vim-plug buffer inside popup window

[YuFei29]

Hello, everyone. I wonder how can I open vim-plug buffer inside a popup window? I mean after PlugInstall I can get a popup window like this

I know there's a g:plug_window option, I searched vim help, seems like it only support normal window (vertical and horizontal). No functional enhancements, just aesthetic considerations, I want this.

[benjaminchristie]

A solution using lua:

    local w = [[width = math.ceil(vim.api.nvim_get_option("columns") * 0.8), ]]
    local h = [[height = math.ceil(vim.api.nvim_get_option("lines") * 0.8), ]]
    local r = [[col = math.ceil(vim.api.nvim_get_option("columns") * 0.1 - 1), ]]
    local c = [[row = math.ceil(vim.api.nvim_get_option("lines") * 0.1 - 1), ]]
    local floating_opts = [[relative = 'editor', style='minimal', border = "single"]]
    vim.g.plug_window = [[lua vim.api.nvim_open_win(vim.api.nvim_create_buf(true, false), true, {]] ..
        w .. h .. r .. c .. floating_opts .. "})"
    vim.cmd("PlugUpdate")
--- reset to default vim-plug behavior after opening in new window
    vim.fn.timer_start(5000, function()
        vim.g.plug_window = [[vertical topleft new]]
    end)

[YuFei29]

thanks for your reply, but I use vim. seems like your solution based on neovim. anyway, thank you

[junegunn]

If I'm not mistaken, this is not possible due to the limitation of popup window of Vim. You can't put cursor on it.

See https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/7555.

[YuFei29]

Thank you for pointing that out. I think I may have been mistaken. I vaguely recall seeing vim-plug pinned in a floating window in vim, so I must have remembered incorrectly. I probably implemented that previously when I trying out neovim.