zellij_spotlight

A plugin for Zellij to run commonly used commands, such as to launch TUI apps. Heavy inspiration from zellij-forgot and harpoon

Installation

Prebuilt binary

Simply grab the latest .wasm file from the releases page, place it in the zellij plugins folder, and update your config.kdl.

Build from source

gh repo clone leo030303/zellij_spotlight
cd zellij_spotlight
cargo build --release
mv target/wasm32-wasi/release/zellij_spotlight.wasm ~/.config/zellij/plugins/

Configuration

Add the following to your config.kdl

shared_except "locked" {
    bind "Home" {
        LaunchOrFocusPlugin "file:~/.config/zellij/plugins/zellij_spotlight.wasm" {
            "File Manager" "joshuto"
            "Editor" "hx"
            "Resource Manager"  "btm"
            "Git Manager"  "gitui"
            "Stack Overflow"  "so"
            "Wikipedia"  "wiki-tui"
            "Email Client"  "meli"
            "Web Browser"  "elinks"
            floating true
            move_to_focused_tab true
        }
    }
    bind "Ctrl f" { ToggleFocusFullscreen; } // optional but I find a shortcut to fullscreen the current pane to be useful
}

Add whichever commands you want to use, arguments can be included too in the same string as the command. You can change the keybinding too.

Usage

• Use Up and Down arrows to move through list
• Type any characters to filter output
• Press Enter to run the selected command
• Use Esc or Ctrl C to close the plugin

Contributing

Feel free to open an issue if you find a bug or what to suggest an improvement.