snacks.nvim bug: opening a new tab with `:tabnew` from the dashboard does not restore old settings

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Neovim version (nvim -v)

0.11.0

Operating system/version

Arch linux

Describe the bug

If I open a new tab page while on the dashboard the new tabpage will not have the correct settings applied. When running :tabnew it should see that I'm no longer in the dashboard buffer and re-enable tabline/statusline.

Steps To Reproduce

nvim -u repro.lua, start a new session (which opens the dashboard by default
:tabnew, open a new tab page
See that statusline is still hidden

Expected Behavior

When opening a new tab, my settings should be reset to what I would expect them to be rather than still reflecting the settings which hide UI elements for the dashboard

Repro

vim.env.LAZY_STDPATH = ".repro"
load(vim.fn.system("curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/folke/lazy.nvim/main/bootstrap.lua"))()

require("lazy.minit").repro({
  spec = {
    { "folke/snacks.nvim", opts = { dashboard = {} } },
    -- add any other plugins here
  },
})

Apr 21 '25 12:04 mehalter

Are you sure it's not something with your configuration? I use LazyVim myself, but I've just tried a fresh LazyVim installation and it works like you would expect. Feel free to also test a new LazyVim installation yourself and then check if there are differences between the 2 configurations.

I also tried the minimal repro you linked and just put vim.opt.number = true before the call to lazy.minit and it shows the numbers when I open a new tabpage with :tabnew.

Apr 21 '25 15:04 dpetka2001

It appears number works. But on startup laststatus and showtabline are set to 0 when they shouldn't be until dashboard is closed. When opening a new tab like in the reproducing steps. laststatus and showtabline are not correctly set until the dashboard is then closed.

Recording: https://asciinema.org/a/g3yScFogg6eHTlP34tMp0FLHW

Apr 21 '25 16:04 mehalter

It appears it works after the initial dashboard is closed. If I don't have the dashboard start on startup and just open it. Then it works fine. So it's just a bug when the dashboard is started on startup.

Recording of the dashboard not enabled on startup and just starting it at runtime: https://asciinema.org/a/g2RhUd9w49fW0X4Aw9Suxd8Tj

Apr 21 '25 16:04 mehalter

Just a guess, but could you check if #1525 has anything to do with your problem? Other than that, I'm not really sure and sorry I can't be of further help.

PS: Plz disregard. That was specifically for snacks.picker and not dashboard, so it has to be something else.

Apr 21 '25 16:04 dpetka2001

I think it's because of this https://github.com/folke/snacks.nvim/blob/bc0630e43be5699bb94dadc302c0d21615421d93/lua/snacks/dashboard.lua#L1161-L1170. The values do indeed seem to only be restored on the User triggered event SnacksDashboardClosed. Maybe an additional autocmd should be created for other events?

Apr 21 '25 16:04 dpetka2001

Yup! That is the block of code that needs to be fixed 😄

Apr 21 '25 17:04 mehalter

We could add TabNew here, so that the Closed Snacks event will be triggered when opening a new tab as well, but from my testing since laststatus is global, it will reset on the new tab but will also remain reset when you switch back to the Dashboard tab later. Is this desired? I can't think of a way to separate the value in the 2 different tabs. What do you think?

Apr 21 '25 17:04 dpetka2001