A blazing fast and easy to configure Neovim statusline written in Lua
lualine.nvim
requires neovim 0.5
This is a fork of hoob3rt/lualine.nvim. If you're switching from there please checkout BREAKING_CHANGES.md to see what you may have to change in your config.
Feel free to create an issue/pr if you want to see anything else implemented. If you have some question or need help with configuration start a discussion.
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pr. You can also help with documentation in wiki
Here is a preview of how lualine can look like.
Screenshots of all available themes are listed in THEMES.md
For those who want to break the norms. You can create custom looks in lualine.
Example :
Unlike other statusline plugins lualine loads only defined components, nothing else.
Startup time performance measured with an amazing plugin dstein64/vim-startuptime
All times are measured with clean init.vim
with only vim-startuptime
,
vim-plug
and given statusline plugin installed.
In control just vim-startuptime
andvim-plug
is installed.
And measured time is complete startuptime of vim not time spent
on specific plugin. These numbers are average of 20 runs.
control | lualine | lightline | airline |
---|---|---|---|
8.943 ms | 10.140 ms | 12.522 ms | 38.850 ms |
Last Updated On: 20-09-2021
Plug 'shadmansaleh/lualine.nvim'
" If you want to have icons in your statusline choose one of these
Plug 'kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons'
use {
'shadmansaleh/lualine.nvim',
requires = {'kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons', opt = true}
}
You'll also have need to have a patched font if you want icons.
Lualine has sections as shown below.
+-------------------------------------------------+
| A | B | C X | Y | Z |
+-------------------------------------------------+
Each sections holds it's components e.g. current vim's mode.
Configuring lualine in init.vim
All the examples below are in lua. You can use the same examples
in .vim
file by wrapping them in lua heredoc like this:
lua << END
require'lualine'.setup()
END
checkout :help lua-heredoc
.
Default config
require'lualine'.setup {
options = {
icons_enabled = true,
theme = 'auto',
component_separators = { left = '', right = ''},
section_separators = { left = '', right = ''},
disabled_filetypes = {}
},
sections = {
lualine_a = {'mode'},
lualine_b = {'branch', 'diff',
{'diagnostics', sources={'nvim_lsp', 'coc'}}},
lualine_c = {'filename'},
lualine_x = {'encoding', 'fileformat', 'filetype'},
lualine_y = {'progress'},
lualine_z = {'location'}
},
inactive_sections = {
lualine_a = {},
lualine_b = {},
lualine_c = {'filename'},
lualine_x = {'location'},
lualine_y = {},
lualine_z = {}
},
tabline = {},
extensions = {}
}
If you want to get your current lualine config. you can do so with
require'lualine'.get_config()
require('lualine').setup()
options = {theme = 'gruvbox'}
All available themes are listed in THEMES.md
Please create a pr if you managed to port a popular theme before me, here is how to do it.
Customizing themes
local custom_gruvbox = require'lualine.themes.gruvbox'
-- Change the background of lualine_c section for normal mode
custom_gruvbox.normal.c.bg = '#112233' -- rgb colors are supported
require'lualine'.setup{
options = { theme = custom_gruvbox },
...
}
Theme structure is available here
Lualine defines two kinds of separators:
section_separators
- separators between sectionscomponents_separators
- separators between components in sections
options = {
section_separators = { left = '', right = ''},
component_separators = { left = '', right = ''}
}
Here left means it'll be used for left sections (a, b, c) and right means it'll be used for right sections (x, y, z).
Disabling separators
options = {section_separators = '', component_separators = ''}
sections = {lualine_a = {'mode'}}
Available components
branch
(git branch)buffers
(shows currently available buffers)diagnostics
(diagnostics count from your prefered source)diff
(git diff status)encoding
(file encoding)fileformat
(file format)filename
filesize
filetype
hostname
location
(location in file in line:column format)mode
(vim mode)progress
(%progress in file)tabs
(shows currently available tabs)
local function hello()
return [[hello world]]
end
sections = {lualine_a = {hello}}
sections = {lualine_a = {'FugitiveHead'}}
sections = {lualine_c = {'%=', '%t%m', '%3p'}}
Variables from g:
, v:
, t:
, w:
, b:
, o
, go:
, vo:
, to:
, wo:
, bo:
scopes can be used.
See :h lua-vim-variables
and :h lua-vim-options
if you are not sure what to use.
sections = {lualine_a = {'g:coc_status', 'bo:filetype'}}
You can use any valid lua expression as a component including
- oneliners
- global variables
- require statements
sections = {lualine_c = {"os.date('%a')", 'data', "require'lsp-status'.status()"}}
data
is a global variable in this example.
Component options can change the way a component behave. There are two kinds of options:
- global options affecting all components
- local options affecting specific
Global options can be used as local options (can be applied to specific components) but you cannot use local options as global. Global option used locally overwrites the global, for example:
require'lualine'.setup {
options = {fmt = string.lower},
sections = {lualine_a = {
{'mode', fmt = function(str) return str:sub(1,1) end}},
lualine_b = {'branch'}}
}
mode
will be formatted with the passed fa=unction so only first char will be
shown . On the other hand branch will be formatted with global formatter
string.lower
so it will be showed in lower case.
Global options
These are options
that are used in options table.
They set behavior of lualine.
Values set here are treated as default for other options that work in component level.
for example even though icons_enabled
is a general component option.
you can set icons_enabled
to false
and icons will be disabled on all
component. You can still overwrite defaults set in option table by specifying
the option value in component.
options = {
theme = 'auto', -- lualine theme
component_separators = {left = '', right = ''},
section_separators = {left = '', right = ''},
disabled_filetypes = {}, -- filetypes to diable lualine on
}
General component options
These are options that control behavior at component level and are available for all components.
sections = {
lualine_a = {
{
'mode',
icons_enabled = true, -- displays icons in alongside component
icon = nil, -- displays icon in front of the component
separator = nil, -- Determines what separator to use for the component.
-- when a string is given it's treated as component_separator.
-- When a table is given it's treated as section_separator.
-- This options can be used to set colored separators
-- arround component. Option need to be set like
-- `separator = { left = '', right = ''}`.
-- Where left will be placed in left side of component
-- and right will be placed in right side of component
-- Passing empty string disables that separator
cond = nil, -- condition function, component is loaded when function returns true
-- custom color for component in format
-- color = {fg = '#rrggbb', bg= '#rrggbb', gui='style'}
-- or highlight group
-- color = "WarningMsg"
color = nil,
-- Type option specifies what type a component is.
-- When type is omitted lualine will guess it.
-- Available types [format: type_name(example)]
-- mod(branch/filename), stl(%f/%m), var(g:coc_status/bo:modifiable),
-- luae(lua expressions), vimf(viml function name)
-- luae is short for lua-expression and vimf is short fror vim-function
type = nil,
padding = 1, -- adds padding to the left and right of components
-- padding can be specified to left or right separately like
-- padding = { left = left_padding, right = right_padding }
fmt = nil, -- format function, formats component's output
}
}
}
Component specific options
These are options that are available on specific components.
For example you have option on diagnostics
component to
specify what your diagnostic sources will be.
sections = {
lualine_a = {
{
'buffers',
show_filename_only = true, -- shows shortened relative path when false
show_modified_status = true -- shows indicator then bufder is modified
max_length = vim.o.columns * 2 / 3, -- maximum width of buffers component
filetype_names = {
TelescopePrompt = 'Telescope',
dashboard = 'Dashboard',
packer = 'Packer',
fzf = 'FZF',
alpha = 'Alpha'
}, -- shows specific buffer name for that filetype ( { `filetype` = `buffer_name`, ... } )
buffers_color = {
active = nil, -- color for active buffer
inactive = nil, -- color for inactive buffer
},
}
}
}
sections = {
lualine_a = {
{
'diagnostics',
-- table of diagnostic sources, available sources:
-- 'nvim_lsp', 'nvim', 'coc', 'ale', 'vim_lsp'
-- Or a function that returns a table like
-- {error=error_cnt, warn=warn_cnt, info=info_cnt, hint=hint_cnt}
sources = {'nvim_lsp', 'coc'},
-- displays diagnostics from defined severity
sections = {'error', 'warn', 'info', 'hint'},
-- all colors are in format #rrggbb
diagnostics_color = {
error = nil, -- changes diagnostic's error foreground color
warn = nil, -- changes diagnostic's warn foreground color
info = nil, -- Changes diagnostic's info foreground color
hint = nil, -- Changes diagnostic's hint foreground color
}
symbols = {error = 'E', warn = 'W', info = 'I', hint = 'H'}
update_in_insert = false, -- Update diagnostics in insert mode
}
}
}
sections = {
lualine_a = {
{
'filename',
file_status = true, -- displays file status (readonly status, modified status)
path = 0, -- 0 = just filename, 1 = relative path, 2 = absolute path
shorting_target = 40 -- Shortens path to leave 40 space in the window
-- for other components. Terrible name any suggestions?
}
}
}
sections = {
lualine_a = {
{
'filetype',
colored = true, -- displays filetype icon in color if set to `true
icon_only = false -- Display only icon for filetype
}
}
}
sections = {
lualine_a = {
{
'diff',
colored = true, -- displays diff status in color if set to true
-- all colors are in format #rrggbb
diff_color = {
added = nil, -- changes diff's added foreground color
modified = nil, -- changes diff's modified foreground color
removed = nil, -- changes diff's removed foreground color
}
symbols = {added = '+', modified = '~', removed = '-'} -- changes diff symbols
source = nil, -- A function that works as a data source for diff.
-- it must return a table like
-- {added = add_count, modified = modified_count, removed = removed_count }
-- Or nil on failure. Count <= 0 won't be displayed.
}
}
}
sections = {
lualine_a = {
{
'tabs',
max_length = vim.o.columns / 3, -- maximum width of tabs component
mode = 0, -- 0 shows tab_nr
-- 1 shows tab_name
-- 2 shows tab_nr + tab_name
tabs_color = {
active = nil, -- color for active tab
inactive = nil, -- color for inactive tab
},
}
}
}
You can use lualine to display components in tabline. The configuration for tabline sections is exactly the same as for statusline.
tabline = {
lualine_a = {},
lualine_b = {'branch'},
lualine_c = {'filename'},
lualine_x = {},
lualine_y = {},
lualine_z = {}
}
This will show branch and filename component in top of neovim inside tabline .
lualine also provides 2 components buffers & tabs that you can use to get more traditional tabline/bufferline.
tabline = {
lualine_a = {'buffers'},
lualine_b = {'branch'},
lualine_c = {'filename'},
lualine_x = {},
lualine_y = {},
lualine_z = {'tabs'}
}
You can also completely move your statusline to tabline by configuring
lualine.tabline
and disabling lualine.sections
and lualine.inactive_sections
.
tabline = {
......
},
sections = {},
inactive_sections = {},
If you want a more sophisticated tabline you can use other tabline plugins with lualine too . For example:
tabline.nvim even uses lualines theme by default 🙌 You can find a bigger list here
Lualine extensions change statusline appearance for a window/buffer with specified filetypes.
By default no extensions are loaded to improve performance. You can load extensions with:
extensions = {'quickfix'}
Available extensions
- chadtree
- fugitive
- fzf
- nerdtree
- nvim-tree
- quickfix
- toggleterm
Custom extensions
You can define your own extensions. If you think an extension might be useful for others then please submit a pr.
local my_extension = {sections = {lualine_a = 'mode'}, filetypes = {'lua'}}
require'lualine'.setup {extensions = {my_extension}}
You can disable lualine for specific filetypes
options = {disabled_filetypes = {'lua'}}
Thanks to these wonderful people we enjoy this awesome plugin.