junegunn
Dynamically changing preview label position
Checklist
- [X] I have read through the manual page (
man fzf) - [X] I have searched through the existing issues
- [ ] For bug reports, I have checked if the bug is reproducible in the latest version of fzf
Output of fzf --version
0.53.0 (c4a9ccd6)
OS
- [X] Linux
- [ ] macOS
- [ ] Windows
- [ ] Etc.
Shell
- [ ] bash
- [X] zsh
- [ ] fish
Problem / Steps to reproduce
Is there a way to dynamically change the preview label position? Reading through the documentation I was unable to find something along the lines of change-preview-label-pos action.
Since change-preview-label already is implemented, wouldn't it be more convenient to merge options preview-label and preview-label-pos into one, of the signature along the lines
--preview-label=[N:top|bottom:]LABEL
No. But why would you do that? I can't think of a case where moving the label would benefit the user. Wouldn't it just be confusing?
I am dynamically changing the preview, and I wanted to somehow differentiate between two possible modes. I was considering multiple options:
- changing the label (isn't that noticable)
- changing the preview border style
- changing the preview background (together with different border style the alternate preview could "pop-up" more)
I also considered that the alternate preview could have different position of label (top vs bottom, left vs center vs right). I wanted to try it out, and thus this feature request.
So it's not something you absolutely need.
Please note that preview/border labels can show ANSI colors, it might help in your case.
fzf --preview 'cat {}' --preview-label $' \x1b[33myellow ' --bind $'space:change-preview-label: \x1b[34mblue '
So it's not something you absolutely need.
Certainly not. Nevertheless, it could be nice to have the option (if someone finds the free time to implement it :).
Please note that preview/border labels can show ANSI colors, it might help in your case.
Thanks for the suggestion!