Yazi is a blazing fast file manager for the terminal. This plugin allows you to open yazi in a floating window in Neovim.
https://github.com/mikavilpas/yazi.nvim/assets/300791/c7ff98ee-54d6-4ad0-9318-903e4b674f84
For previewing images with yazi, see Yazi's documentation related to Neovim here.
First, make sure you have the requirements:
[!TIP]
You can run
:checkhealth yazi
to see if compatible versions are installed and working.
Using lazy.nvim:
---@type LazySpec
{
"mikavilpas/yazi.nvim",
event = "VeryLazy",
keys = {
-- 👇 in this section, choose your own keymappings!
{
"<leader>-",
function()
require("yazi").yazi()
end,
desc = "Open the file manager",
},
{
-- Open in the current working directory
"<leader>cw",
function()
require("yazi").yazi(nil, vim.fn.getcwd())
end,
desc = "Open the file manager in nvim's working directory" ,
},
},
---@type YaziConfig
opts = {
-- if you want to open yazi instead of netrw, see below for more info
open_for_directories = false,
},
}
If you are not using lazy.nvim, see lazy.lua for what dependencies are required.
[!IMPORTANT]
You don't have to set any of these options. The defaults are fine for most users.
For advanced configuration, it's recommended to have your Lua language server set up so that you can type check your configuration and avoid errors.
For help on how to do this, there is a section for Neovim development tools in the documentation.
You can optionally configure yazi.nvim by setting any of the options below.
{
-- ... other lazy.nvim configuration from above
---@type YaziConfig
opts = {
-- Below is the default configuration. It is optional to set these values.
-- You can customize the configuration for each yazi call by passing it to
-- yazi() explicitly
-- enable this if you want to open yazi instead of netrw.
-- Note that if you enable this, you need to call yazi.setup() to
-- initialize the plugin. lazy.nvim does this for you in certain cases.
--
-- If you are also using neotree, you may prefer not to bring it up when
-- opening a directory:
-- {
-- "nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim",
-- opts = {
-- filesystem = {
-- hijack_netrw_behavior = "disabled",
-- },
-- },
-- }
open_for_directories = false,
-- the floating window scaling factor. 1 means 100%, 0.9 means 90%, etc.
floating_window_scaling_factor = 0.9,
-- the transparency of the yazi floating window (0-100). See :h winblend
yazi_floating_window_winblend = 0,
-- the log level to use. Off by default, but can be used to diagnose
-- issues. You can find the location of the log file by running
-- `:checkhealth yazi` in Neovim.
log_level = vim.log.levels.OFF,
-- what Neovim should do a when a file was opened (selected) in yazi.
-- Defaults to simply opening the file.
open_file_function = function(chosen_file, config) end,
-- completely override the keymappings for yazi. This function will be
-- called in the context of the yazi terminal buffer.
set_keymappings_function = function(yazi_buffer_id, config) end,
-- the type of border to use for the floating window. Can be many values,
-- including 'none', 'rounded', 'single', 'double', 'shadow', etc. For
-- more information, see :h nvim_open_win
yazi_floating_window_border = 'rounded',
hooks = {
-- if you want to execute a custom action when yazi has been opened,
-- you can define it here.
yazi_opened = function(preselected_path, yazi_buffer_id, config)
-- you can optionally modify the config for this specific yazi
-- invocation if you want to customize the behaviour
end,
-- when yazi was successfully closed
yazi_closed_successfully = function(chosen_file, config) end,
-- when yazi opened multiple files. The default is to send them to the
-- quickfix list, but if you want to change that, you can define it here
yazi_opened_multiple_files = function(chosen_files, config, state) end,
},
integrations = {
--- What should be done when the user wants to grep in a directory
---@param directory string
grep_in_directory = function(directory)
-- the default implementation uses telescope if available, otherwise nothing
end,
},
},
}
These are the default keybindings that are available when yazi is open:
<c-v>
: open the selected file in a vertical split<c-x>
: open the selected file in a horizontal split<c-t>
: open the selected file in a new tab<c-s>
: close the current yazi directory using
telescope's live_grep
.
If telescope is not available, nothing happens. You can customize the search
action in your configuration.Notice that these are also the defaults for telescope.
Yazi is highly customizable. It features its own plugin and event system, themes, and keybindings. This section lists some of the plugins and themes that I like.
I forked this from https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/yazi.nvim for my own use, and also because I wanted to learn Neovim plugin development.
Please see COMMUNITY.md for more information on the project!