2025-12-29
TIL: hx picker filters
Helix pickers allow you to filter based on a specific column:
If a picker shows multiple columns, you may apply the filter to a specific column by prefixing the column name with %. Column names can be shortened to any prefix, so %p, %pa or %pat all mean the same as %path.
I was able to use the rust-analyzer LSP in helix to open
all symbols in a file I was working on, then with
%container Workspace %kind method I was able to filter to
just methods implemented on the Workspace
struct.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ %container Workspace %kind method │
│───────────────────────────────────────────────────────│
│ kind name container │
│ > method setup impl Workspace │
│ method clone impl Workspace │
│ method connect_remotes impl Workspace │
│ method load_user_settings impl Workspace │
│ method add_remote_to_repo impl Workspace │
│ method load_existing_repo impl Workspace │
│ method fetch_and_checkout impl Workspace │
│ method expand_ssh_key_path impl Workspace │
│ method checkout_default_branch impl Workspace │
│ method materialize_working_copy impl Workspace │
│ method init_workspace_with_remote impl Workspace │ Bonus: while trying to copy-and-paste this picker from helix I
realized I have no clue how to copy this text, since I can’t select it
directly in kitty/hx. Turns out the easiest approach for me was
ctrl+shift+h which opens the terminal scrollback buffer in
my $PAGER, then I could just select what I wanted and copy
away!
Sometimes it blows my mind how little I know about the tools in my toolkit. But then I have to remind myself that that’s part of the learning process, and that both of these tools are relatively new to me (hx in 2023 and kitty in 2025).