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patch 8.1.1553: not easy to change the text in a popup window
commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/dc2ce58b5ac72e2af765385eb426660104816344
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sun Jun 16 15:32:14 2019 +0200
patch 8.1.1553: not easy to change the text in a popup window
Problem: Not easy to change the text in a popup window.
Solution: Add popup_settext(). (Ben Jackson, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/4549)
Also display a space for an empty popup.
author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> |
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date | Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:45:05 +0200 |
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*popup.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2019 Jun 15 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar Displaying text in floating window. *popup* *popup-window* THIS IS UNDER DESIGN - ANYTHING MAY STILL CHANGE 1. Introduction |popup-intro| 2. Functions |popup-functions| 3. Examples |popup-examples| {not available if the |+textprop| feature was disabled at compile time} ============================================================================== 1. Introduction *popup-intro* We are talking about popup windows here, text that goes on top of the regular windows and is under control of a plugin. You cannot edit the text in the popup window like with regular windows. A popup window can be used for such things as: - briefly show a message without overwriting the command line - prompt the user with a dialog - display contextual information while typing - give extra information for auto-completion The text in the popup window can be colored with |text-properties|. It is also possible to use syntax highlighting. The default color used is "Pmenu". If you prefer something else use the "highlight" argument or the 'wincolor' option, e.g.: > hi MyPopupColor ctermbg=lightblue guibg=lightblue call setwinvar(winid, '&wincolor', 'MyPopupColor') 'hlsearch' highlighting is not displayed in a popup window. A popup window has a window-ID like other windows, but behaves differently. The size can be up to the whole Vim window and it overlaps other windows. Popup windows can also overlap each other. The "zindex" property specifies what goes on top of what. The popup window contains a buffer, and that buffer is always associated with the popup window. The window cannot be in Normal, Visual or Insert mode, it does not get keyboard focus. You can use functions like `setbufline()` to change the text in the buffer. There are more differences from how this window and buffer behave compared to regular windows and buffers, see |popup-buffer|. If this is not what you are looking for, check out other popup functionality: - popup menu, see |popup-menu| - balloon, see |balloon-eval| WINDOW POSITION AND SIZE *popup-position* The height of the window is normally equal to the number of, possibly wrapping, lines in the buffer. It can be limited with the "maxheight" property. You can use empty lines to increase the height or the "minheight" property. The width of the window is normally equal to the longest line in the buffer. It can be limited with the "maxwidth" property. You can use spaces to increase the width or use the "minwidth" property. By default the 'wrap' option is set, so that no text disappears. Otherwise, if there is not enough space then the window is shifted left in order to display more text. This can be disabled with the "fixed" property. Also disabled when right-aligned. Vim tries to show the popup in the location you specify. In some cases, e.g. when the popup would go outside of the Vim window, it will show it somewhere else. E.g. if you use `popup_atcursor()` the popup normally shows just above the current cursor position, but if the cursor is close to the top of the Vim window it will be placed below the cursor position. When the screen scrolls up for output of an Ex command, popups move too, so that they will not cover the output. The current cursor position is displayed even when it is under a popup window. That way you can still see where it is, even though you cannot see the text that it is in. TODO: - Why does 'nrformats' leak from the popup window buffer??? - Disable commands, feedkeys(), CTRL-W, etc. in a popup window. Use NOT_IN_POPUP_WINDOW for more commands. - Add 'balloonpopup': instead of showing text, let the callback open a popup window and return the window ID. The popup will then be closed when the mouse moves, except when it moves inside the popup. - For the "moved" property also include mouse movement? - Make redrawing more efficient and avoid flicker: - put popup menu also put in popup_mask? - Invoke filter with character before mapping? - Figure out the size and position better. if wrapping splits a double-wide character if wrapping inserts indent - When drawing on top half a double-wide character, display ">" or "<" in the incomplete cell. - Can the buffer be re-used, to avoid using up lots of buffer numbers? - Use a popup window for the "info" item of completion instead of using a preview window. Ideas in issue #4544. How to add highlighting? - When the lines do not fit show a scrollbar (like in the popup menu). Use the mouse wheel for scrolling. - Implement: popup_filter_menu({id}, {key}) popup_menu({text}, {options}) popup_setoptions({id}, {options}) hidden option tabpage option with number title option flip option transparent text property ============================================================================== 2. Functions *popup-functions* THIS IS UNDER DESIGN - ANYTHING MAY STILL CHANGE Creating a popup window: |popup_create()| centered in the screen |popup_atcursor()| just above the cursor position, closes when the cursor moves away |popup_notifiation()| show a notification for three seconds |popup_dialog()| centered with padding and border |popup_menu()| prompt for selecting an item from a list Manipulating a popup window: |popup_hide()| hide a popup temporarily |popup_show()| show a previously hidden popup |popup_move()| change the position and size of a popup |popup_setoptions()| override options of a popup |popup_settext()| replace the popup buffer contents Closing popup windows: |popup_close()| close one popup |popup_clear()| close all popups Filter functions: |popup_filter_menu()| select from a list of items |popup_filter_yesno()| blocks until 'y' or 'n' is pressed Other: |popup_getoptions()| get current options for a popup |popup_getpos()| get actual position and size of a popup [functions help to be moved to eval.txt later] popup_atcursor({text}, {options}) *popup_atcursor()* Show the {text} above the cursor, and close it when the cursor moves. This works like: > call popup_create({text}, { \ 'pos': 'botleft', \ 'line': 'cursor-1', \ 'col': 'cursor', \ 'moved': 'WORD', \ }) < Use {options} to change the properties. *popup_clear()* popup_clear() Emergency solution to a misbehaving plugin: close all popup windows. popup_close({id} [, {result}]) *popup_close()* Close popup {id}. The window and the associated buffer will be deleted. If the popup has a callback it will be called just before the popup window is deleted. If the optional {result} is present it will be passed as the second argument of the callback. Otherwise zero is passed to the callback. popup_create({text}, {options}) *popup_create()* Open a popup window showing {text}, which is either: - a string - a list of strings - a list of text lines with text properties {options} is a dictionary with many possible entries. See |popup_create-usage| for details. Returns a window-ID, which can be used with other popup functions. Use `winbufnr()` to get the number of the buffer in the window: > let winid = popup_create('hello', {}) let bufnr = winbufnr(winid) call setbufline(bufnr, 2, 'second line') < In case of failure zero is returned. popup_dialog({text}, {options}) *popup_dialog()* Just like |popup_create()| but with these default options: > call popup_create({text}, { \ 'pos': 'center', \ 'zindex': 200, \ 'drag': 1, \ 'border': [], \ 'padding': [], \}) < Use {options} to change the properties. E.g. add a 'filter' option with value 'popup_filter_yesno'. Example: > call popup_create('do you want to quit (Yes/no)?', { \ 'filter': 'popup_filter_yesno', \ 'callback': 'QuitCallback', \ }) < By default the dialog can be dragged, so that text below it can be read if needed. popup_filter_menu({id}, {key}) *popup_filter_menu()* {not implemented yet} Filter that can be used for a popup. It handles the cursor keys to move the selected index in the popup. Space and Enter can be used to select an item. Invokes the "callback" of the popup menu with the index of the selected line as the second argument. popup_filter_yesno({id}, {key}) *popup_filter_yesno()* Filter that can be used for a popup. It handles only the keys 'y', 'Y' and 'n' or 'N'. Invokes the "callback" of the popup menu with the 1 for 'y' or 'Y' and zero for 'n' or 'N' as the second argument. Pressing Esc and 'x' works like pressing 'n'. CTRL-C invokes the callback with -1. Other keys are ignored. popup_getoptions({id}) *popup_getoptions()* Return the {options} for popup {id} in a Dict. A zero value means the option was not set. For "zindex" the default value is returned, not zero. The "highlight" entry is omitted, use the 'wincolor' option for that: > let hl = getwinvar(winid, '&wincolor') < If popup window {id} is not found an empty Dict is returned. popup_getpos({id}) *popup_getpos()* Return the position and size of popup {id}. Returns a Dict with these entries: col screen column of the popup, one-based line screen line of the popup, one-based width width of the whole popup in screen cells height height of the whole popup in screen cells core_col screen column of the text box core_line screen line of the text box core_width width of the text box in screen cells core_height height of the text box in screen cells visible one if the popup is displayed, zero if hidden Note that these are the actual screen positions. They differ from the values in `popup_getoptions()` for the sizing and positioning mechanism applied. The "core_" values exclude the padding and border. If popup window {id} is not found an empty Dict is returned. popup_hide({id}) *popup_hide()* If {id} is a displayed popup, hide it now. If the popup has a filter it will not be invoked for so long as the popup is hidden. If window {id} does not exist nothing happens. If window {id} exists but is not a popup window an error is given. *E993* popup_menu({text}, {options}) *popup_menu()* {not implemented yet} Show the {text} near the cursor, handle selecting one of the items with cursorkeys, and close it an item is selected with Space or Enter. {text} should have multiple lines to make this useful. This works like: > call popup_create({text}, { \ 'pos': 'center', \ 'zindex': 200, \ 'wrap': 0, \ 'border': [], \ 'filter': 'popup_filter_menu', \ }) < Use {options} to change the properties. Should at least set "callback" to a function that handles the selected item. popup_move({id}, {options}) *popup_move()* Move popup {id} to the position specified with {options}. {options} may contain the items from |popup_create()| that specify the popup position: "line", "col", "pos", "maxheight", "minheight", "maxwidth" and "minwidth". For {id} see `popup_hide()`. popup_notification({text}, {options}) *popup_notification()* Show the {text} for 3 seconds at the top of the Vim window. This works like: > call popup_create({text}, { \ 'line': 1, \ 'col': 10, \ 'minwidth': 20, \ 'time': 3000, \ 'tabpage': -1, \ 'zindex': 300, \ 'drag': 1, \ 'highlight': 'WarningMsg', \ 'border': [], \ 'padding': [0,1,0,1], \ }) < The PopupNotification highlight group is used instead of WarningMsg if it is defined. < The position will be adjusted to avoid overlap with other notifications. Use {options} to change the properties. popup_show({id}) *popup_show()* If {id} is a hidden popup, show it now. For {id} see `popup_hide()`. popup_setoptions({id}, {options}) *popup_setoptions()* {not implemented yet} Override options in popup {id} with entries in {options}. popup_settext({id}, {text}) *popup_settext()* Set the text of the buffer in poup win {id}. {text} is the same as supplied to |popup_create()|. Does not change the window size or position, other than caused by the different text. POPUP BUFFER AND WINDOW *popup-buffer* A new buffer is created to hold the text and text properties of the popup window. The buffer is always associated with the popup window and manipulation is restricted: - the buffer has no name - 'buftype' is "popup" - 'swapfile' is off - 'bufhidden' is "hide" - 'buflisted' is off - 'undolevels' is -1: no undo at all - all other buffer-local and window_local options are set to their Vim default value. It is possible to change the specifically mentioned options, but anything might break then, so better leave them alone. The window does have a cursor position, but the cursor is not displayed. To execute a command in the context of the popup window and buffer use `win_execute()`. Example: > call win_execute(winid, 'syntax enable') Options can be set on the window with `setwinvar()`, e.g.: > call setwinvar(winid, '&wrap', 0) And options can be set on the buffer with `setbufvar()`, e.g.: > call setbufvar(winbufnr(winid), '&filetype', 'java') Note that this does not trigger autocommands. Use `win_execute()` if you do need them. POPUP_CREATE() ARGUMENTS *popup_create-usage* The first argument of |popup_create()| (and the second argument to |popup_setttext()|) specifies the text to be displayed, and optionally text properties. It is in one of three forms: - a string - a list of strings - a list of dictionaries, where each dictionary has these entries: text String with the text to display. props A list of text properties. Optional. Each entry is a dictionary, like the third argument of |prop_add()|, but specifying the column in the dictionary with a "col" entry, see below: |popup-props|. The second argument of |popup_create()| is a dictionary with options: line Screen line where to position the popup. Can use a number or "cursor", "cursor+1" or "cursor-1" to use the line of the cursor and add or subtract a number of lines. If omitted the popup is vertically centered. The first line is 1. col Screen column where to position the popup. Can use a number or "cursor" to use the column of the cursor, "cursor+9" or "cursor-9" to add or subtract a number of columns. If omitted the popup is horizontally centered. The first column is 1. pos "topleft", "topright", "botleft" or "botright": defines what corner of the popup "line" and "col" are used for. When not set "topleft" is used. Alternatively "center" can be used to position the popup in the center of the Vim window, in which case "line" and "col" are ignored. fixed When FALSE (the default), and: - "pos" is "botleft" or "topleft", and - "wrap" is off, and - the popup would be truncated at the right edge of the screen, then the popup is moved to the left so as to fit the contents on the screen. Set to TRUE to disable this. flip When TRUE (the default) and the position is relative to the cursor, flip to below or above the cursor to avoid overlap with the |popupmenu-completion| or another popup with a higher "zindex". When there is no space above/below the cursor then show the popup to the side of the popup or popup menu. {not implemented yet} maxheight Maximum height of the contents, excluding border and padding. minheight Minimum height of the contents, excluding border and padding. maxwidth Maximum width of the contents, excluding border and padding. minwidth Minimum width of the contents, excluding border and padding. firstline First buffer line to display. When larger than one it looks like the text scrolled up. When out of range the last buffer line will at the top of the window. hidden When TRUE the popup exists but is not displayed; use `popup_show()` to unhide it. {not implemented yet} tabpage When -1: display the popup on all tabs. When 0 (the default): display the popup on the current tab page. Otherwise the number of the tab page the popup is displayed on; when invalid the current tab page is used. {only -1 and 0 are implemented} title Text to be displayed above the first item in the popup, on top of any border. If there is no top border one line of padding is added to put the title on. {not implemented yet} wrap TRUE to make the lines wrap (default TRUE). drag TRUE to allow the popup to be dragged with the mouse by grabbing at at the border. Has no effect if the popup does not have a border. As soon as dragging starts and "pos" is "center" it is changed to "topleft". highlight Highlight group name to use for the text, stored in the 'wincolor' option. padding List with numbers, defining the padding above/right/below/left of the popup (similar to CSS). An empty list uses a padding of 1 all around. The padding goes around the text, inside any border. Padding uses the 'wincolor' highlight. Example: [1, 2, 1, 3] has 1 line of padding above, 2 columns on the right, 1 line below and 3 columns on the left. border List with numbers, defining the border thickness above/right/below/left of the popup (similar to CSS). Only values of zero and non-zero are recognized. An empty list uses a border all around. borderhighlight List of highlight group names to use for the border. When one entry it is used for all borders, otherwise the highlight for the top/right/bottom/left border. Example: ['TopColor', 'RightColor', 'BottomColor, 'LeftColor'] borderchars List with characters, defining the character to use for the top/right/bottom/left border. Optionally followed by the character to use for the topleft/topright/botright/botleft corner. Example: ['-', '|', '-', '|', '┌', '┐', '┘', '└'] When the list has one character it is used for all. When the list has two characters the first is used for the border lines, the second for the corners. By default a double line is used all around when 'encoding' is "utf-8", otherwise ASCII characters are used. zindex Priority for the popup, default 50. Minimum value is 1, maximum value is 32000. time Time in milliseconds after which the popup will close. When omitted |popup_close()| must be used. moved Specifies to close the popup if the cursor moved: - "any": if the cursor moved at all - "word": if the cursor moved outside |<cword>| - "WORD": if the cursor moved outside |<cWORD>| - [{start}, {end}]: if the cursor moved before column {start} or after {end} The popup also closes if the cursor moves to another line or to another window. filter A callback that can filter typed characters, see |popup-filter|. callback A callback that is called when the popup closes, e.g. when using |popup_filter_menu()|, see |popup-callback|. Depending on the "zindex" the popup goes under or above other popups. The completion menu (|popup-menu|) has zindex 100. For messages that occur for a short time the suggestion is to use zindex 1000. By default text wraps, which causes a line in {lines} to occupy more than one screen line. When "wrap" is FALSE then the text outside of the popup or outside of the Vim window will not be displayed, thus truncated. POPUP TEXT PROPERTIES *popup-props* These are similar to the third argument of |prop_add()| except: - "lnum" is always the current line in the list - "bufnr" is always the buffer of the popup - "col" is in the Dict instead of a separate argument - "transparent" is extra So we get: col starting column, counted in bytes, use one for the first column. length length of text in bytes; can be zero end_lnum line number for the end of the text end_col column just after the text; not used when "length" is present; when {col} and "end_col" are equal, this is a zero-width text property id user defined ID for the property; when omitted zero is used type name of the text property type, as added with |prop_type_add()| transparent do not show these characters, show the text under it; if there is a border character to the right or below it will be made transparent as well {not implemented yet} POPUP FILTER *popup-filter* A callback that gets any typed keys while a popup is displayed. The filter is not invoked when the popup is hidden. The filter can return TRUE to indicate the key has been handled and is to be discarded, or FALSE to let Vim handle the key as usual in the current state. In case it returns FALSE and there is another popup window visible, that filter is also called. The filter of the popup window with the highest zindex is called first. The filter function is called with two arguments: the ID of the popup and the key as a string, e.g.: > func MyFilter(winid, key) if a:key == "\<F2>" " do something return 1 endif if a:key == 'x' call popup_close(a:winid) return 1 endif return 0 endfunc Currently the key is what results after any mapping. This may change... Some common key actions: x close the popup (see note below) cursor keys select another entry Tab accept current suggestion A mouse click arrives as <LeftMouse>. The coordinates are in v:mouse_popup_col and v:mouse_popup_row. The top-left screen cell of the popup is col 1, row 1 (not counting the border). Vim provides standard filters |popup_filter_menu()| and |popup_filter_yesno()|. Note that "x" is the normal way to close a popup. You may want to use Esc, but since many keys start with an Esc character, there may be a delay before Vim recognizes the Esc key. If you do use Esc, it is recommended to set the 'ttimeoutlen' option to 100 and set 'timeout' and/or 'ttimeout'. POPUP CALLBACK *popup-callback* A callback that is invoked when the popup closes. The callback is invoked with two arguments: the ID of the popup window and the result, which could be an index in the popup lines, or whatever was passed as the second argument of `popup_close()`. If the popup is force-closed, e.g. because the cursor moved or CTRL-C was pressed, the number -1 is passed to the callback. ============================================================================== 3. Examples *popup-examples* TODO Prompt the user to press y/Y or n/N: > func MyDialogHandler(id, result) if a:result " ... 'y' or 'Y' was pressed endif endfunc call popup_create(['Continue? y/n'], { \ 'filter': 'popup_filter_yesno', \ 'callback': 'MyDialogHandler', \ }) < vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: