# fzf-tab
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Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf!
[](https://asciinema.org/a/293849)
**Table of Contents**
- [fzf-tab](#fzf-tab)
- [Install](#install)
- [Manual](#manual)
- [Antigen](#antigen)
- [Zinit](#zinit)
- [Oh-My-Zsh](#oh-my-zsh)
- [Prezto](#prezto)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Configure](#configure)
- [Tmux](#tmux)
- [Binary module](#binary-module)
- [Difference from other plugins](#difference-from-other-plugins)
- [Compatibility with other plugins](#compatibility-with-other-plugins)
- [Related projects](#related-projects)
# Install
> [!IMPORTANT]
>
> 1. make sure [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) is installed
> 2. fzf-tab needs to be loaded after `compinit`, but before plugins which will wrap widgets, such as [zsh-autosuggestions](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions) or [fast-syntax-highlighting](https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting)
> 3. Completions should be configured before `compinit`, as stated in the [zsh-completions manual installation guide](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions#manual-installation).
### Manual
First, clone this repository.
```zsh
git clone https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab ~/somewhere
```
Then add the following line to your `~/.zshrc`.
```zsh
autoload -U compinit; compinit
source ~/somewhere/fzf-tab.plugin.zsh
```
### Antigen
```zsh
antigen bundle Aloxaf/fzf-tab
```
### Zinit
```zsh
zinit light Aloxaf/fzf-tab
```
### Oh-My-Zsh
Clone this repository to your custom directory and then add `fzf-tab` to your plugin list.
```zsh
git clone https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fzf-tab
```
### Prezto
Clone this repository to your contrib directory and then add `fzf-tab` to your module list in `.zpreztorc`.
```zsh
git clone https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab $ZPREZTODIR/contrib/fzf-tab
```
# Usage
Just press Tab as usual~
Available keybindings:
- Ctrl+Space: select multiple results, can be configured by `fzf-bindings` tag
- F1/F2: switch between groups, can be configured by `switch-group` tag
- /: trigger continuous completion (useful when completing a deep path), can be configured by `continuous-trigger` tag
Available commands:
- `disable-fzf-tab`: disable fzf-tab and fallback to compsys
- `enable-fzf-tab`: enable fzf-tab
- `toggle-fzf-tab`: toggle the state of fzf-tab. This is also a zle widget.
## Configure
A common configuration is:
```zsh
# disable sort when completing `git checkout`
zstyle ':completion:*:git-checkout:*' sort false
# set descriptions format to enable group support
# NOTE: don't use escape sequences here, fzf-tab will ignore them
zstyle ':completion:*:descriptions' format '[%d]'
# set list-colors to enable filename colorizing
zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}
# force zsh not to show completion menu, which allows fzf-tab to capture the unambiguous prefix
zstyle ':completion:*' menu no
# preview directory's content with eza when completing cd
zstyle ':fzf-tab:complete:cd:*' fzf-preview 'eza -1 --color=always $realpath'
# switch group using `<` and `>`
zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' switch-group '<' '>'
```
## Tmux
If you're using tmux >= 3.2, we provide a script `ftb-tmux-popup` to make full use of it's "popup" feature.
```zsh
zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' fzf-command ftb-tmux-popup
```
BTW, you can also use this script outside the fzf-tab.
```zsh
ls | ftb-tmux-popup
```
[](https://asciinema.org/a/367471)
For more information, please see [Wiki#Configuration](https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab/wiki/Configuration).
## Binary module
By default, fzf-tab uses [zsh-ls-colors](https://github.com/xPMo/zsh-ls-colors) to parse and apply ZLS_COLORS if you have set the `list-colors` tag.
However, it is a pure zsh script and is slow if you have too many files to colorize.
fzf-tab is shipped with a binary module to speed up this process. You can build it with `build-fzf-tab-module`, then it will be enabled automatically.
# Difference from other plugins
fzf-tab doesn't do "complete", it just shows you the results of the default completion system.
So it works EVERYWHERE (variables, function names, directory stack, in-word completion, etc.).
And most of your configuration for default completion system is still valid.
# Compatibility with other plugins
Some plugins may also bind "^I" to their custom widget, like [fzf/shell/completion.zsh](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/blob/master/shell/completion.zsh) or [ohmyzsh/lib/completion.zsh](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/blob/master/lib/completion.zsh#L61-L73).
By default, fzf-tab will call the widget previously bound to "^I" to get the completion list. So there is no problem in most cases, unless fzf-tab is initialized before a plugin which doesn't handle the previous binding properly.
So if you find your fzf-tab doesn't work properly, **please make sure it is the last plugin to bind "^I"** (If you don't know what I mean, just put it to the end of your plugin list).
# Related projects
- https://github.com/lincheney/fzf-tab-completion (fzf tab completion for zsh, bash and GNU readline apps)