How to quit instead of opening directory

[norman-zon]

What system are you running Yazi on?

macOS

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

20240203-110809-5046fc22

yazi --debug output

❯ yazi --debug

Yazi
    Version: 25.5.31 (Homebrew 2025-05-30)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : aarch64-apple-darwin (macos-aarch64)
    Rustc  : 1.87.0 (17067e9a 2025-05-09)

Ya
    Version: 25.5.31 (Homebrew 2025-05-30)

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("xterm-256color")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : Some("WezTerm")
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: Some("20240203-110809-5046fc22")
    Brand.from_env      : Some(WezTerm)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(WezTerm), light: false, csi_16t: (8, 16), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Sixel
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 25, columns: 210, width: 1680, height: 400 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : None
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : None
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL           : Some("/bin/zsh")
    EDITOR          : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL          : Some("nvim")
    YAZI_FILE_ONE   : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: Some("--multi --layout=reverse\n--color=dark\n--color=fg:0,bg:-1,hl:8,fg+:-1,bg+:-1,hl+:5,preview-fg:-1\n--color=info:2,border:7,prompt:6,pointer:5,marker:3,spinner:3,header:4,gutter:-1\n")

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

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: Some("judicious-accordion")
    Zellij version     : 0.43.1

Dependencies
    file          : 5.41
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    pdftoppm      : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    magick        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    fzf           : 0.66.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.3.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 14.1.1
    chafa         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    zoxide        : 0.9.8
    7zz/7z        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    resvg         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.8.1

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

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain


See https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/plugins/overview#debugging on how to enable logging or debug runtime errors.

Describe the question

I use the shell-wrapper to cd into the currently open dir upon exiting.
For convenience I don't want to explicitly use q to exit, but rather exit yazi when pressing enter on a directory, instead of opening it.

I tried adapting the smart-enter plugin like this:

local function entry()
	local h = cx.active.current.hovered
	if h and h.cha.is_dir then
		ya.manager_emit("enter", {})
		ya.manager_emit("quit", {})
	else
		ya.manager_emit("open", { hovered = true })
	end
end

return {
	entry = entry,
}

and bound it to <Enter>, but the plugin never returns.

Is this even the proper way to solve this? Or could I instead use a custom opener?

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[sxyazi]

Where did you get that copy of the smart-enter plugin code? There are a couple of things wrong with it:

• It doesn't have a --- @sync entry annotation
• It uses a deprecated API ya.manager_emit() since v25.2.26 which has been removed in the latest nightly

Does it work if you rebase it to the latest smart-enter code?

[norman-zon]

I am not completely sure how I pieced that together.

Now I updated the plugin to:

--- @since 25.5.31
--- @sync entry

local function setup(self, opts) self.open_multi = opts.open_multi end

local function entry(self)
	local h = cx.active.current.hovered
	if h and h.cha.is_dir then
		ya.emit("enter", {})
		ya.emit("quit", {})
	else
		ya.emit("open", { hovered = not self.open_multi })
	end
end

return { entry = entry, setup = setup }

And this works.
Thanks for your support!