Show percentage through the file in the statusline/modeline #246
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I like it! I have a couple of questions/suggestions:
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The percentage seems based on the cursor position, but it might be
better to use the last visible line of the window. That would prevent
the number from changing when the cursor is moved within the window,
which feels distracting. I also tend to think of these indicators as
answering "how far down in the document am I looking?", which aligns
with the window. Any idea what other editors have landed on for this?
Hm, interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. As for what other
editors do, Neovim looks to provide this percentage via the location of
the cursor (in src/nvim/buffer.c, line 4022, current HEAD),
though I'm not sure about anything else. What would you think about a
config toggle for it? I think this might just be a matter of personal
taste and/or what people are used to.
Though FWIW, I've been using this basically since I patched it in
(add8bbc), and I haven't found the constant changing distracting. The
indicator only pops up in normal mode, where the cursor can't really
change positions, so I personally like it as is given the extra
'precision' of the cursor. Happy to add in a config option if you think
it's a good idea, though.
* Does the percentage still display if all of the buffer content fits
on-screen? This relates to my earlier point: if it's meant to be an
indicator of the how far down the window is looking into the buffer,
we should hide it if the answer to that question is obvious.
Oh, I hadn't thought of that - done in fc43e26!
* I kinda feel like it might be a better fit at the end of the line,
since it's not _critical_ information, unlike the name or editor mode.
What do you think?
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This will make following changes (adding a position indicator) moderately simpler.
A modeline may look like, for instance: NORMAL [17%] src/presenters/mod.rs as opposed to the previous: NORMAL src/presenters/mod.rs This is a small & slightly opinionated change.
The previous logic to display the statusline did so by right aligning only the last element. This isn't sufficient if more than one element is to appear on the right (e.g., a cursor position indicator). So, this commit replaces the logic to first render the right elements as compactly as possible, then render the first left elements as compactly as possible, but expand out the last left element to fill the remaining space. Behavior is identical; this is purely an API change.
This only applies to normal mode, and is a straightforward extension of ff0dc68's modifications.
This modifies the display function in normal mode without changing the logic to gather the percentage, and should make the statusline a bit cleaner on small files.
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I rebased the commits to fix up the merge conflict. The hashes mentioned above are now out-of-date, but hopefully the log is clear enough - thanks! |
The percentage indicator previously used the default colors, which was in contrast to the rest of the statusline, which used focused.
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Not quite sure if there's a proper name for this; here's a screenshot of the new behavior (see the "61%" in the modeline):
I personally like this, but I don't know if everyone does. Tell me if you'd prefer this to be an option in the config rather than hard-coded!