Prefilling the v2 picker with * includes word boundary metacharacter, and matches nothing

[href]

Summary

With the old picker, I often used * to use the current selection as search term. This no longer works with the new picker, because it seems to add a word boundary that never matches.

Reproduction Steps

In the helix source repository:

1. hx helix-core/src/auto_pairs.rs
2. Select pub.
3. Enter *.
4. Open the global search.
5. Even though pub is everywhere in the source, nothing is found.

If I use CTRL+R, followed by . instead, the word is pasted correctly and the search works.

Helix log

No response

Platform

macOS

Terminal Emulator

alacritty

Installation Method

brew --head

Helix Version

helix 24.7 (99fdbce)

[David-Else]

It works if you press enter afterwards to confirm in the picker.

[href]

I see thank you!

[the-mikedavis]

Also worth mentioning: the prefill text is styled with the "ui.text.inactive" theme key, so if your theme doesn't style that key it is probably indistinguishable from regular picker/prompt text. I would recommend setting that closer to comment color so it's clearer, for example I have:

[href]

That's good to know, bogster does not set that yet from what I can tell.

[href]

Oh and the path is differently styled as well in you screenshot, does that need to be set too? I think an underscore is vital for that one (in bogster, it looks the same like the search results).

[David-Else]

You need to add these keys for your theme, here is what I added in Dark_Plus:

"ui.picker.header.column"    = { underline.style = "line" }
"ui.picker.header.column.active" = { fg ="white", underline.style = "line" }