[mini.pick]: How to Customize the Top Title and make separate preview window

[krovuxdev]

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mini.pick

Question

I want to know how to customize the title that appears at the top, both on the left and on the right. I already tried something like title_pos = "center" for Files (rg), but it doesn't work. I want it to look like in this picture."

[echasnovski]

Unfortunately, the answer is that there is no way, mostly because of two reasons:

• Allowing them to be properly configurable would require an extra configuration entry for the part which (deliberately) not exposed to the user, i.e. window title and footer content.
• In general I consider both of those parts useful and hiding them will severely affect usability. And adding an option to hide some/all of them is against this.

So I am afraid this part will remain as is.

[echasnovski]

...
config = MiniPick.win_size()
...

This sets window config to a fixed table. The VimResized then knows nothing about the logic of win_size. Set config to the function directly, which will be reevaluated on VimResized.

And I'd discourage setting things directly into MiniPick table (in this case plain local win_size = function() ... end` is enough). Nothing hugely problematic will happen, but the table itself is "owned" by 'mini.pick' module and thus it assumes that only it can make changes to it.

[krovuxdev]

This sets window config to a fixed table. The VimResized then knows nothing about the logic of win_size. Set config to the function directly, which will be reevaluated on VimResized.

And I'd discourage setting things directly into MiniPick table (in this case plain local win_size = function() ... end` is enough). Nothing hugely problematic will happen, but the table itself is "owned" by 'mini.pick' module and thus it assumes that only it can make changes to it.

@echasnovski
I understand what you're saying, but you're not confirming if it's a solution. However, I changed it as you suggested (local win_size = ...), and without using VimResized, it still behaves the same.

But that's not what I was referring to. The reason I showed you the video was to highlight how the padding around the pick window is maintained. In the first part of the video, I didn't like how the padding wasn't kept around the pick window. In the second part, it did maintain the adjustment around the window, which is what I was aiming for. That's why I prefer the second part of the video.

Still, if that is the purpose in the first part of the video, then I guess I'll continue using VimResized.

[echasnovski]

@echasnovski
I understand what you're saying, but you're not confirming if it's a solution. However, I changed it as you suggested (local win_size = ...), and without using VimResized, it still behaves the same.

I don't think there is an understanding here. This is the solution:

... Set config to the function directly, which will be reevaluated on VimResized. ...

So this is everything that needs to be set here and works as the "second part of the video":

local win_size = function()
	local height = math.floor(0.35 * vim.o.lines)
	local width = math.floor(0.75 * vim.o.columns)

	local config = {
		anchor = "NE",
		height = height,
		width = width,
		border = "rounded",
		row = math.floor(0.55 * vim.o.lines),
		col = math.floor(0.88 * vim.o.columns),
	}
	return config
end
-- Notice that this is `win_size` and not `win_size()`
require('mini.pick').setup({ window = { config = win_size } })

[krovuxdev]

Ah, you’ve left me speechless, haha. Thanks, that really helped. I didn’t realize that win_size without the parentheses would load or be reevaluated in VimResized. Now I get it. @echasnovski Thank you so much, you saved me! :)

(I’ll create another discussion later to ask about Pick.)

[echasnovski]

Thanks, that really helped. I didn’t realize that win_size without the parentheses would load

That is what this relevant example uses. Allowing callable config.window.config is also documented.