# Dressing.nvim With the release of Neovim 0.6 we were given the start of extensible core UI hooks ([vim.ui.select](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/15771) and [vim.ui.input](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/15959)). They exist to allow plugin authors to override them with improvements upon the default behavior, so that's exactly what we're going to do. It is a goal to match and not extend the core Neovim API. All options that core respects will be respected, and we will not accept any custom parameters or options in the functions. Customization will be done entirely using a separate [configuration](#configuration) method. * [Requirements](#requirements) * [Screenshots](#screenshots) * [Installation](#installation) * [Configuration](#configuration) * [Advanced configuration](#advanced-configuration) * [Similar projects](#similar-projects) ## Requirements Neovim 0.5+ On versions prior to 0.6, this plugin will act as a polyfill for `vim.ui` ## Screenshots `vim.input` replacement (handling a LSP rename) ![Screenshot from 2021-12-02 19-43-00](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/506791/144541672-17db1045-6ab6-4422-a09e-b2257965817e.png) `vim.select` (telescope) ![Screenshot from 2021-12-02 19-46-01](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/506791/144541916-4fa60c50-cadc-4f0f-b3c1-6307310e6e99.png) `vim.select` (fzf) ![Screenshot from 2021-12-02 19-46-54](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/506791/144541986-6081b4f8-b3b2-418d-9265-b9dabec2c4c4.png) `vim.select` (nui) ![Screenshot from 2021-12-02 19-47-56](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/506791/144542071-1aa66f81-b07c-492e-9884-fdafed1006df.png) `vim.select` (built-in) ![Screenshot from 2021-12-02 19-50-50](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/506791/144542327-c7420501-c75d-40de-9fc8-70204ed16589.png) ## Installation dressing.nvim supports all the usual plugin managers
Packer ```lua require('packer').startup(function() use {'stevearc/dressing.nvim'} end) ```
Paq ```lua require "paq" { {'stevearc/dressing.nvim'}; } ```
vim-plug ```vim Plug 'stevearc/dressing.nvim' ```
dein ```vim call dein#add('stevearc/dressing.nvim') ```
Pathogen ```sh git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/stevearc/dressing.nvim.git ~/.vim/bundle/ ```
Neovim native package ```sh git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/stevearc/dressing.nvim.git \ "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/pack/dressing.nvim/start/dressing.nvim ```
## Configuration If you're fine with the defaults, you're good to go after installation. If you want to tweak, call this function: ```lua require('dressing').setup({ input = { -- Default prompt string default_prompt = "➤ ", -- These are passed to nvim_open_win anchor = "SW", relative = "cursor", row = 0, col = 0, border = "rounded", -- These can be integers or a float between 0 and 1 (e.g. 0.4 for 40%) prefer_width = 40, max_width = nil, min_width = 20, -- see :help dressing_get_config get_config = nil, }, select = { -- Priority list of preferred vim.select implementations backend = { "telescope", "fzf", "builtin", "nui" }, -- Options for telescope selector telescope = {}, -- Options for fzf selector fzf = { window = { width = 0.5, height = 0.4, }, }, -- Options for nui Menu nui = { position = "50%", size = nil, relative = "editor", border = { style = "rounded", }, max_width = 80, max_height = 40, }, -- Options for built-in selector builtin = { -- These are passed to nvim_open_win anchor = "NW", relative = "cursor", row = 0, col = 0, border = "rounded", -- Window options winblend = 10, -- These can be integers or a float between 0 and 1 (e.g. 0.4 for 40%) width = nil, max_width = 0.8, min_width = 40, height = nil, max_height = 0.9, min_height = 10, }, -- see :help dressing_get_config get_config = nil, }, }) ``` ## Advanced configuration For each of the `input` and `select` configs, there is an option `get_config`. This can be a function that accepts the `opts` parameter that is passed in to `vim.select` or `vim.input`. It must return either `nil` (to no-op) or config values to use in place of the global config values for that module. For example, if you want to use a specific configuration for code actions: ```lua require('dressing').setup({ select = { get_config = function(opts) if opts.kind == 'codeaction' then return { backend = 'nui', nui = { relative = 'cursor', max_width = 40, } } end end } }) ``` ## Similar projects * [nvim-notify](https://github.com/rcarriga/nvim-notify) - doing pretty much the same thing but for `vim.notify` * [nui.nvim](https://github.com/MunifTanjim/nui.nvim) - provides common UI components for plugin authors