Customizable action panel

[lalvarezt]

Configuration could be a flag like --action-panel-entry with entries in the form LABEL:ACTION, and optionally PANEL:LABEL:ACTION for named menus. It's basically the same semantics as bindings but instead of keys it would be action panels

Usage would be through bindable actions:

toggle-action-panel
show-action-panel
hide-action-panel

And for named menus:

toggle-action-panel(name)
show-action-panel(name)

When opened, the panel could render inside the existing preview area (reusing its logic). The user navigates entries with the movement keys and presses enter to run the selected action.

Example:

fzf \
  --with-shell='bash -c' \
  --preview "cat {}" \
  --preview-window 'right,50,border-rounded' \
  --preview-label 'Preview' \
  --bind 'ctrl-y:change-preview-label(Copy)+toggle-action-panel(copy)' \
  --bind 'ctrl-e:change-preview-label(Edit)+toggle-action-panel(edit)' \
  --bind 'ctrl-p:hide-action-panel+change-preview-label(Preview)+refresh-preview' \
  --action-panel-entry 'copy:Copy path:execute-silent(realpath -- {} | xsel -ib)' \
  --action-panel-entry 'edit:Open in less:execute(less -f {})' \
  --action-panel-entry 'edit:Open in nvim:become(nvim {})'

And would look like

[lalvarezt]

@junegunn any thoughts on this?

[junegunn]

Hmm, I'm not sure about it. The idea of "action panel" seems somewhat peripheral to fzf's core concept. And I think we can partly implement that using the header or footer section.

For example: https://gist.github.com/junegunn/5f3f1056cc076113ad3bdd1e75bfde99

[lalvarezt]

oh yes, this is much much simpler. thanks for the POC

[lalvarezt]

yup, this definitely does it, I can have different menus depending on a keybinding

[junegunn]

Glad to hear that it works for you! I've updated the demo script to support clicking on the action items.

• Single-click: select the action
• Double-click: select the action and execute it