feature request for "find" aka jump to matching file/folder

[teto]

thanks for creating this ! I used to use ranger but was tempted by joshuto for the rust bonus but either choice had issues and I feel yazi has strong foundamentals and can become the best choice for me:

• (image & text) preview by default !
• it was the fastest when opening my 200GB /nix/store that joshuto and ranger have difficulty with. I believe it could be even better and refresh the listing dynamically (I still had to wait ~8 sec) but it's much better than the other two.

The feature I miss the most currently is "search" or "filter". In ranger/joshuto, I could type / to start typing a folder name and go to it. Maybe it's possible in yazi but I couldn't find how ?

NB: nitpicks: PageUp and PageDown are not bound byu default and when the prompt to quit appears asking for "yes or no", I think it should quit on "y" press while right now I had to press "Enter" too.

[Gajus84]

The feature I miss the most currently is "search" or "filter". In ranger/joshuto, I could type / to start typing a folder name and go to it. Maybe it's possible in yazi but I couldn't find how ?

There are two possibilities, provided you have the requirements installed. FD and ripgrep (rg). Those are executed with "s" and "S".

You can consult (https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/tree/main/config/preset) for default keycodes.

I hope this is of help.

[teto]

It did help: I've added

 	{ on = [ "<PageUp>" ], exec = "arrow -10" },
	{ on = [ "<PageDown>" ], exec = "arrow 10" },

to keymap.toml. Note that you have to copy the whole file as your ~/.config/yazi/keymap.toml does not get merged with the default one.

I've tried s and S but it's a bit different than ranger's as ranger's / starts jumping to the folder you type immediately without . It's faster.

[sxyazi]

Hi, thanks for the appreciation! Yazi integrates fzf and rg as the "search" feature; what you're looking for is called "find", which is documented in Feature requests, and I'll implement it sometime in the near future.

It's true that there's a lot of optimization potential in Yazi, such as dynamically loading file metadata, putting file sorting into a separate blocking threads pool, etc. It's a matter of finding the performance bottlenecks and optimizing for them, but I'll probably need to install a Nix before I can do that 🤣

Regarding the last point, does "yes or no" refer to the prompt triggered by quitting while there are still tasks left to complete?

[teto]

what you're looking for is called "find", which is documented in #51, and I'll implement it sometime in the near future.

cool ! let me know if you need testers

Regarding the last point, does "yes or no" refer to the prompt triggered by quitting while there are still tasks left to complete?

Yes that's exactly it. I am not sure what/how I created the tasks but the message mentioned those.

[sxyazi]

You can press w key (the default) to see the tasks in progress

[sxyazi]

Done by #104, please give it a try!

[teto]

I am not sure what you meant by "filter" in the PR but here is what I would like to have in yazi, live update of the selected item upon keypress (it's enabled with / in ranger):

Kooha-2023-09-06-00-08-33.webm

NB: Kooha only worked with a fullscreen capture in my setup.

[sxyazi]

Oh, I think I understand what you mean now. I will see if this is complex and try to implement it.

[sxyazi]

it was the fastest when opening my 200GB /nix/store that joshuto and ranger have difficulty with. I believe it could be even better and refresh the listing dynamically (I still had to wait ~8 sec) but it's much better than the other two.

You might be interested in #117 :)

[teto]

first time I started cargo run -- /nix/store took the same time as 0.1.4 (around 10seconds), but on restarts, it took half of that like 5sec so I wonder if yazi has its cache or if it's a system one

[sxyazi]

Currently, Yazi performs chunk pre-loading when the cursor is hovered.

I am still considering whether it should be extended to direct opening -- this depends on whether the effect is noticeable.

You can try cargo run -- /nix, then navigate to the store, and enter it to see the effect.

[teto]

wow indeed I just tried it and it was instantaneous !!!! Never dreamed of it considering how slow ranger and joshuto were. I will get you champagne if you come to france ;)

[sxyazi]

Haha, thanks for your testing! I'm curious, how long does it take now? I only created 100,000 empty files for testing locally, and they take up almost no space. I'm not sure how it would perform under the pressure of 200GB. I haven't even installed NixOS yet 🤣

[teto]

it is faster than anything I can notice, so I would say <100ms.

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