Feat: Icons per file type

[bryant-the-coder]

Is it possible to add like when i open a lua file... then there will be a lua icon. Html file with html icon. Is it possible?

[shadmansaleh]

filetype component already supports icons by default . You need to install nvim-web-devicons for that to work.

If you want just the icon you can use icon_only option

[bryant-the-coder]

I mean beside filename...

[shadmansaleh]

I mean beside filename...

No filename component doesn't have icons out of the box . But you can create a custom filename component with that functionality .

[bryant-the-coder]

like how?

[shadmansaleh]

like how?

You can just reuse the apply_icon method from filetype component in your custom filename component to easily get icons with filename.

For example

local my_filename = require('lualine.components.filename'):extend()
my_filename.apply_icon = require('lualine.components.filetype').apply_icon

require'lualine'.setup {
  lualine_c = {{my_filename, colored = true}},
}

[bryant-the-coder]

thanks

[dave-kennedy]

You also need to set my_filename.icon_hl_cache = {} or remove colored = true from options.