Custom rules

This page contains custom rules, that can be added to your neovim config using add_rules method.

Add spaces between parentheses

Before	Insert	After
(|)	space	( | )
( | )	)	( )|

local npairs = require'nvim-autopairs'
local Rule = require'nvim-autopairs.rule'
local cond = require 'nvim-autopairs.conds'

local brackets = { { '(', ')' }, { '[', ']' }, { '{', '}' } }
npairs.add_rules {
  -- Rule for a pair with left-side ' ' and right side ' '
  Rule(' ', ' ')
    -- Pair will only occur if the conditional function returns true
    :with_pair(function(opts)
      -- We are checking if we are inserting a space in (), [], or {}
      local pair = opts.line:sub(opts.col - 1, opts.col)
      return vim.tbl_contains({
        brackets[1][1] .. brackets[1][2],
        brackets[2][1] .. brackets[2][2],
        brackets[3][1] .. brackets[3][2]
      }, pair)
    end)
    :with_move(cond.none())
    :with_cr(cond.none())
    -- We only want to delete the pair of spaces when the cursor is as such: ( | )
    :with_del(function(opts)
      local col = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)[2]
      local context = opts.line:sub(col - 1, col + 2)
      return vim.tbl_contains({
        brackets[1][1] .. '  ' .. brackets[1][2],
        brackets[2][1] .. '  ' .. brackets[2][2],
        brackets[3][1] .. '  ' .. brackets[3][2]
      }, context)
    end)
}
-- For each pair of brackets we will add another rule
for _, bracket in pairs(brackets) do
  npairs.add_rules {
    -- Each of these rules is for a pair with left-side '( ' and right-side ' )' for each bracket type
    Rule(bracket[1] .. ' ', ' ' .. bracket[2])
      :with_pair(cond.none())
      :with_move(function(opts) return opts.char == bracket[2] end)
      :with_del(cond.none())
      :use_key(bracket[2])
      -- Removes the trailing whitespace that can occur without this
      :replace_map_cr(function(_) return '<C-c>2xi<CR><C-c>O' end)
  }
end

Insertion with surrounding check

generalization of the first rule above

Before	Insert	After
(|)	*	(*|*)
(*|*)	space	(* | *)
(|)	space	( | )

function rule2(a1,ins,a2,lang)                  
  npairs.add_rule(          
    Rule(ins, ins, lang)                                   
      :with_pair(function(opts) return a1..a2 == opts.line:sub(opts.col - #a1, opts.col + #a2 - 1) end)
      :with_move(cond.none())                                  
      :with_cr(cond.none())                                 
      :with_del(function(opts)                    
        local col = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)[2]                          
        return a1..ins..ins..a2 == opts.line:sub(col - #a1 - #ins + 1, col + #ins + #a2) -- insert only works for #ins == 1 anyway
      end)                                      
  )                                             
end

rule2('(','*',')','ocaml')
rule2('(*',' ','*)','ocaml')
rule2('(',' ',')')

Move past commas and semicolons

for _,punct in pairs { ",", ";" } do
    require "nvim-autopairs".add_rules {
        require "nvim-autopairs.rule"("", punct)
            :with_move(function(opts) return opts.char == punct end)
            :with_pair(function() return false end)
            :with_del(function() return false end)
            :with_cr(function() return false end)
            :use_key(punct)
    }
end

Expand pair only on enter key

npairs.clear_rules()

for _,bracket in pairs { { '(', ')' }, { '[', ']' }, { '{', '}' } } do
  npairs.add_rules {
    Rule(bracket[1], bracket[2])
      :end_wise(function() return true end)
  }
end

arrow key on javascript

Before	Insert	After
(item)=	>	(item)=> { }

    Rule('%(.*%)%s*%=>$', ' {  }', { 'typescript', 'typescriptreact', 'javascript' })
        :use_regex(true)
        :set_end_pair_length(2),

auto addspace on =

Before	Insert	After
local data	=	local data =
local data =	=	local data ==

      Rule('=', '')
        :with_pair(cond.not_inside_quote())
        :with_pair(function(opts)
            local last_char = opts.line:sub(opts.col - 1, opts.col - 1)
            if last_char:match('[%w%=%s]') then
                return true
            end
            return false
        end)
        :replace_endpair(function(opts)
            local prev_2char = opts.line:sub(opts.col - 2, opts.col - 1)
            local next_char = opts.line:sub(opts.col, opts.col)
            next_char = next_char == ' ' and '' or ' '
            if prev_2char:match('%w$') then
                return '<bs> =' .. next_char
            end
            if prev_2char:match('%=$') then
                return next_char
            end
            if prev_2char:match('=') then
                return '<bs><bs>=' .. next_char
            end
            return ''
        end)
        :set_end_pair_length(0)
        :with_move(cond.none())
        :with_del(cond.none())

Expand multiple pairs on enter key

Similarly to vim-closer. It tries to close all of the opened pairs in that line when pressing <CR>.

Before:

(function () { |

After pressing <CR>:

(function () {
    |
})

-- https://github.com/rstacruz/vim-closer/blob/master/autoload/closer.vim
local get_closing_for_line = function (line)
  local i = -1
  local clo = ''

  while true do
    i, _= string.find(line, "[%(%)%{%}%[%]]", i + 1)
    if i == nil then break end
    local ch = string.sub(line, i, i)
    local st = string.sub(clo, 1, 1)

    if ch == '{' then
      clo = '}' .. clo
    elseif ch == '}' then
      if st ~= '}' then return '' end
      clo = string.sub(clo, 2)
    elseif ch == '(' then
      clo = ')' .. clo
    elseif ch == ')' then
      if st ~= ')' then return '' end
      clo = string.sub(clo, 2)
    elseif ch == '[' then
      clo = ']' .. clo
    elseif ch == ']' then
      if st ~= ']' then return '' end
      clo = string.sub(clo, 2)
    end
  end

  return clo
end

autopairs.remove_rule('(')
autopairs.remove_rule('{')
autopairs.remove_rule('[')

autopairs.add_rule(Rule("[%(%{%[]", "")
  :use_regex(true)
  :replace_endpair(function(opts)
    return get_closing_for_line(opts.line)
  end)
  :end_wise(function(opts)
    -- Do not endwise if there is no closing
    return get_closing_for_line(opts.line) ~= ""
  end))

dynamic add pair text after start.

Before	Insert	After
\startmove	space	\stopmove

pairs.add_rules({
    Rule("\\start(%w*) $", "tex")
        :replace_endpair(function(opts)
            local beforeText = string.sub(opts.line, 0, opts.col)
            local _, _, match = beforeText:find("\\start(%w*)")
            if match and #match > 0 then
                return " \\stop" .. match
            end
            return ''
        end)
        :with_move(cond.none())
        :use_key("<space>")
        :use_regex(true)
})