': ['fg', 'Comment'], \ 'fg+': ['fg', 'CursorLine', 'CursorColumn', 'Normal'], \ 'bg+': ['bg', 'CursorLine', 'CursorColumn'], \ 'hl+': ['fg', 'Statement'], \ 'info': ['fg', 'PreProc'], \ 'border': ['fg', 'Ignore'], \ 'prompt': ['fg', 'Conditional'], \ 'pointer': ['fg', 'Exception'], \ 'marker': ['fg', 'Keyword'], \ 'spinner': ['fg', 'Label'], \ 'header': ['fg', 'Comment'] } " Enable per-command history " - History files will be stored in the specified directory " - When set, CTRL-N and CTRL-P will be bound to 'next-history' and " 'previous-history' instead of 'down' and 'up'. let g:fzf_history_dir = '~/.local/share/fzf-history' ``` ##### Explanation of `g:fzf_colors` `g:fzf_colors` is a dictionary mapping fzf elements to a color specification list: element: [ component, group1 [, group2, ...] ] - `element` is an fzf element to apply a color to: | Element | Description | | --- | --- | | `fg` / `bg` / `hl` | Item (foreground / background / highlight) | | `fg+` / `bg+` / `hl+` | Current item (foreground / background / highlight) | | `preview-fg` / `preview-bg` | Preview window text and background | | `hl` / `hl+` | Highlighted substrings (normal / current) | | `gutter` | Background of the gutter on the left | | `pointer` | Pointer to the current line (`>`) | | `marker` | Multi-select marker (`>`) | | `border` | Border around the window (`--border` and `--preview`) | | `header` | Header (`--header` or `--header-lines`) | | `info` | Info line (match counters) | | `spinner` | Streaming input indicator | | `query` | Query string | | `disabled` | Query string when search is disabled | | `prompt` | Prompt before query (`> `) | | `pointer` | Pointer to the current line (`>`) | - `component` specifies the component (`fg` / `bg`) from which to extract the color when considering each of the following highlight groups - `group1 [, group2, ...]` is a list of highlight groups that are searched (in order) for a matching color definition For example, consider the following specification: ```vim 'prompt': ['fg', 'Conditional', 'Comment'], ``` This means we color the **prompt** - using the `fg` attribute of the `Conditional` if it exists, - otherwise use the `fg` attribute of the `Comment` highlight group if it exists, - otherwise fall back to the default color settings for the **prompt**. You can examine the color option generated according the setting by printing the result of `fzf#wrap()` function like so: ```vim :echo fzf#wrap() ``` `fzf#run` --------- `fzf#run()` function is the core of Vim integration. It takes a single dictionary argument, *a spec*, and starts fzf process accordingly. At the very least, specify `sink` option to tell what it should do with the selected entry. ```vim call fzf#run({'sink': 'e'}) ``` We haven't specified the `source`, so this is equivalent to starting fzf on command line without standard input pipe; fzf will traverse the file system under the current directory to get the list of files. (If `$FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND` is set, fzf will use the output of the command instead.) When you select one, it will open it with the sink, `:e` command. If you want to open it in a new tab, you can pass `:tabedit` command instead as the sink. ```vim call fzf#run({'sink': 'tabedit'}) ``` You can use any shell command as the source to generate the list. The following example will list the files managed by git. It's equivalent to running `git ls-files | fzf` on shell. ```vim call fzf#run({'source': 'git ls-files', 'sink': 'e'}) ``` fzf options can be specified as `options` entry in spec dictionary. ```vim call fzf#run({'sink': 'tabedit', 'options': '--multi --reverse'}) ``` You can also pass a layout option if you don't want fzf window to take up the entire screen. ```vim " up / down / left / right / window are allowed call fzf#run({'source': 'git ls-files', 'sink': 'e', 'left': '40%'}) call fzf#run({'source': 'git ls-files', 'sink': 'e', 'window': '30vnew'}) ``` `source` doesn't have to be an external shell command, you can pass a Vim array as the source. In the next example, we pass the names of color schemes as the source to implement a color scheme selector. ```vim call fzf#run({'source': map(split(globpath(&rtp, 'colors/*.vim')), \ 'fnamemodify(v:val, ":t:r")'), \ 'sink': 'colo', 'left': '25%'}) ``` The following table summarizes the available options. | Option name | Type | Description | | -------------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | `source` | string | External command to generate input to fzf (e.g. `find .`) | | `source` | list | Vim list as input to fzf | | `sink` | string | Vim command to handle the selected item (e.g. `e`, `tabe`) | | `sink` | funcref | Function to be called with each selected item | | `sinklist` (or `sink*`) | funcref | Similar to `sink`, but takes the list of output lines at once | | `exit` | funcref | Function to be called with the exit status of fzf (e.g. 0, 1, 2, 130) | | `options` | string/list | Options to fzf | | `dir` | string | Working directory | | `up`/`down`/`left`/`right` | number/string | (Layout) Window position and size (e.g. `20`, `50%`) | | `tmux` | string | (Layout) `--tmux` options (e.g. `90%,70%`) | | `window` (Vim 8 / Neovim) | string | (Layout) Command to open fzf window (e.g. `vertical aboveleft 30new`) | | `window` (Vim 8 / Neovim) | dict | (Layout) Popup window settings (e.g. `{'width': 0.9, 'height': 0.6}`) | `options` entry can be either a string or a list. For simple cases, string should suffice, but prefer to use list type to avoid escaping issues. ```vim call fzf#run({'options': '--reverse --prompt "C:\\Program Files\\"'}) call fzf#run({'options': ['--reverse', '--prompt', 'C:\Program Files\']}) ``` When `window` entry is a dictionary, fzf will start in a popup window. The following options are allowed: - Required: - `width` [float range [0 ~ 1]] or [integer range [8 ~ ]] - `height` [float range [0 ~ 1]] or [integer range [4 ~ ]] - Optional: - `yoffset` [float default 0.5 range [0 ~ 1]] - `xoffset` [float default 0.5 range [0 ~ 1]] - `relative` [boolean default v:false] - `border` [string default `rounded` (`sharp` on Windows)]: Border style - `rounded` / `sharp` / `horizontal` / `vertical` / `top` / `bottom` / `left` / `right` / `no[ne]` `fzf#wrap` ---------- We have seen that several aspects of `:FZF` command can be configured with a set of global option variables; different ways to open files (`g:fzf_action`), window position and size (`g:fzf_layout`), color palette (`g:fzf_colors`), etc. So how can we make our custom `fzf#run` calls also respect those variables? Simply by *"wrapping"* the spec dictionary with `fzf#wrap` before passing it to `fzf#run`. - **`fzf#wrap([name string], [spec dict], [fullscreen bool]) -> (dict)`** - All arguments are optional. Usually we only need to pass a spec dictionary. - `name` is for managing history files. It is ignored if `g:fzf_history_dir` is not defined. - `fullscreen` can be either `0` or `1` (default: 0). `fzf#wrap` takes a spec and returns an extended version of it (also a dictionary) with additional options for addressing global preferences. You can examine the return value of it like so: ```vim echo fzf#wrap({'source': 'ls'}) ``` After we *"wrap"* our spec, we pass it to `fzf#run`. ```vim call fzf#run(fzf#wrap({'source': 'ls'})) ``` Now it supports `CTRL-T`, `CTRL-V`, and `CTRL-X` key bindings (configurable via `g:fzf_action`) and it opens fzf window according to `g:fzf_layout` setting. To make it easier to use, let's define `LS` command. ```vim command! LS call fzf#run(fzf#wrap({'source': 'ls'})) ``` Type `:LS` and see how it works. We would like to make `:LS!` (bang version) open fzf in fullscreen, just like `:FZF!`. Add `-bang` to command definition, and use `` value to set the last `fullscreen` argument of `fzf#wrap` (see `:help `). ```vim " On :LS!, evaluates to '!', and '!0' becomes 1 command! -bang LS call fzf#run(fzf#wrap({'source': 'ls'}, 0)) ``` Our `:LS` command will be much more useful if we can pass a directory argument to it, so that something like `:LS /tmp` is possible. ```vim command! -bang -complete=dir -nargs=? LS \ call fzf#run(fzf#wrap({'source': 'ls', 'dir': }, 0)) ``` Lastly, if you have enabled `g:fzf_history_dir`, you might want to assign a unique name to our command and pass it as the first argument to `fzf#wrap`. ```vim " The query history for this command will be stored as 'ls' inside g:fzf_history_dir. " The name is ignored if g:fzf_history_dir is not defined. command! -bang -complete=dir -nargs=? LS \ call fzf#run(fzf#wrap('ls', {'source': 'ls', 'dir': }, 0)) ``` ### Global options supported by `fzf#wrap` - `g:fzf_layout` - `g:fzf_action` - **Works only when no custom `sink` (or `sinklist`) is provided** - Having custom sink usually means that each entry is not an ordinary file path (e.g. name of color scheme), so we can't blindly apply the same strategy (i.e. `tabedit some-color-scheme` doesn't make sense) - `g:fzf_colors` - `g:fzf_history_dir` Tips ---- ### fzf inside terminal buffer On the latest versions of Vim and Neovim, fzf will start in a terminal buffer. If you find the default ANSI colors to be different, consider configuring the colors using `g:terminal_ansi_colors` in regular Vim or `g:terminal_color_x` in Neovim. ```vim " Terminal colors for seoul256 color scheme if has('nvim') let g:terminal_color_0 = '#4e4e4e' let g:terminal_color_1 = '#d68787' let g:terminal_color_2 = '#5f865f' let g:terminal_color_3 = '#d8af5f' let g:terminal_color_4 = '#85add4' let g:terminal_color_5 = '#d7afaf' let g:terminal_color_6 = '#87afaf' let g:terminal_color_7 = '#d0d0d0' let g:terminal_color_8 = '#626262' let g:terminal_color_9 = '#d75f87' let g:terminal_color_10 = '#87af87' let g:terminal_color_11 = '#ffd787' let g:terminal_color_12 = '#add4fb' let g:terminal_color_13 = '#ffafaf' let g:terminal_color_14 = '#87d7d7' let g:terminal_color_15 = '#e4e4e4' else let g:terminal_ansi_colors = [ \ '#4e4e4e', '#d68787', '#5f865f', '#d8af5f', \ '#85add4', '#d7afaf', '#87afaf', '#d0d0d0', \ '#626262', '#d75f87', '#87af87', '#ffd787', \ '#add4fb', '#ffafaf', '#87d7d7', '#e4e4e4' \ ] endif ``` ### Starting fzf in a popup window ```vim " Required: " - width [float range [0 ~ 1]] or [integer range [8 ~ ]] " - height [float range [0 ~ 1]] or [integer range [4 ~ ]] " " Optional: " - xoffset [float default 0.5 range [0 ~ 1]] " - yoffset [float default 0.5 range [0 ~ 1]] " - relative [boolean default v:false] " - border [string default 'rounded']: Border style " - 'rounded' / 'sharp' / 'horizontal' / 'vertical' / 'top' / 'bottom' / 'left' / 'right' let g:fzf_layout = { 'window': { 'width': 0.9, 'height': 0.6 } } ``` Alternatively, you can make fzf open in a tmux popup window (requires tmux 3.2 or above) by putting `--tmux` option value in `tmux` key. ```vim " See `--tmux` option in `man fzf` for available options " [center|top|bottom|left|right][,SIZE[%]][,SIZE[%]] if exists('$TMUX') let g:fzf_layout = { 'tmux': '90%,70%' } else let g:fzf_layout = { 'window': { 'width': 0.9, 'height': 0.6 } } endif ``` ### Hide statusline When fzf starts in a terminal buffer, the file type of the buffer is set to `fzf`. So you can set up `FileType fzf` autocmd to customize the settings of the window. For example, if you open fzf on the bottom on the screen (e.g. `{'down': '40%'}`), you might want to temporarily disable the statusline for a cleaner look. ```vim let g:fzf_layout = { 'down': '30%' } autocmd! FileType fzf autocmd FileType fzf set laststatus=0 noshowmode noruler \| autocmd BufLeave set laststatus=2 showmode ruler ``` [License](LICENSE) ------------------ The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2013-2024 Junegunn Choi