Check if telescope is running

[tummetott]

Hello,

I have a special Statusline only when NvimTree is open. I check for vim.bo.filetype == "NvimTree" inside a condition of a short line component

I would like to have the same with telescope, but telescope does not change the filetype. Does anyone know to check with lua if telesope is running?

[ram02z]

@Tummetott iirc Telescope does change the filetype to TelescopePrompt.

[tummetott]

Are you sure? For me it does not change the filetype at all 😑

[ram02z]

@Tummetott might want to file a bug report upstream because its showing up for me.

[tummetott]

Ok thanks I’ll investigate further

[tummetott]

I checked and Telescope is indeed setting the correct fileype. However I'm not able to get a special statusline only for Telescope. It's working for Packer, Nvimtree and others but not for Telescope.

I have the following code:

local gl = require("galaxyline")
local gls = gl.section

gl.short_line_list = { 'NvimTree', 'packer', 'TelescopePrompt' }

gls.short_line_left[1] = {
    Telescope = {
        condition = function()
            return vim.bo.filetype == "TelescopePrompt"
        end,
        provider = function()
            return "TELESCOPE"
        end,
        highlight = {"#FF0000", "#00FF00"},
    }
}

But It's not working. Has anyone a working example?

[sangdth]

@Tummetott I don't know, but after playing around with your code, I found out something interesting.

If I open the nvim-tree (the file explorer), and enable the statusline there, now whenever I open/close the Telescope, the TELESCOPE text does toggle over there, but delayed.

So I guess, because the focus already "leave", so it does not update the statusline in the buffer?

Sorry if I cause any confusion. I'm totally new in this area.