picker: add sort option (#11021)

book/src/editor.md

@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ All git related options are only enabled in a git repository.
 |`git-ignore` | Enables reading `.gitignore` files | `true`
 |`git-global` | Enables reading global `.gitignore`, whose path is specified in git's config: `core.excludesfile` option | `true`
 |`git-exclude` | Enables reading `.git/info/exclude` files | `true`
+|`sort` | Enables sorting entries by file name | `true`
 |`max-depth` | Set with an integer value for maximum depth to recurse | Unset by default
 
 Ignore files can be placed locally as `.ignore` or put in your home directory as `~/.ignore`. They support the usual ignore and negative ignore (unignore) rules used in `.gitignore` files.

helix-term/src/ui/mod.rs

@@ -188,10 +188,13 @@ pub fn file_picker(root: PathBuf, config: &helix_view::editor::Config) -> Picker
  .git_ignore(config.file_picker.git_ignore)
  .git_global(config.file_picker.git_global)
  .git_exclude(config.file_picker.git_exclude)
- .sort_by_file_name(|name1, name2| name1.cmp(name2))
  .max_depth(config.file_picker.max_depth)
  .filter_entry(move |entry| filter_picker_entry(entry, &absolute_root, dedup_symlinks));
 
+ if config.file_picker.sort {
+ walk_builder.sort_by_file_name(|name1, name2| name1.cmp(name2));
+ }
+
  walk_builder.add_custom_ignore_filename(helix_loader::config_dir().join("ignore"));
  walk_builder.add_custom_ignore_filename(".helix/ignore");
 

helix-view/src/editor.rs

@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ pub struct FilePickerConfig {
  /// Enables reading `.git/info/exclude` files.
  /// Whether to hide files listed in .git/info/exclude in file picker and global search results. Defaults to true.
  pub git_exclude: bool,
+ /// Weather to sort picker entries by file name. Defaults to true.
+ pub sort: bool,
  /// WalkBuilder options
  /// Maximum Depth to recurse directories in file picker and global search. Defaults to `None`.
  pub max_depth: Option<usize>,
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@ impl Default for FilePickerConfig {
  git_ignore: true,
  git_global: true,
  git_exclude: true,
+ sort: true,
  max_depth: None,
  }
  }