tagged folders/files at top

[BEST8OY]

Hello
Is it possible to have the tagged folders/files at top and then the rest of the folders/files based on whatever sorting is set to?

This way tagging folders/files could be like pinning folders/files for easier access

[CatsDeservePets]

Hello @BEST8OY!
Not with tags directly but by using addcustominfo and set sortby custom.

You could even make it look like tags by using set info custom and addcustominfo <filename> "\033[31m*".

You could theoretically even override the tag or tag-toggle functions to work like this instead.

[BEST8OY]

But I still want the set sortby time
This way I lose that

[CatsDeservePets]

If you first sort by time and then by custom, your directory will still be sorted by time but with your "tagged" files on top. Not sure what the order of the "tagged" files will be though.

Edit: After testing it myself, the "tagged" files are also sorted by time. So you basically get what you want.

[BEST8OY]

I was not able to set sortby time then custom in config
Things like this

set sortby time:custom

set sortby time
set sortby custom

Ultimately, I figured that I have to sortby custom in my on-load cmd (Is this the correct way?)
This gives me what I want (AI generated code)

cmd pin %{{
    echo "$f" >> ~/.local/share/lf/pinned_files
    lf -remote "send $id addcustominfo \"$f\" \"\033[31m*\""
}}

cmd unpin %{{
    sed -i "\|$f|d" ~/.local/share/lf/pinned_files
lf -remote "send $id :addcustominfo \"$f\" \"\"; set sortby time; set sortby custom"
}}

cmd on-load &{{
    if [ -f ~/.local/share/lf/pinned_files ]; then
        cmds=""
        while IFS= read -r file; do
            if [ -e "$file" ] && [[ "$file" == "$PWD"/* ]]; then
                cmds="${cmds}addcustominfo \"${file}\" \"\033[31m*\"; "
            fi
        done < ~/.local/share/lf/pinned_files
        
        if [ -n "$cmds" ]; then
            lf -remote "send $id :$cmds"
            lf -remote "send $id :set sortby custom"
        fi
    fi
}}

[CatsDeservePets]

I was not able to set sortby time then custom in config
Things like this

set sortby time:custom

set sortby time
set sortby custom

First on doesn't work, second one does. lf does only accept one sorting mechanism at the time (but perhaps introducing chaining directly might be a good idea honestly). When sorting by something, the old order does not get reset but overridden which makes chaining possible.

Your code looks good to me but there is no need to call reload. addcustominfo updates your sorting automatically if required.

[BEST8OY]

Thanks for the help

[CatsDeservePets]

No problem! Glad I could help!

[CatsDeservePets]

Also, chaining these commands instead of calling them after each other is more efficient:

lf -remote "send $id addcustominfo \"$f\" \"\""
lf -remote "send $id set sortby time"
lf -remote "send $id set sortby custom"

Use something like this instead:

lf -remote "send $id addcustominfo \"$f\" \"\"; set sortby time; set sortby custom"

[BEST8OY]

I tired that but send $id seems to not accept chained command
This doesn't work for me

lf -remote "send $id addcustominfo \"$f\" \"\"; set sortby time; set sortby custom"

[BEST8OY]

The current problem is this
1- When I run lf, it sorts HOME FOLDER based on time (set sortby time and set reverse in config) then applies the custom sort through cmd on-load
2- HOME FODLER sort is correct (time with custom at top)
3- The problem is the sort of what's inside other folders in HOME FOLDER

The images are the sort order of a folder content in my HOME FOLDER
We obviously need to do a sort by custom, but it messes with folders content sort order
@CatsDeservePets
Any idea?

The image on the left is with this code (tried both on-init and on-load)

cmd on-load &{{
    lf -remote "send $id set sortby custom"
    if [ -f ~/.local/share/lf/pinned_files ]; then
        cmds=""
        while IFS= read -r file; do
            if [ -e "$file" ] && [[ "$file" == "$PWD"/* ]]; then
                cmds="${cmds}addcustominfo \"${file}\" \"\033[31m*\"; "
            fi
        done < ~/.local/share/lf/pinned_files
        
        if [ -n "$cmds" ]; then
            lf -remote "send $id :$cmds"
        fi
    fi
}}

The image on the right is with this code

cmd on-load &{{
    if [ -f ~/.local/share/lf/pinned_files ]; then
        cmds=""
        while IFS= read -r file; do
            if [ -e "$file" ] && [[ "$file" == "$PWD"/* ]]; then
                cmds="${cmds}addcustominfo \"${file}\" \"\033[31m*\"; "
            fi
        done < ~/.local/share/lf/pinned_files
        
        if [ -n "$cmds" ]; then
            lf -remote "send $id :$cmds"
        fi
    fi
}}

[CatsDeservePets]

I tired that but send $id seems to not accept chained command This doesn't work for me

lf -remote "send $id addcustominfo "$f" ""; set sortby time; set sortby custom"

Oh, we just forgot to add :. This one works:

lf -remote "send $id :addcustominfo \"$f\" \"\"; set sortby time; set sortby custom"

The current problem is this
1- When I run lf, it sorts HOME FOLDER based on time (set sortby time and set reverse in config) then applies the custom sort through cmd on-load
2- HOME FODLER sort is correct (time with custom at top)
3- The problem is the sort of what's inside other folders in HOME FOLDER

The images are the sort order of a folder content in my HOME FOLDER
We obviously need to do a sort by custom, but it messes with folders content sort order

If you want to apply the sorting to one folder only, use setlocal <full dir path> sortby <method>.

[BEST8OY]

If you want to apply the sorting to one folder only, use setlocal <full dir path> sortby <method>.

This didn't work either, it still messes with folders content sorting

In the end I decided to go with fzf and selecting from tagged files

cmd fzf_tags ${{
    tags_file="$HOME/.local/share/lf/tags"

    if [ ! -f "$tags_file" ]; then
        lf -remote "send $id echo 'No tags file found'"
        exit 1
    fi

    # Extract paths (everything before the colon) and present with fzf
    selected=$(awk -F: '{print $1}' "$tags_file" | fzf --prompt 'Jump to tag: ')

    [ -z "$selected" ] && exit

    # If it's a directory, cd to it; if it's a file, cd to its parent and select it
    if [ -d "$selected" ]; then
        lf -remote "send $id cd \"$selected\""
    elif [ -f "$selected" ]; then
        dir=$(dirname "$selected")
        file=$(basename "$selected")
        lf -remote "send $id cd \"$dir\""
        lf -remote "send $id select \"$selected\""
    else
        lf -remote "send $id echo 'Path does not exist: $selected'"
    fi
}}


cmd on-init &{{
    lf -remote "send $id fzf_tags"
}}

[CatsDeservePets]

Hello @BEST8OY!

I got notified that you replied to this again but you deleted the question again.
I reopened this as issue. Feel free to either reply to or close it.