Problem:
Changing global 'winbar' only updates window layout state in the current
tabpage. This means existing hidden tabs can keep stale winbar height.
Solution:
Recompute winbar state for all tabpages on global `'winbar'` changes.
Problem:
`screen:expect({none=…})` with no any/grid crashed (concat on nil)
because actual_rows was only rendered when any or grid was present.
Solution:
Update the condition.
Problem:
bufwrite message overridden by :redrawstatus command within Progress callback.
Solution:
- don't use globally-shared IObuf.
- use vim_snprintf to deduplicate `nlua_call_luaeval`, `nlua_call_vlua`.
fix https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/40616
Problem:
When screen:expect() fails, it renders a snapshot for the error
message. If the grid references a highlight id that was never defined
via "hl_attr_define", the renderer crashes:
screen.lua:1910: attempt to index local 'entry' (a nil value)
This hides the actual failure, and appears "flaky": it only fires on the
failure path, and only when the shared screen is missing an id the grid
still references. A screen created in setup() attaches mid-session, so
highlight ids allocated before it attached (still referenced by stale
grid cells) are never sent to it.
Solution:
- Don't crash while rendering a diagnostic: show undefined highlight ids
as "UNKNOWN_HL_ID(n)", so the real failure and the desync are legible.
- put_spec: fix `visualbell` typo. If it fails again then we can find
the actual root cause.
ref https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/36250
PROBLEM:
Cursor briefly flickers in cmdline when the "written" message is printed
(very noticeable in Neovide with cursor animation).
SOLUTION:
- Mark UI "busy" (cursor hidden) while emitting the message, as done for
the search message (cb2ca54331).
- Note: ff68fd6b8a moved the message from `filemess()` into
`buf_write..msg_progress`.
- Fix a bug in `tui.c:flush_buf` which manifested after this change. See
ANALYSIS below. https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/5182
ANALYSIS:
After this change...
ui_busy_start();
set_keep_msg(msg_progress(IObuff, msg_id, "success", 0, true, true), 0);
ui_busy_stop();
...ASAN analyzer fails on tui_spec.lua test "with non-tty (pipe) stdout/stderr":
2026-07-04T14:09:28.9521023Z = ==32405==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: ABRT on unknown address 0x03e900007e95
...
4 0x7f5506a288fe in abort stdlib/abort.c:79:7
5 0x559afd7113a2 in uv__epoll_ctl_flush
build/src/libuv/src/unix/linux.c:1335:7
6 0x559afd710a81 in uv__io_poll
build/src/libuv/src/unix/linux.c:1448:9
7 0x559afd6f67a7 in uv_run
build/src/libuv/src/unix/core.c:460:5
8 0x559afd2a72cc in flush_buf
nvim/tui/tui.c:2642:5
9 0x559afd2bce9f in tui_flush
nvim/tui/tui.c:1747:3
10 0x559afd2f39a0 in ui_client_event_flush
nvim/auto/ui_events_client.generated.h:64:3
11 0x559afcb8e014 in parse_msgpack
nvim/msgpack_rpc/channel.c:255:11
12 0x559afcb840e7 in receive_msgpack
nvim/msgpack_rpc/channel.c:217:5
13 0x559afc53b2af in read_event
nvim/event/rstream.c:180:23
14 0x559afc53ad52 in invoke_read_cb
nvim/event/rstream.c:233:3
15 0x559afc5382d6 in read_cb
nvim/event/rstream.c:135:3
16 0x559afd707b25 in uv__read
build/src/libuv/src/unix/stream.c:1145:7
17 0x559afd70744a in uv__stream_io
build/src/libuv/src/unix/stream.c:1208:5
18 0x559afd6f727e in uv__io_cb
build/src/libuv/src/unix/core.c:930:5
19 0x559afd710d7a in uv__io_poll
build/src/libuv/src/unix/linux.c:1546:11
20 0x559afd6f67a7 in uv_run
build/src/libuv/src/unix/core.c:460:5
21 0x559afc526e2d in loop_uv_run
nvim/event/loop.c:59:3
22 0x559afc526aa4 in loop_poll_events
nvim/event/loop.c:80:26
23 0x559afd2fdbb7 in ui_client_run
nvim/ui_client.c:172:5
24 0x559afc920d7b in main /home/runner/work/neovim/neovim/src/nvim/main.c:355:5
25 0x7f5506a2a1c9 in __libc_start_call_main
main.h:58:16
26 0x7f5506a2a28a in __libc_start_main csu/../csu/libc-start.c:360:3
27 0x559afbd6d254 in _start
The abort requires two rare conditions:
1. a `uv_write` whose buffer array *ends* in a zero-length buffer, which only
happens by "flush while cursor-hidden".
2. an output fd that *epoll cannot watch*. The only CI test with such an fd is
tui_spec.lua "with non-tty (pipe) stdout/stderr", which runs a TUI with
`stdout > /dev/null`, then runs `:w testF`, which triggers the "written"
message.
Our change guarantees trailing-empty flushes (`:w` fires busy + `ui_flush()`
while busy) in the only test that runs a TUI on `/dev/null`.
0. In a normal (non-busy) no-sync flush, post always contains `cursor_normal`.
1. Our change emits:
```
busy_start → msg_progress("…written") → ui_flush → busy_stop
```
2. TUI flushes *while busy*, so `should_invisible() = true` and `flush_buf`
skips the cursor-restore string (`bufs[2]` is zero-length).
3. libuv *cannot complete* a write whose tail is a zero-length buffer: EVERY
trailing-empty write goes through epoll, even when every byte was already
written. https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/5182
4. In `tui_spec.lua:3298`, the output fd is `/dev/null`, whose kernel
`file_operations` has no `.poll` method (`drivers/char/mem.c`), so
`EPOLL_CTL_ADD` fails with `EPERM`.
Trailing empty buffers are semantically pointless, and libuv punishes
them: forced async, one epoll round-trip *per trailing empty*, plus
a 0-byte `write()` syscall.
Helped-by: Shougo Matsushita <Shougo.Matsu@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Fred Sundvik <fsundvik@gmail.com>
Problem: Separation markers (%=) are ignored within item groups. This
lead to a regression when the C implementation of the statusline was
replaced with a default expression. When the user configured a custom
ruler expression with a %= and used the overloaded item group syntax to
set the ruler width, the separation marker worked in the ruler, but not
when the ruler was incorporated into the statusline where the item group
syntax was interpreted in the usual way.
Solution: Analogously to top-level behaviour, expand separation markers
evenly within item groups until `minwid` is reached (if set).
ref https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/33036
fix https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/39984
ref https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/40247
Problem: The recursion offset into the static `stl_items` was not taken
into account when adjusting the item count after truncation.
Steps to reproduce: first prepare `stl_items`:
set stl=%{%repeat('%#Error#',10)%}
then watch how the Error highlight leaks into the recursive call:
set stl=%l%l%l%{%nvim_eval_statusline('test%l%<',{'maxwidth':3,'highlights':1}).highlights%}
ref https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/32259
* fix(statusline): consistent truncation at multicell character
Problem 1: truncation of item groups at multicell character didn't take
into account that minwid can be specified as a negative number.
Problem 2: after truncation at top-level from the right at multicell
character, the returned width was always `maxwidth`, even though the
actual width was reduced. In vim, this can be observed as a statusline
that is not fully drawn until the edge of the screen:
vim --clean +"set ls=2 stl=%{%repeat('x',&columns-2)%}🙂x%<"
Problem 3: after truncation at top-level from the left at multicell
character, the resulting gap to reach `maxwidth` again was filled with
fillchars, but then the final NUL was not set correctly.
This can be seen in the following example, where the statuscolumn spills
into the editing area starting from line 10:
nvim --clean +"set number stc=%<x🙂%{repeat('x',43)}%l" +"norm yy10p"
Solution: fix the small errors and, at top-level, consistently reduce
the size instead of compensating with fillchars. In the case of the
statusline and the winbar, the remaining place is filled with the
configured fillchars in `win_redr_custom`, after `build_stl_str_hl` has
returned. In all other cases (title, icon, statuscol, tabline, ruler),
there seems to be no point in adding additional spaces at the end.
* feat(statusline)!: scope %< to item groups
Problem:
Previously, item groups were only truncated at the beginning, which is
often not desired. In the example
%.15(path: %f%)
the group's title/label is truncated away:
<th/to/file.txt
Truncation markers (%<) in item groups were processed at the top-level
in the end, which can be confusing. Only the first %< is used for the
whole string, and it is used even if the containing item group is
hidden. Additionally, in the case of hidden item groups, the marker's
position was not adapted. For example,
%(hidden%<%)%f
had the effect of truncating the path somewhere in the middle:
/path/<file.txt
Solution:
Make truncation consistent with top-level behaviour, which has a better
default of truncating at the first `Normal` item, i.e.
path: <file.txt
and allows for fine-grained control with truncation markers (%<). E.g.
%.15(path: %f%<%)
now yields
path: /path/to>
The original behaviour can be restored like so:
%.15(%<path: %f%)
BREAKING CHANGE: %< is no longer processed at top-level
- the default truncation behaviour has changed: now at first item
- truncation markers inside item groups don't affect truncation outside
of the item group anymore
- several truncation markers can now have an effect when separated with
item groups, whereas previously only the first one globally had
ref https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/39984
Problem:
After ctrl-f from the cmdline, the last 2 lines of cmdwin are redundant.
Solution:
In `open_cmdwin`, clear the live cmdline so that unwinding it (via
Ctrl_C) does not add it to history.
Problem:
cmdwin (the `:q` cmdline buffer) has various limitations which require
special-casing all over the codebase.
Besides complicating the code, it also breaks async plugins if they try
to create buffers/windows after some work is done, if the user happens
to open cmdwin at the wrong the moment:
Lua callback: …/guh.nvim/lua/guh/util.lua:531:
E11: Invalid in command-line window; <CR> executes, CTRL-C quits
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'nvim_buf_delete'
…/guh.nvim/lua/guh/util.lua:531: in function <…/guh.nvim/lua/guh/util.lua:526>
Solution:
Just say no to "inception". Reimplement cmdwin as a normal buffer+window.
All of the cmdwin contortions (in both core, and innocent plugins) exist
literally only to support "inception": recursive
cmdwin-in-cmdline-things, like `<c-r>=`, `/`, search-during-substitute,
`:input()`, etc. So we just won't support that (though I have
a potential plan for that later, which I call "modal parking lot").
The benefit is that plugins, and core, no longer have to care about
cmdwin.
BONUS:
- mouse-drag on vertical separators works (it only worked for
horizontal/statusline before)
- inccommand-in-cmdwin now works correctly, for free (thus don't need
#40077).
POTENTIAL FOLLOWUPS
- Drop `CHECK_CMDWIN` ("E11: Invalid in command-line window"), allow chaos.
- Unify `BUFLOCK_OK` / `LOCK_OK` ?
DESIGN:
- Eliminate lots of C globals, `EX_CMDWIN`, etc.
- `text_locked()` no longer reports true for cmdwin.
- cmdwin = a normal window with 'winfixbuf', 'bufhidden=wipe',
'buftype=nofile'. Invariants come from those options rather than
special cases throughout the codebase.
- `nv_record` for q:/q//q? calls Lua
`nlua_call_vimfn("vim._core.cmdwin", …)`. No `K_CMDWIN`
/ cmdline-reader detour.
- `cedit_key` (`c_CTRL-F`) schedules a deferred event that calls
`vim._core.cmdwin.open(type, content, pos)` and returns `Ctrl_C` so
the in-flight cmdline cancels. Reader state is not serialized; instead
the captured `(type, line, col)` is replayed via
`nvim_feedkeys(type..line.."<CR>", "nt", …)` after user confirms.
- On confirm/cancel: `<CR>` / `<C-C>` calls into Lua which closes the
window and re-feeds the cmdline.
BREAKING CHANGES:
- Expression-register cmdline (`<C-R>=` from insert-mode) no longer
supports cmdwin. Same applies to `input()` / `inputlist()` (already
covered by `text_locked`).
- Usage of cmdwin in macros/mappings will probably break (assuming they
ever worked).
Problem: An autocommand that redraws may do so while curwin is
temporarily set for the autocommand scope. This can result in
flickering or unexpected state with UI components (statusline,
winbar, decor providers...) that depend on the current window.
Current workaround for statusline and winbar specifically
delays the redraw, which can itself be unexpected for the
autocommand.
Solution: If redrawing happens with a temporary autocmd current window,
temporarily restore the current window while redrawing.
Problem: `nvim_exec_autocmds({buf=...})` may temporarily switch curwin/curbuf
through `aucmd_prepbuf()`. Requested statuslines/winbars before
`aucmd_restbuf()` may erroneously see the target window as current.
Solution: Track `aucmd_prepbuf()` window-switch depth and leave statusline/winbar
redraws marked dirty until the original window is restored.
Problem: When the cursor line has concealed text before the start of the
completion, the insert-mode completion popup is drawn at the wrong
screen column and the cursor no longer lines up with the completed
text.
Solution: Record the concealed width before the cursor on its screen line in
a new `win_T` field while `win_line()` draws it, subtract it in
`pum_display()` to place the menu over the visible text, and redraw
the cursor line so `win_line()` corrects the cursor too.
closes: vim/vim#20539d167c50de4
Co-authored-by: Barrett Ruth <br@barrettruth.com>
Problem: Clearing the screen doesn't clear the "last" virtual text.
Dupe counter virtual text is not increased beyond 1.
Solution: Clear "last" virtual text when clearing the screen.
Restore assignment lost in a previous commit.
Problem: Wrong dot-repeat when calling complete() while filtering
Ctrl-N completion.
Solution: Also check compl_started for whether completion is active.
(zeertzjq)
related: neovim/neovim#40346
closes: vim/vim#2059537a7e4944f
Problem:
- Current 'statuscolumn' click label caveat is restrictive.
- v:virtnum is not unique to a line if it has both above and
below virtual lines.
- 'statuscolumn' click handler may expect v:virt/lnum to be set.
Solution:
- Store per-row click definitions for the statuscolumn in a
(nested line/virt number) map.
- Implement strategy that gives each 'statuscolumn' row a unique
v:virtnum.
- Set v:virt/lnum when determining which line is clicked.
Problem: A wrapped command line and screen width may be redrawn
repeatedly after calls to `redrawstatus` from lua.
Solution: redrawcmd() redraws the command line, but msg_clr_eos() may
invalidate cmdline_was_last_drawn during the redraw process.
Restore cmdline_was_last_drawn when redrawcmd() completes.
Co-authored-by: Sam Reynoso <sam@codeoutpost.com>
Co-authored-by: Luuk van Baal <luukvbaal@gmail.com>
Problem:
A colored (guisp) underline showing through a 'winblend' float
lost its special color and followed the foreground instead.
Solution:
In the blend-through case, blend the underline's special color
only when the cell below sets sp explicitly; otherwise clear it.
Problem:
On some non-US keyboards, like Estonian/Swedish/etc, widely used []
characters in vim are hard to type. One way to overcome this is to use langmap
option to map accented characters, that are in the same place as [] on US
keyboards to []. Unfortunately this does not work currently in neovim, it
cannot map multibyte characters via langmap.
Solution:
The fix iterates over characters in typeahead and key buffers, instead of bytes,
in getchar.c handle_mapping(). It does not handle macros though, these tests are
still failing when turned on.
Closes#2420Closes#27776
Co-authored-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Problem: Clicking on a "below" virtual line interacts with the line
it is attached to for decor/drawing purposes, rather than
the line the extmark is placed at.
Solution: Account for "below" virtual lines when computing mouse line number.
Problem:
Listing individual "skipped" notices for each non-actionable or
NVIM_TEST_INTEG test is noisy and makes the "skipped" list overwhelming
and less meaningful.
Solution:
- Mark non-actionable tests with "N/A".
- Report NVIM_TEST_INTEG tests as a separate 1-line summary.
Problem:
`foldcolumn` is empty for virtual lines above the start of a nested
fold.
Solution:
For virtual lines, compute the outer fold level and display it by
reusing the logic from `fill_foldcolumn`.
Problem:
Since 5181984d, `nvim_exec_autocmds({buf=…})` temporarily sets the
`buf`-window as current-window, and its statusline renders as
a "current-window statusline", regardless of the user's actual
current-window.
Solution:
Mark the statusline for redraw in `aucmd_restbuf()`, so it is redrawn
correctly after the event.
Co-authored-by: Luuk van Baal <luukvbaal@gmail.com>
Problem: Extmark has support for horizontal scrolling and truncating, but not wrapping.
Solution: Extend virt_lines_overflow flags to support "wrap" and "auto" based on proposed changes in #18282.
Problem: In command-line completion with a popup menu ('wildoptions'
contains "pum"), the info popup shown next to the menu could
not be scrolled, unlike the Insert mode completion info popup
which scrolls with the mouse wheel.
Solution: When the mouse pointer is on top of the info popup, scroll it
with the mouse wheel in command-line mode as well, without
closing the completion popup menu.
closes: vim/vim#20146closes: vim/vim#2041896dbab257a
Co-authored-by: Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Problem:
The comma form of 'winborder' is split with copy_option_part(),
whose skip_to_option_part() eats spaces after a comma, and empty
fields are rejected.
Solution:
Split the comma form literally on ',', keeping empty fields and
single-space fields.
Problem: Redundant newlines and "Press any key" prompt with ext_messages
for Visual filter command.
Solution: Remove newlines and prompt with ext_messages.
Problem: nvim_win_set_config() does not error on flags not allowed for
non-floating windows.
`hide` should not be allowed for non-floating windows.
Solution: Check that a window is a split when reconfiguring.
Error when trying to hide a split window.
Problem:
Literal tab (or other control char) in a float title/footer is
not made printable, so it renders incorrectly instead of as "^I".
Solution:
Normalize title/footer text for display like 'statusline'
tab to "^I", parameterize parse_virt_text() with untab
and recompute the width.
Problem: Cmdline ruler may be drawn for autocommand window.
Solution: Check that the current window is not an autocommand window
when deciding whether to draw the ruler.
Problem:
(Followup to 54f22a8f01c0feb27a531b52aedf5cdbd5e51b24.)
Deleting another buffer from a floatwin could move focus into the holder
window and fire BufEnter for the buffer being deleted.
Solution:
Use switch_win_noblock() instead of buf_jump_open_win() before
recursing into do_buffer_ext().
Problem:
Virtual lines above a line where a fold starts show `foldopen` in
`foldcolumn`.
Solution:
Check if the line below the virtual one is inside a fold that starts
higher up or if it's the start of a fold. In the latter case, don't show
anything in `foldcolumn` for the virtual line.
refactor: lint
Problem:
When mouse=n is set
- Dragging the mouse enters visual mode, and then stops listening for
mouse events.
- Double/Triple/Quad clicking performs selections.
- Clicking in visual mode moves the cursor (though not through the TUI).
Solution:
Explicitly gate mouse actions that affect visual mode with a check for
MOUSE_VISUAL. This matches the behavior described in :help mouse.
> If enabled for "v" (Visual mode) then double-click selects word-wise,
> triple-click makes it line-wise, and quadruple-click makes it
> rectangular block-wise.
Problem: with a float focused and the target buf only shown in the
last non-float window, do_buffer_ext goes down the buf != curbuf
path. close_windows can't touch the last non-float, b_nwindows stays
> 0, close_buffer is skipped, returns OK silently.
Solution: if a non-float still holds buf after close_windows, jump
into it and recurse. Then buf == curbuf and the existing replacement
path takes over.
Problem:
- Configuring the height of one of the message targets to 1 is
recognized as 100% of 'lines'.
- Cmdline is expanded for message exceeding 'cmdheight' even if the
configured height is smaller than or equal to 'cmdheight'.
Solution:
- Recognize a height of 1 as absolute; a decimal number smaller than 1
is taken as a fraction of 'lines' (replace 1 with 0.999 for the old
behavior).
- Don't expand the cmdline if the configured height doesn't allow it.
Problem:
The Lua test harness still ran through standalone -ll mode, so tests
depended on the low-level Lua path instead of the regular Nvim Lua
environment. That also meant os.exit() coverage had to carry an ASAN
workaround because Lua's raw process exit skipped Nvim teardown and let
LeakSanitizer interfere with the observed exit code.
Solution:
Run the harness and related fixtures with nvim -l. Patch os.exit() in
the main Lua state to exit through getout(), so scripts observe normal
Nvim shutdown while standalone -ll remains available for generator-style
scripts. As a consequence, the startup test can assert os.exit() without
disabling leak detection.
AI-assisted: Codex
Problem: vim.ui_attach() callback for nvim_echo() call that spoofs an
internal message kind is executed in fast context.
Solution: Set msg_show callback |api-fast| context dynamically at
external message callsites, and for internal list_cmd",
"progress" and "shell*" messages.
Problem: - "bufwrite" message identifier is encoded in the message ID
of a "progress" kind message (since ff68fd6b); UI2 does not
allow routing by message ID.
- No documented way to set a default message target for all
but a few kinds (without copying all of |ui-messages| kinds
to cfg.msg.targets).
- A user adding a message route for the documented empty ""
kind can result in unexpected behavior.
- Showing duplicate message (x) indicator in msg and cmd
targets simultaneously is unsupported.
- Manually triggering CursorMoved autocommand to add matchparen
highlighting in the cmdline.
Solution: - Match cfg.msg.targets keys as Lua pattern to a message ID.
- Recognize "default" as key in cfg.msg.targets, drop the
undocumented cfg.msg.target field.
- Don't try to get configured target for "" message kind/trigger.
- Maintain msg indicator virtual text for the cmd and msg target.
- Add matchparen highlighting by directly calling the Lua module
(possible since b813c7e0).
Problem: 'title' is updated when changing the name of a non-current
buffer with nvim_buf_set_name().
Solution: Set RedrawingDisabled when renaming the buffer.
Problem: No test that "abbr" in customlist completion is shown in pum.
Solution: Add some "abbr" fields to the existing test (zeertzjq).
closes: vim/vim#20165b207b5a2a3
Problem: 'findfunc' can't return extra info for cmdline completion
(Maxim Kim).
Solution: Handle 'findfunc' return value in cmdline completion like that
of "customlist" functions (zeertzjq).
fixes: vim/vim#20155closes: vim/vim#2015858124789aa
