Bottom horizontal split theme

[AnatoleLucet]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
This is just a feature I think some people might like (including myself).

Describe the solution you'd like
I'd be nice to have a theme where the results are shown in a horizontal split at the bottom of the screen.
For e.g. something like CoC's fuzzy finder:

I'd personally prefer this layout in a few cases like the commands built-in.

[tjdevries]

How about something like this:

#771

It's just a rough draft

[AnatoleLucet]

It's looking great, thanks!
If the input is on the top, maybe the results list could go from top to bottom / stick to the top of the "results buffer"?
I also think that an horizontal line on the top'd nice to mark the separation between telescope and the background (like the borders of the other themes).

[elianiva]

If the input is on the top, maybe the results list could go from top to bottom / stick to the top of the "results buffer"?

this part is configurable

[tjdevries]

OK, you can try this now with:

lua require('telescope.builtin').find_files(require('telescope.themes').get_ivy())

Let me know if that is what you're looking for. It still allows for all the normal telescope configurations.

[tjdevries]

[smithbm2316]

@tjdevries thanks for the hard work on this new layout, I'm really looking forward to playing around with it! Is there a particular difference between setting your default layout_strategy to bottom_pane versus using the ivy theme, other than all of your pickers would be using the bottom_pane strategy by default? Or is it otherwise the same pretty much?

Hope you had a wonderful vacation! I'm looking forward to popping into a Teej stream again soon 😃

[tjdevries]

layout_strategies are only for how the windows are laid out.

themes are for combining layout_strategies, sorting_strategies, borders and more to make a cohesive unit that is easy for end users to consu.e

So the ivy theme, sets the sorting, borders, bordercharsx, etc. to make it look "ivy-ish". While the layout_strategy is ONLY concerned with where to place the windows.

[AnatoleLucet]

Thanks. It's looking great!
Though there seems to be some minor issues with Airline:

The status line seems to be blended into the telescope popup.

[evolify]

OK, you can try this now with:

lua require('telescope.builtin').find_files(require('telescope.themes').get_ivy())

Let me know if that is what you're looking for. It still allows for all the normal telescope configurations.

It's great, but I wonder how to put the prompt in the bottom?

[Conni2461]

It's great, but I wonder how to put the prompt in the bottom?

Currently not supported. PR welcome :)

[smackesey]

This is really great, and I'd love to use it as a quickfix replacement. In order to do that, one would need to be able to:

1. Switch out of the Telescope window while leaving it open.
2. Have mappings to move to the next/prev selection in the Telescope window and jump to that location while maintaining focus in the current window.

Is there any plan to support functionality like this?

[zetashift]

Is there also a way to get the ivy theme to have less height? Using the ivy theme with the file_browser makes the window take 50% of my my screen

[smackesey]

@zetashift Not sure if it's the best way, but you can modify various params of the theme like this:

local theme = require('telescope.themes').get_ivy()
theme['find_command'] = opts.find_command
theme['layout_config']['height'] = 10
require('telescope.builtin').find_files(theme)

[zetashift]

@smackesey thanks that worked!

[l-kershaw]

Closing now as the bottom_pane layout now supports the prompt_position option, so everything directly related to the original issue is implemented.