Canop
`ctrl-h` binding not working?
I have a ctrl-h and ctrl-l binding set to move left/right panel, except only the ctrl-l binding works; pressing ctrl-h does nothing, I'm not sure if it's the terminal or the shell, but I can't seem to find any info on it. I'm using Windows 11 w/ Alacritty w/ PowerShell.
Calling :panel_left_no_open directly works fine and so does the ctrl-left binding. No matter what I bind to ctrl-h, nothing seems to work.
Config:
[[verbs]]
key = "ctrl-l"
internal = ":panel_right_no_open"
[[verbs]]
key = "ctrl-h"
internal = ":panel_left_no_open"
Debug log after starting, hitting ctrl-h, then quitting:
21:18:29.503 [INFO] cli_log::init: Starting broot v1.16.2 with log level DEBUG
21:18:29.504 [DEBUG] broot: env::args(): [
"C:\\Users\\me\\.cargo\\bin\\broot.exe",
"--outcmd",
"C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmp68D5.tmp",
]
21:18:29.507 [DEBUG] broot::conf::conf: reading conf file: "C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Roaming\\dystroy\\broot\\config\\conf.toml"
21:18:29.507 [DEBUG] broot::cli: Conf::from_default_location() took 2.9587ms
21:18:29.508 [DEBUG] broot::cli: config: Conf {
files: [
"C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Roaming\\dystroy\\broot\\config\\conf.toml",
],
default_flags: Some(
"g",
),
date_time_format: None,
verbs: [
VerbConf {
invocation: None,
internal: Some(
":panel_right_no_open",
),
external: None,
execution: None,
cmd: None,
cmd_separator: None,
key: Some(
"ctrl-l",
),
keys: [],
extensions: [],
shortcut: None,
leave_broot: None,
from_shell: None,
apply_to: None,
set_working_dir: None,
working_dir: None,
description: None,
auto_exec: None,
panels: [],
},
VerbConf {
invocation: None,
internal: Some(
":panel_left_no_open",
),
external: None,
execution: None,
cmd: None,
cmd_separator: None,
key: Some(
"ctrl-h",
),
keys: [],
extensions: [],
shortcut: None,
leave_broot: None,
from_shell: None,
apply_to: None,
set_working_dir: None,
working_dir: None,
description: None,
auto_exec: None,
panels: [],
},
VerbConf {
invocation: None,
internal: Some(
":input_del_word_left",
),
external: None,
execution: None,
cmd: None,
cmd_separator: None,
key: Some(
"ctrl-w",
),
keys: [],
extensions: [],
shortcut: None,
leave_broot: None,
from_shell: None,
apply_to: None,
set_working_dir: None,
working_dir: None,
description: None,
auto_exec: None,
panels: [],
},
VerbConf {
invocation: Some(
"edit",
),
internal: None,
external: None,
execution: Some(
String(
"$EDITOR +{line} {file}",
),
),
cmd: None,
cmd_separator: None,
key: None,
keys: [],
extensions: [],
shortcut: Some(
"e",
),
leave_broot: Some(
false,
),
from_shell: None,
apply_to: None,
set_working_dir: None,
working_dir: None,
description: None,
auto_exec: None,
panels: [],
},
],
skin: None,
special_paths: {},
search_modes: None,
disable_mouse_capture: None,
capture_mouse: Some(
false,
),
cols_order: None,
show_selection_mark: None,
ext_colors: {},
syntax_theme: None,
true_colors: None,
icon_theme: None,
modal: None,
max_panels_count: None,
quit_on_last_cancel: None,
file_sum_threads_count: None,
max_staged_count: None,
imports: [],
show_matching_characters_on_path_searches: None,
}
21:18:29.525 [DEBUG] broot::app::app_context: COLORTERM env variable = "truecolor"
21:18:29.525 [DEBUG] broot::app::app_context: true colors are available
21:18:29.526 [DEBUG] broot::tree_build::builder: GitIgnorer::default() took 100ns
21:18:29.528 [DEBUG] broot::tree_build::builder: init line_status_computer took 2.0744ms
21:18:29.530 [DEBUG] broot::tree_build::builder: blines before trimming: 47
21:18:29.530 [DEBUG] broot::tree_build::builder: trimming prematurely interrupted
21:18:29.537 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: display panel took 1.2814ms
21:18:29.537 [INFO] broot::app::app: pending_tasks took 500ns
21:18:29.537 [INFO] broot::app::app: event: TimedEvent { time: Instant { t: 239049.4701446s }, event: Resize(99, 30), double_click: false }
21:18:29.537 [DEBUG] broot::tree_build::builder: GitIgnorer::default() took 0ns
21:18:29.538 [DEBUG] broot::tree_build::builder: init line_status_computer took 169.2µs
21:18:29.539 [DEBUG] broot::tree_build::builder: blines before trimming: 47
21:18:29.539 [DEBUG] broot::tree_build::builder: trimming prematurely interrupted
21:18:29.545 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: display panel took 751.3µs
21:18:29.545 [INFO] broot::app::app: pending_tasks took 300ns
21:18:31.482 [INFO] broot::app::app: event: TimedEvent { time: Instant { t: 239051.4147281s }, event: Key(KeyEvent { code: Backspace, modifiers: CONTROL }), double_click: false }
21:18:31.482 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: command after add_event: None
21:18:31.482 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: cmd_result: Keep
21:18:31.483 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: display panel took 1.1968ms
21:18:31.484 [INFO] broot::app::app: pending_tasks took 500ns
21:18:32.713 [INFO] broot::app::app: event: TimedEvent { time: Instant { t: 239052.6461632s }, event: Key(KeyEvent { code: Char(':'), modifiers: SHIFT }), double_click: false }
21:18:32.714 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: command after add_event: VerbEdit(VerbInvocation { name: "", args: None, bang: false })
21:18:32.714 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: cmd_result: Keep
21:18:32.715 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: display panel took 1.1358ms
21:18:32.716 [INFO] broot::app::app: pending_tasks took 500ns
21:18:32.825 [INFO] broot::app::app: event: TimedEvent { time: Instant { t: 239052.7576877s }, event: Key(KeyEvent { code: Char('q'), modifiers: NONE }), double_click: false }
21:18:32.825 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: command after add_event: VerbEdit(VerbInvocation { name: "q", args: None, bang: false })
21:18:32.825 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: cmd_result: Keep
21:18:32.826 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: display panel took 1.1298ms
21:18:32.827 [INFO] broot::app::app: pending_tasks took 300ns
21:18:32.937 [INFO] broot::app::app: event: TimedEvent { time: Instant { t: 239052.8697645s }, event: Key(KeyEvent { code: Enter, modifiers: NONE }), double_click: false }
21:18:32.937 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: command after add_event: VerbInvocate(VerbInvocation { name: "q", args: None, bang: false })
21:18:32.937 [DEBUG] broot::app::app: cmd_result: Quit
21:18:32.937 [DEBUG] broot::task_sync: dead dam
21:18:32.938 [INFO] broot: bye
Ctrl-h is not received by broot in your log. It means the combination is intercepted in either your terminal (look at its settings), a multiplexer or similar if you have one, or the OS.
I can confirm this is an issue with alacritty. I'll close this issue for now and keep it updated if I find a solution.
@ok-nick Please come back with details as soon as possible, as it might help others
Maybe it is an issue with broot?
https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues/6473
Maybe something in between intercepts, since we send crtl+h and according to https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues/6473#issuecomment-1306592760 they clearly have
ctrl + h working in bash.
@Canop be aware that ctrl + h is usually a backspace. Though in alacritty backspace is ^?. Maybe your terminfo parsing and understanding is wrong when it comes to TERM=alacritty
@ok-nick have you pressed Backspace during testing, since there's clearly a
21:18:31.482 [INFO] broot::app::app: event: TimedEvent { time: Instant { t: 239051.4147281s }, event: Key(KeyEvent { code: Backspace, modifiers: CONTROL }), double_click: false }
From your log, which I think is ctrl+h.
@ok-nick maybe if you run broot with TERM variable you have in other terminals it will work by itself. TERM=xterm-256color or whatever you have in other windows terminals by default.
I tested again and it's seems to be registering ctrl+h as ctrl+backspace. I tried setting the TERM env variable, as you suggested, but nothing changed.
Setting my keybind to ctrl+backspace fixes the issue, although it's just a workaround.
It's actually not, since some terminals do have ctrl+h as backspace. You might be surprised by that, but it's how it is.
@Canop Is broot using extended keyboard protocol so it can actually encode stuff like that? If so that could explain it, since alacritty not supporting it.
Hi, I have the same issue but with Alt+h on Arch Linux (EndeavourOS) with KDE Plasma 5.27. I tried it with KDE Konsole and Gnome Terminal.
UPDATE: I fixed it by unsetting the Alt+` shortcut in settings. I don't know why Alt+h collides with Alt+` , but it does. In KDE Plasma, Alt+` is assigned to Walk Through Windows of Current Application. I hope this helps!