Folder Selection

[magdesign]

yazi --debug output

yazi --debug

Yazi
    Version: 0.4.2 (VERGEN_IDEMPOTENT_OUTPUT 2024-12-20)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : aarch64-alpine-linux-musl (linux-aarch64)
    Rustc  : 1.83.0 (90b35a62 2024-11-26)

Ya
    Version: No such file or directory (os error 2)

Emulator
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Foot)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(Foot), light: false, cell_size: Some((26, 59)) }
    Emulator.detect_full: Ok(Emulator { kind: Left(Foot), light: false, cell_size: Some((26, 59)) })

Adapter
    Adapter.matches: Sixel

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("wayland")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : Some("wayland-1")
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":0")
    SWAYSOCK                   : Some("/dev/shm/user/10000/sway-ipc.10000.3229.sock")
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

NVIM
    NVIM          : false
    Neovim version: No such file or directory (os error 2)

Variables
    SHELL           : Some("/bin/ash")
    EDITOR          : Some("micro")
    VISUAL          : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE   : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : 0
    tmux version       : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 6.1.2 / 6.1.2
    pdftoppm      : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    magick        : 7.1.1-43
    fzf           : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    fd/fdfind     : 10.2.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    chafa         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    zoxide        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    7z/7zz        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.7.1

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: 2.2.1 / 2.2.1
    xclip        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xsel         : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Please describe the problem you're trying to solve

Using yazi as my default filepicker/filechooser which works well 🤓.

However, when an application like amberol asks to select a folder, i am not able to do this with yazi as filechooser. I can only select files and they are not even sent back to the application.

Would you be willing to contribute this feature?

• Yes, I'll give it a shot

Describe the solution you'd like

If yazy gets opened as a filepicker via xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser to select a folder, hitting enter on any selected folder should accept this as an input, send it back to the application which requested it and close yazi.

Additional context

No response

Checklist

• I have searched the existing issues/discussions
• The latest nightly build doesn't already have this feature

[sxyazi]

If I had to guess, you're referring to yazi --chooser-file. In that case, it already supports selecting directories. When you select and open one or more directories, Yazi will output the paths of those directories.

[magdesign]

how would i do this then?

when selecting a folder and pressing enter, i get:

[magdesign]

using it with xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser script: https://github.com/magdesign/xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser/blob/main/contrib/yazi-wrapper.sh

[sxyazi]

Does yazi --chooser-file not print any paths?

[magdesign]

i am not sure what you mean, sorry

when i do
yazi --chooser-file ~/Music/ yazi opens just as is, not even pointing at the choosen directory

[sxyazi]

I'm a bit confused – I'm still not sure I understand the feature request.

Are you asking for something like the yazi --chooser-file option, and the current yazi --chooser-file just not working for you?

[sxyazi]

yazi --chooser-file ~/Music/

Why are you assigning it a directory? It should be a file like /tmp/test

[magdesign]

I installed yazi and xdg-desktop-portal-filechooser. so yazi is my default filepicker whenever an application like firefox or amberol is asking for a file, yazi will pop-up.
This works very well for files, but when the application asks to select a folder i get the error mentioned above.
so it feels like there is a missing function to just select a folder.

[sxyazi]

What you're looking for is exactly yazi --chooser-file - it supports selecting both files and directories, and also allows selecting multiple files or directories, each one will be listed on a separate line, you need to make sure that xdg-desktop-portal-filechooser handles those paths correctly.

Closing as already supported

[magdesign]

so i need to dig in xdg-desktop-portal-filechooser wrapper script....
in the header it mentions to support folder selection..🤷

if anyone stumbles over this issue and knows how to solve, please tell us.
thanks.