FindFile but not focus the tree

[rockyzhang24]

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Is it possible to run NvimTreeFindFile but keep the focus on the file buffer, i..e, not focus on the tree automatically? Thank you so much.

[kyazdani42]

~:NvimTreeFindFile | wincmd p ?~ doesn't seem to work :smile: there is no such functionnality in nvim-tree but i believe you can achieve this with a bit of scripting :)

function find_file_no_focus()
  require "nvim-tree".find_file()
  vim.cmd "wincmd p"
end

or something like that

[rockyzhang24]

Yes. This is exactly what I came up with. Do you think whether it will be better to add a boolean argument for find_file() like find_file(..., no_focus) as toggle() does to control "focus or not"? Thanks.

[alex-courtis]

I know this does not exactly fit your requirement, however update_focused_file.enable will focus the tree on the file buffer without changing focus.

[kyazdani42]

@rockyzhang24 i think it could make sense yes :)

[naquad]

Is there any progress with this? Suggested options don't work I keep getting

Error detected while processing VimEnter Autocommands for "*":
Error executing Lua callback: ...fig/nvim/bundle/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/git/init.lua:99: table index is nil
stack traceback:
        ...fig/nvim/bundle/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/git/init.lua:99: in function 'load_project_status'
        ...vim/bundle/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/init.lua:28: in function '_load'
        ...vim/bundle/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/init.lua:22: in function 'new'
        ....config/nvim/bundle/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/core.lua:15: in function 'init'
        .../.config/nvim/bundle/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/lib.lua:98: in function 'open'
        ...quad/.config/nvim/bundle/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:94: in function 'open'
        ...quad/.config/nvim/bundle/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:293: in function <...quad/.config/nvim/bundle/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:292>
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But the future would help a lot.

[alex-courtis]

A proper solution with find_file(..., no_focus) would be best.

PRs gratefully accepted :)

[alex-courtis]

Tracked at #2011