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<h1 id="modes"><a class="header" href="#modes">Modes</a></h1>
<p>xplr is a modal file explorer. That means the users switch between different
modes, each containing a different set of key bindings to avoid clashes. Users
can switch between these modes at run-time.</p>
<p>The modes can be configured using the <code>xplr.config.modes</code> Lua API.</p>
<p>It contains the following fields:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#builtin">builtin</a></li>
<li><a href="#custom">custom</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="builtin"><a class="header" href="#builtin">builtin</a></h2>
<p>Type: mapping of string and <a href="#mode">Mode</a></p>
<p>This is exposed by the <code>xplr.config.modes.builtin</code> API.</p>
<p>xplr by default provides the following builtin modes:</p>
<ul>
<li>default</li>
<li>recover</li>
<li>selection_ops</li>
<li>create</li>
<li>create_directory</li>
<li>create_file</li>
<li>number</li>
<li>go_to</li>
<li>rename</li>
<li>delete</li>
<li>action</li>
<li>search</li>
<li>filter</li>
<li>relative_path_does_contain</li>
<li>relative_path_does_not_contain</li>
<li>sort</li>
<li>switch_layout</li>
<li>quit</li>
</ul>
<p>Visit the <a href="default-key-bindings.html">Default Key Bindings</a> to see what each mode
does.</p>
<h2 id="custom"><a class="header" href="#custom">custom</a></h2>
<p>Type: mapping of string and <a href="#mode">Mode</a></p>
<p>This is exposed by the <code>xplr.config.modes.custom</code> API.</p>
<p>It allows the users to define custom modes.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code class="language-lua">xplr.config.modes.custom.example = {
name = &quot;example&quot;,
key_bindings = {
on_key = {
enter = {
help = &quot;default mode&quot;,
messages = {
&quot;PopMode&quot;,
{ SwitchModeBuiltin = &quot;default&quot; }
}
}
}
}
}
xplr.config.general.initial_mode = &quot;example&quot;
-- when you load xplr, you should be in the &quot;example&quot; mode,
-- pressing &quot;enter&quot; should take you to the &quot;default&quot; mode.
</code></pre>
<h2 id="mode"><a class="header" href="#mode">Mode</a></h2>
<p>A mode contains the following information:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#name">name</a></li>
<li><a href="#help">help</a></li>
<li><a href="#extra_help">extra_help</a></li>
<li><a href="#key_bindings">key_bindings</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="name"><a class="header" href="#name">name</a></h3>
<p>Type: string</p>
<p>This is the name of the mode visible in the help menu.</p>
<h3 id="help"><a class="header" href="#help">help</a></h3>
<p>Type: nullable string</p>
<p>If specified, the help menu will display this instead of the auto generated
mappings.</p>
<h3 id="extra_help"><a class="header" href="#extra_help">extra_help</a></h3>
<p>Type: nullable string</p>
<p>If specified, the help menu will display this along-side the auto generated
help menu.</p>
<h3 id="key_bindings"><a class="header" href="#key_bindings">key_bindings</a></h3>
<p>Type: <a href="#key-bindings">Key Bindings</a></p>
<p>The key bindings available in that mode.</p>
<h2 id="key-bindings"><a class="header" href="#key-bindings">Key Bindings</a></h2>
<p>Key bindings define how each keyboard input will be handled in a specific mode.</p>
<p>See the <a href="default-key-bindings.html">default key bindings</a> for example.</p>
<p>Key bindings contains the following information:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#on_key">on_key</a></li>
<li><a href="#on_alphabet">on_alphabet</a></li>
<li><a href="#on_number">on_number</a></li>
<li><a href="#on_special_character">on_special_character</a></li>
<li><a href="#default">default</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="on_key"><a class="header" href="#on_key">on_key</a></h3>
<p>Type: mapping of <a href="#key">Key</a> to nullable <a href="#action">Action</a></p>
<p>Defines what to do when a specific key is pressed.</p>
<h3 id="on_alphabet"><a class="header" href="#on_alphabet">on_alphabet</a></h3>
<p>Type: nullable <a href="#action">Action</a></p>
<p>An action to perform if the keyboard input is an alphabet and is not mapped via
the <a href="#on_key">on_key</a> field.</p>
<h3 id="on_number"><a class="header" href="#on_number">on_number</a></h3>
<p>Type: nullable <a href="#action">Action</a></p>
<p>An action to perform if the keyboard input is a number and is not mapped via
the <a href="#on_key">on_key</a> field.</p>
<h3 id="on_special_character"><a class="header" href="#on_special_character">on_special_character</a></h3>
<p>Type: nullable <a href="#action">Action</a></p>
<p>An action to perform if the keyboard input is a special character and is not
mapped via the <a href="#on_key">on_key</a> field.</p>
<h3 id="default"><a class="header" href="#default">default</a></h3>
<p>Type: nullable <a href="#action">Action</a></p>
<p>Default action to perform in case of a keyboard input not mapped via any of the
<a href="#on_key">on_key</a>, <a href="#on_alphabet">on_alphabet</a>, <a href="#on_number">on_number</a> or
<a href="#on_special_character">on_special_character</a> field.</p>
<h2 id="key"><a class="header" href="#key">Key</a></h2>
<p>A key can be one of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>0, 1, ... 9</li>
<li>a, b, ... z</li>
<li>A, B, ... Z</li>
<li>f1, f2, ... f12</li>
<li>ctrl-a, ctrl-b, ... ctrl-z</li>
<li>alt-a, alt-b, ... alt-z</li>
<li>backspace</li>
<li>left</li>
<li>right</li>
<li>up</li>
<li>down</li>
<li>home</li>
<li>end</li>
<li>page-up</li>
<li>page-down</li>
<li>back-tab</li>
<li>delete</li>
<li>insert</li>
<li>enter</li>
<li>tab</li>
<li>esc</li>
</ul>
<p>And finally, the special characters - including space (<code>&quot; &quot;</code>).</p>
<h2 id="action"><a class="header" href="#action">Action</a></h2>
<p>An action contains the following information:</p>
<ul>
<li>help</li>
<li><a href="#messages">messages</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="help-1"><a class="header" href="#help-1">help</a></h3>
<p>Type: nullable string</p>
<p>Description of what it does. If unspecified, it will be excluded from the help
menu.</p>
<h3 id="messages"><a class="header" href="#messages">messages</a></h3>
<p>Type: A list of <a href="message.html">Message</a> to send.</p>
<p>The list of messages to send when a key is pressed.</p>
<h2 id="tutorial-adding-a-new-mode"><a class="header" href="#tutorial-adding-a-new-mode">Tutorial: Adding a New Mode</a></h2>
<p>Assuming xplr is <a href="install.html">installed</a> and <a href="post-install.html">setup</a>, let's
add our own mode to integrate xplr with <a href="https://github.com/junegunn/fzf">fzf</a>.</p>
<p>We'll call it <code>fzxplr</code> mode.</p>
<p>First, let's add a custom mode called <code>fzxplr</code>, and map the key <code>F</code> to an
action that will call <code>fzf</code> to search and focus on a file or enter into a
directory.</p>
<pre><code class="language-lua">xplr.config.modes.custom.fzxplr = {
name = &quot;fzxplr&quot;,
key_bindings = {
on_key = {
F = {
help = &quot;search&quot;,
messages = {
{
BashExec = [===[
PTH=$(cat &quot;${XPLR_PIPE_DIRECTORY_NODES_OUT:?}&quot; | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | fzf)
if [ -d &quot;$PTH&quot; ]; then
echo ChangeDirectory: &quot;'&quot;${PWD:?}/${PTH:?}&quot;'&quot; &gt;&gt; &quot;${XPLR_PIPE_MSG_IN:?}&quot;
else
echo FocusPath: &quot;'&quot;${PWD:?}/${PTH:?}&quot;'&quot; &gt;&gt; &quot;${XPLR_PIPE_MSG_IN:?}&quot;
fi
]===]
},
&quot;PopMode&quot;,
},
},
},
default = {
messages = {
&quot;PopMode&quot;,
},
},
},
}
</code></pre>
<p>As you can see, the key <code>F</code> in mode <code>fzxplr</code> (the name can be anything)
executes a script in <code>bash</code>.</p>
<p><code>BashExec</code>, <code>PopMode</code>, <code>SwitchModeBuiltin</code>, <code>ChangeDirectory</code> and <code>FocusPath</code>
are <a href="message.html">messages</a>, <code>$XPLR_PIPE_MSG_IN</code>,
<code>$XPLR_PIPE_DIRECTORY_NODES_OUT</code> are
<a href="message.html#environment-variables">environment variables</a> exported by <code>xplr</code>
before executing the command. They contain the path to the
<a href="message.html#input-pipe">input</a> and <a href="message.html#output-pipes">output</a> pipes that
allows external tools to interact with <code>xplr</code>.</p>
<p>Now that we have our new mode ready, let's add an entry point to this mode via
the <code>default</code> mode.</p>
<pre><code class="language-lua">xplr.config.modes.builtin.default.key_bindings.on_key[&quot;F&quot;] = {
help = &quot;fzf mode&quot;,
messages = {
{ SwitchModeCustom = &quot;fzxplr&quot; },
},
}
</code></pre>
<p>Now let's try out the new <code>xplr</code>-<code>fzf</code> integration.</p>
<p><a href="https://gifyu.com/image/tW86"><img src="https://s3.gifyu.com/images/xplr-fzf.gif" alt="xplr-fzf.gif" /></a></p>
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