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1 *popup.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2019 May 26
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 Displaying text in floating window. *popup* *popup-window*
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9 THIS IS UNDER DESIGN - ANYTHING MAY STILL CHANGE
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11 1. Introduction |popup-intro|
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12 2. Functions |popup-functions|
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13 3. Examples |popup-examples|
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16 {not available if the |+eval| feature was disabled at compile time}
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17 {not able to use text properties if the |+textprop| feature was disabled at
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18 compile time}
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20 ==============================================================================
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21 1. Introduction *popup-intro*
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23 We are talking about popup windows here, text that goes on top of the regular
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24 windows and is under control of a plugin. You cannot edit the text in the
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25 popup window like with regular windows.
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27 A popup window can be used for such things as:
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28 - briefly show a message without overwriting the command line
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29 - prompt the user with a dialog
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30 - display contextual information while typing
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31 - give extra information for auto-completion
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33 The text in the popup window can be colored with |text-properties|. It is
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34 also possible to use syntax highlighting.
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36 The default color used is "Pmenu". If you prefer something else use the
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37 "highlight" argument or the 'wincolor' option, e.g.: >
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38 hi MyPopupColor ctermbg=lightblue guibg=lightblue
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39 call setwinvar(winid, '&wincolor', 'MyPopupColor')
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41 'hlsearch' and match highlighting are not displayed in a popup window.
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43 A popup window has a window-ID like other windows, but behaves differently.
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44 The size can be up to the whole Vim window and it overlaps other windows.
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45 Popup windows can also overlap each other.
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47 The popup window contains a buffer, and that buffer is always associated with
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48 the popup window. The window cannot be used in Normal, Visual or Insert mode,
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49 it does not get keyboard focus. You can use functions like `setbufline()` to
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50 change the text in the buffer. There are more differences from how this
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51 window and buffer behave compared to regular windows and buffers, see
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52 |popup-buffer|.
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54 If this is not what you are looking for, check out other popup functionality:
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55 - popup menu, see |popup-menu|
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56 - balloon, see |balloon-eval|
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59 WINDOW POSITION AND SIZE *popup-position*
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61 The height of the window is normally equal to the number of, possibly
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62 wrapping, lines in the buffer. It can be limited with the "maxheight"
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63 property. You can use empty lines to increase the height.
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65 The width of the window is normally equal to the longest line in the buffer.
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66 It can be limited with the "maxwidth" property. You can use spaces to
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67 increase the width.
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69 By default the 'wrap' option is set, so that no text disappears. However, if
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70 there is not enough space, some text may be invisible.
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73 TODO:
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75 Example how to use syntax highlighting of a code snippet.
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77 Scrolling: When the screen scrolls up for output of an Ex command, what
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78 happens with popups?
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79 1. Stay where they are. Problem: listed text may go behind and can't be read.
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80 2. Scroll with the page. What if they get updated? Either postpone, or take
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81 the scroll offset into account.
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82 Probably 2. is the best choice.
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85 IMPLEMENTATION:
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86 - Code is in popupwin.c
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87 - Implement list of lines with text properties
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88 - Implement popup_hide() and popup_show()
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89 - Implement filter.
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90 - Handle screen resize in screenalloc().
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91 - Make redrawing more efficient and avoid flicker.
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92 - Properly figure out the size and position.
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93 - Implement all the unimplemented options and features.
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96 ==============================================================================
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97 2. Functions *popup-functions*
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99 THIS IS UNDER DESIGN - ANYTHING MAY STILL CHANGE
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101 [functions to be moved to eval.txt later, keep overview of functions here]
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103 popup_create({text}, {options}) *popup_create()*
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104 Open a popup window showing {text}, which is either:
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105 - a string
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106 - a list of strings
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107 - a list of text lines with text properties
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108 {not implemented yet}
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109 {options} is a dictionary with many possible entries.
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110 See |popup_create-usage| for details.
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112 Returns a window-ID, which can be used with other popup
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113 functions. Use `winbufnr()` to get the number of the buffer
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114 in the window: >
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115 let winid = popup_create('hello', {})
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116 let bufnr = winbufnr(winid)
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117 call setbufline(bufnr, 2, 'second line')
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118 < In case of failure zero is returned.
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121 popup_close({id}) *popup_close()*
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122 Close popup {id}. The window and the associated buffer will
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123 be deleted.
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126 popup_dialog({text}, {options}) *popup_dialog()*
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127 {not implemented yet}
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129 call popup_create({text}, {
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130 \ 'pos': 'center',
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131 \ 'zindex': 200,
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132 \ 'border': [],
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133 \})
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134 < Use {options} to change the properties.
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137 popup_notification({text}, {options}) *popup_notification()*
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138 {not implemented yet}
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139 Show the {text} for 3 seconds at the top of the Vim window.
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140 This works like: >
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141 call popup_create({text}, {
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142 \ 'line': 1,
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143 \ 'col': 10,
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144 \ 'time': 3000,
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145 \ 'tab': -1,
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148 \ 'border': [],
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150 < Use {options} to change the properties.
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153 popup_atcursor({text}, {options}) *popup_atcursor()*
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154 {not implemented yet}
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155 Show the {text} above the cursor, and close it when the cursor
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156 moves. This works like: >
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157 call popup_create({text}, {
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158 \ 'line': 'cursor-1',
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159 \ 'col': 'cursor',
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160 \ 'moved': 'WORD',
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161 \ })
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162 < Use {options} to change the properties.
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165 popup_menu({text}, {options}) *popup_menu()*
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166 {not implemented yet}
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167 Show the {text} near the cursor, handle selecting one of the
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169 Space or Enter. {text} should have multiple lines to make this
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170 useful. This works like: >
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171 call popup_create({text}, {
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172 \ 'pos': 'center',
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173 \ 'zindex': 200,
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174 \ 'wrap': 0,
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175 \ 'border': [],
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176 \ 'filter': 'popup_filter_menu',
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178 < Use {options} to change the properties. Should at least set
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179 "callback" to a function that handles the selected item.
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182 popup_show({id}) *popup_show()*
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183 {not implemented yet}
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184 If {id} is a hidden popup, show it now.
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185
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186 popup_hide({id}) *popup_hide()*
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187 {not implemented yet}
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188 If {id} is a displayed popup, hide it now. If the popup has a
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189 filter it will not be invoked for so long as the popup is
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190 hidden.
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191
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192 popup_move({id}, {options}) *popup_move()*
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193 {not implemented yet}
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194 Move popup {id} to the position speficied with {options}.
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195 {options} may contain the items from |popup_create()| that
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196 specify the popup position: "line", "col", "pos", "maxheight",
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197 "minheight", "maxwidth" and "minwidth".
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199
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200 popup_filter_menu({id}, {key}) *popup_filter_menu()*
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201 {not implemented yet}
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202 Filter that can be used for a popup. It handles the cursor
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203 keys to move the selected index in the popup. Space and Enter
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205 popup menu with the index of the selected line as the second
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206 argument.
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209 popup_filter_yesno({id}, {key}) *popup_filter_yesno()*
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210 {not implemented yet}
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211 Filter that can be used for a popup. It handles only the keys
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212 'y', 'Y' and 'n' or 'N'. Invokes the "callback" of the
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213 popup menu with the 1 for 'y' or 'Y' and zero for 'n' or 'N'
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215 pressing 'n'.
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218 popup_setoptions({id}, {options}) *popup_setoptions()*
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219 {not implemented yet}
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220 Override options in popup {id} with entries in {options}.
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223 popup_getoptions({id}) *popup_getoptions()*
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224 {not implemented yet}
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225 Return the {options} for popup {id}.
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227 popup_getposition({id}) *popup_getposition()*
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228 {not implemented yet}
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229 Return the position and size of popup {id}. Returns a Dict
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230 with these entries:
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231 col screen column of the popup, one-based
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232 line screen line of the popup, one-based
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233 width width of the popup in screen cells
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234 height height of the popup in screen cells
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236 win_execute({id}, {command})
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237 {not implemented yet}
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238 Like `execute()` but in the context of window {id}.
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239 The window will temporarily be made the current window,
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240 without triggering autocommands.
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241 Example: >
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242 call win_execute(winid, 'syntax enable')
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243 <
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245 *:popupclear* *:popupc*
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246 :popupc[lear] Emergency solution to a misbehaving plugin: close all popup
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247 windows.
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250 POPUP BUFFER AND WINDOW *popup-buffer*
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251
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252 A new buffer is created to hold the text and text properties of the popup
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253 window. The buffer is always associated with the popup window and
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254 manipulation is restricted:
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255 - the buffer has no name
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256 - 'buftype' is "popup"
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257 - 'swapfile' is off
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258 - 'bufhidden' is "hide"
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259 - 'buflisted' is off
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260 - 'undolevels' is -1: no undo at all
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261 TODO: more
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263 It is possible to change these options, but anything might break then, so
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264 better leave them alone.
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265
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266 The window does have a cursor position, but the cursor is not displayed.
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267
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268 Options can be set on the window with `setwinvar()`, e.g.: >
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269 call setwinvar(winid, '&wrap', 0)
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270 And options can be set on the buffer with `setbufvar()`, e.g.: >
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271 call setbufvar(winbufnr(winid), '&filetype', 'java')
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272
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273
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274 POPUP_CREATE() ARGUMENTS *popup_create-usage*
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275
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276 The first argument of |popup_create()| specifies the text to be displayed, and
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277 optionally text properties. It is in one of three forms:
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278 - a string
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279 - a list of strings
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280 - a list of dictionaries, where each dictionary has these entries:
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281 {not implemented yet}
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282 text String with the text to display.
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283 props A list of text properties. Optional.
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284 Each entry is a dictionary, like the third argument of
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285 |prop_add()|, but specifying the column in the
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286 dictionary with a "col" entry, see below:
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287 |popup-props|.
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288
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289 The second argument of |popup_create()| is a dictionary with options:
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290 line screen line where to position the popup; can use
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291 "cursor", "cursor+1" or "cursor-1" to use the line of
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292 the cursor and add or subtract a number of lines;
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293 default is "cursor-1".
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294 {only number is implemented}
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295 col screen column where to position the popup; can use
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296 "cursor" to use the column of the cursor, "cursor+99"
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297 and "cursor-99" to add or subtract a number of
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298 columns; default is "cursor"
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299 {only number is implemented}
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300 pos "topleft", "topright", "botleft" or "botright":
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301 defines what corner of the popup "line" and "col" are
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303 "center" can be used to position the popup in the
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304 center of the Vim window.
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305 {not implemented yet}
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306 flip when TRUE (the default) and the position is relative
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307 to the cursor, flip to below or above the cursor to
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308 avoid overlap with the |popupmenu-completion| or
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309 another popup with a higher "zindex"
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310 {not implemented yet}
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311 maxheight maximum height
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312 minheight minimum height
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313 {not implemented yet}
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314 maxwidth maximum width
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315 minwidth minimum width
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316 {not implemented yet}
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317 hidden when TRUE the popup exists but is not displayed; use
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318 `popup_show()` to unhide it.
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319 {not implemented yet}
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320 tab when -1: display the popup on all tabs; when 0 (the
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321 default): display the popup on the current tab;
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322 otherwise the number of the tab page the popup is
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323 displayed on; when invalid the current tab is used
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324 {only -1 and 0 are implemented}
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325 title text to be displayed above the first item in the
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326 popup, on top of any border
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327 {not implemented yet}
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328 wrap TRUE to make the lines wrap (default TRUE)
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329 {not implemented yet}
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330 highlight highlight group name to use for the text, stored in
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331 the 'wincolor' option
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332 border list with numbers, defining the border thickness
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333 above/right/below/left of the popup; an empty list
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334 uses a border of 1 all around
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335 {not implemented yet}
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336 borderhighlight highlight group name to use for the border
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337 {not implemented yet}
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338 borderchars list with characters, defining the character to use
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339 for the top/right/bottom/left border; optionally
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340 followed by the character to use for the
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341 topright/botright/botleft/topleft corner; an empty
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342 list can be used to show a double line all around
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343 {not implemented yet}
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344 zindex priority for the popup, default 50
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345 time time in milliseconds after which the popup will close;
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346 when omitted |popup_close()| must be used.
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347 moved "cell": close the popup if the cursor moved at least
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348 one screen cell; "word" allows for moving within
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349 |<cword>|, "WORD" allows for moving within |<cWORD>|,
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350 a list with two numbers specifies the start and end
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351 column
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352 {not implemented yet}
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353 filter a callback that can filter typed characters, see
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354 |popup-filter|
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355 {not implemented yet}
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356 callback a callback to be used when the popup closes, e.g. when
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357 using |popup_filter_menu()|, see |popup-callback|.
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358 {not implemented yet}
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359
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360 Depending on the "zindex" the popup goes under or above other popups. The
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361 completion menu (|popup-menu|) has zindex 100. For messages that occur for a
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362 short time the suggestion is to use zindex 1000.
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363
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364 By default text wraps, which causes a line in {lines} to occupy more than one
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365 screen line. When "wrap" is FALSE then the text outside of the popup or
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366 outside of the Vim window will not be displayed, thus truncated.
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367
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368
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369 POPUP TEXT PROPERTIES *popup-props*
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371 {not implemented yet}
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372 These are similar to the third argument of |prop_add()|, but not exactly the
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373 same, since they only apply to one line.
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374 col starting column, counted in bytes, use one for the
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375 first column.
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376 length length of text in bytes; can be zero
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377 end_col column just after the text; not used when "length" is
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379 zero-width text property
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380 id user defined ID for the property; when omitted zero is
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381 used
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382 type name of the text property type, as added with
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383 |prop_type_add()|
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384 transparent do not show these characters, show the text under it;
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385 if there is an border character to the right or below
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386 it will be made transparent as well
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389 POPUP FILTER *popup-filter*
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390
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391 {not implemented yet}
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392 A callback that gets any typed keys while a popup is displayed. The filter is
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393 not invoked when the popup is hidden.
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395 The filter can return TRUE to indicate the key has been handled and is to be
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396 discarded, or FALSE to let Vim handle the key as usual in the current state.
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397 In case it returns FALSE and there is another popup window visible, that
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398 filter is also called. The filter of the popup window with the highest zindex
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399 is called first.
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401 The filter function is called with two arguments: the ID of the popup and the
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402 key.
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404 Some common key actions:
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405 Esc close the popup
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406 cursor keys select another entry
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407 Tab accept current suggestion
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409 A mouse click arrives as <LeftMouse>. The coordinates are in
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410 v:mouse_popup_col and v:mouse_popup_row. The top-left screen cell of the
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411 popup is col 1, row 1 (not counting the border).
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413 Vim provides standard filters |popup_filter_menu()| and
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414 |popup_filter_yesno()|.
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417 POPUP CALLBACK *popup-callback*
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418
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419 {not implemented yet}
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420 A callback that is invoked when the popup closes. Used by
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421 |popup_filter_menu()|. Invoked with two arguments: the ID of the popup and
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422 the result, which would usually be an index in the popup lines, or whatever
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423 the filter wants to pass.
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425 ==============================================================================
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426 3. Examples *popup-examples*
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428 TODO
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430 Prompt the user to press y/Y or n/N: >
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432 func MyDialogHandler(id, result)
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433 if a:result
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434 " ... 'y' or 'Y' was pressed
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435 endif
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436 endfunc
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438 call popup_create(['Continue? y/n'], {
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439 \ 'filter': 'popup_filter_yesno',
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440 \ 'callback': 'MyDialogHandler',
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441 \ })
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442 <
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444 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: