Not all counsel-find-file actions shown in fullscreen mode

[alexei-28]

Linux Mint 20.1 , Emacs 27.2, I installed Ivy, Swiper and Counsel.

So in sources file of /counsel.el I find this:

(ivy-set-actions
 'counsel-find-file
 '(("j" find-file-other-window "other window")
   ("f" find-file-other-frame "other frame")
   ("b" counsel-find-file-cd-bookmark-action "cd bookmark")
   ("x" counsel-find-file-extern "open externally")
   ("r" counsel-find-file-as-root "open as root")
   ("R" find-file-read-only "read only")
   ("l" find-file-literally "open literally")
   ("k" counsel-find-file-delete "delete")
   ("c" counsel-find-file-copy "copy file")
   ("m" counsel-find-file-move "move or rename")
   ("d" counsel-find-file-mkdir-action "mkdir")))

OK. Nice. Now I want to use e.g. "j" when open file.

So in temp folder (in dired mode) I use command:

M-x counsel-find-file

Then select file file2.txt

Screen is in fullscreen mode. And then press M-o. As result show commands.

But why not show "j" find-file-other-window "other window"?

P.S. When I press "j" then file open in other frame. But why this command is not visible?

[basil-conto]

For posterity, this was already asked on the Emacs SE: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/65106/15748

[alexei-28]

For posterity, this was already asked on the Emacs SE: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/65106/15748

I'm not found answer in this link.

[basil-conto]

I'm not found answer in this link.

Sure, but since the question is duplicated in two places, I'm linking one place to the other for posterity.

[basil-conto]

When I press "j" then file open in other frame.

FWIW, I can't reproduce this. Here's what I tried:

1. make plain

2. F11

3. (let* (dir
         (clean (lambda ()
                  (ignore-errors
                    (and dir (delete-directory dir t))))))
    ;; Clean up temporary directory on exit.
    (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook clean)
    ;; Create temporary parent directory.
    (setq dir (make-temp-file "ivy-" t))
    ;; Create myFolder and fileN.txt in temporary parent directory.
    (make-directory (expand-file-name "myFolder" dir))
    (dotimes (i 2)
      (make-empty-file (expand-file-name (format "file%d.txt" (1+ i)) dir)))
    ;; Visit temporary parent directory in Dired.
    (dired dir))

4. C-x C-e

   

5. C-x C-f

   

6. M->

   

7. M-o

   

All 12 actions, including j, appear in the minibuffer.

The Emacs configurations/versions I tried this in are listed below. BTW, I use the Xmonad tiling window manager, which may affect how Emacs determines the fullscreen mode.

But why this command is not visible?

Probably a miscalculation somewhere in Emacs or Ivy depending on your WM/setup.

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[alexei-28]

I'm not found answer in this link.

Sure, but since the question is duplicated in two places, I'm linking one place to the other for posterity.

My environment:

Linux Mint 20.1,

GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2021-03-26

I try with another folder and another file. The Emacs is in fullscreen mode.

But the result is same. Not show all commands.

P.S. I also try by F11. But it not help. Same result :-(

[zzjjzzgggg]

Having the same issue with Emacs 27.2 on Arch Linux. If I have defined more than 10 actions, ivy M-o shows only bottom 10 of them.