[Bookmarks] save and toggle list

[jinleileiking]

1. Save bookmarks -- when nvim exits, the bookmarks are gone
2. A shortcut cmd to toggle bookmarks list in nvim-tree window like nerdtree

[alex-courtis]

I might split this feature request in two.

1 is clear

2 What does the toggle do? Does it hide all nodes of the tree that are not marked?

[alex-courtis]

/nudge @jinleileiking

[pr4th4m]

Not sure how this is possible - can we display bookmarked files/directories as favourites in top section of nvim tree ?
ex

example/..
- - bookmarks/favourites
  - go.mod
  - README.md
------------------------
+ - .git
+ - appengine-hello
+ - gotypes
+ - hello
+ - outyet
+ - stringutil
+ - template
  - go.mod
  - go.sum
  - LICENSE
  - README.md
  - ◯ tmp

[alex-courtis]

Not sure how this is possible - can we display bookmarked files/directories as favourites in top section of nvim tree ?

I'm not sure that's a direction we want to take nvim-tree, which is simply a file browser. There are no plans for any sort of alternate views.

Perhaps we could instead go in a direction like #1692 with a different window / plugin.

[kagbodji]

I like your idea of using a separate view for things like buffers / bookmarks. Perhaps nvim-tree could expose bookmarked files via some API, and another plugin can render those?

[alex-courtis]

I like your idea of using a separate view for things like buffers / bookmarks. Perhaps nvim-tree could expose bookmarked files via some API, and another plugin can render those?

See :help nvim-tree.api.marks for get API.

[jinleileiking]

I might split this feature request in two.

1 is clear

2 What does the toggle do? Does it hide all nodes of the tree that are not marked?

2. Just like this:

default:

Mark1
Mark2
Mark3

-----

Mark1
     + dir 1
     + dir 2

When hit m

Mark1
     + dir 1
     + dir 2

m: show or hide bookmark list.

We need this because if you have a long list of bookmarks, it is hard to see the treelist. Hide the bookmark list is for see the dirs clearly.

Feature 1 is more important than feature 2.

[alex-courtis]

2. Just like this

Just like this:
default:

Mark1
Mark2
Mark3

That would work if we went with a separate window solution: #1692

In the meantime, we could implement a live toggle filter like:
M : toggle_bookmarked
Would that suit your use case?

[jinleileiking]

Yes! Waited it done.

[alex-courtis]

We have successfully added toggle filters filters.git_clean, filters.no_buffer for #1692 and similar.

Splitting feature.

[alex-courtis]

#1850 #1851