Feature requests

Bugs

• Exit selection mode on leave
• Exit selection mode on yank
• Trigger Refresh manually when rename, create, in case notify-rs doesn't update in time
• Precache n+1 pages of mimetype instead of n for the better experience
• Image preview on node-pty based terminal, like Hyper canary and VSCode

Features

• Forward / Backward No request

• Find next/previous file (not the Search feature that's already existing) Requested by @teto, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/81

• Custom preloader / previewer Requested by @Neurognostic, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/182

• Filter files in real-time Requested by @musjj, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/137

• Make the preview scrollable Requested by cg00@Discord

• File chooser API used for Neovim plugin Requested by @Eric-Song-Nop

• Git integration Requested by @g-plane, @cap153, @cxwx

• Copy file path Requested by @Gajus84, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/70

• Mouse actions binding in keymap.toml Requested by @Gajus84, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/70

• macOS-like file tag Requested by @sxyazi

• Transparent images support No request

• GIFs images support Requested by @JustinBacher, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1195

• Customizable scroll offset and popup position improvement No request

• Better borders style Requested by @sxyazi

• Case-insensitive sorting No request

• Emacs readline keybindings for Input component Requested by @teto

• Auto-completion for Input component Requested by @maxzinkus

• Custom manager layout Requested by @KeqiZeng, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/71

• Sort files naturally Requested by @asim215

• Show all binding keymaps Requested by @hackers267, @maxzinkus, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/79

• Show file size after the filename Requested by @sxzz, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/88#issuecomment-1694574535

• Display of the number of currently selected/cut/copied files Requested by @Gajus84, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/85

• A floating window to glance at more information about this file (mime-type, atime/btime/mtime, previewer, preloaders, EXIF for images/videos, etc.) Requested by @Gajus84, @teto, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/85, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/831#issuecomment-2025577223

• Re-previewing in real-time when the file content changes Requested by @otakutyrant, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/129

• Shell command history Requested by @mbirth, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/51#issuecomment-1734632058

• Sorting by file type Requested by @v01dnu11, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/51#issuecomment-1732358619

• Hide specified files or directories Requested by @5ouma, @grig-iv https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/51#issuecomment-1725011140, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/694

• Add --no-cwd-file to the close command Requested by @kockahonza, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1629

• Shell completion Requested by @MinaMatta98, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/420

• Remote file management Requested by @Xuanwo, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/434, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/611

• Archives as directories Requested by @git-rz, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/417

• Auto-complete supports smart case Requested by @RioNight, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/547

• Natural sorting supports Hungarian letters Requested by @og900aero, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/616

• Group tasks in Task Manager by "Running"/"Failed" Requested by @teto, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1105

• Dual panel Requested by @c02y, @vladimir-salvador, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/51#issuecomment-1717978149, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1294

• Improve ya pack subcommand Requested by @uncenter, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1509, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1510

• Remove package with ya pack subcommand No request

• Command macros No request

• Functional plugin support for --name=value parameters No request

• Previewer/preloader/fetcher support for passing parameters No request

• Refactor the scheduler: for actions like copy, cut, delete, separate micro and macro tasks into two phases, first gather enough information, then operations No request

• Redesign [filetype] to expand functionality and improve performance No request

• Remove x- prefixes from mime-types as it's discouraged as per rfc6838#section-3.4 - https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/discussions/1663#discussioncomment-10705174. No request

• Allow changing the border type of input/completion/tasks components Requested by @Axlefublr, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1552

• Support UTF-16 encoded file preview for the preset code previewer No request

• Experimental parameter macro support (%) Requested by @gotbletu, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1318

• Allow changing the style of the confirm component in theme.toml No request

• Truncate long filenames in the file list Requested by @Brixy, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/903

• theme.toml/flavor.toml supports plugin-specific styles No request

• Move mode_normal, mode_select, and mode_unset in theme.toml to a separate [mode] block as normal_open, normal_close, select_open, etc. (better names needed) Requested by @imsi32, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1228

• Add snap to snapcraft.io Add flatpak to flathub.org Requested by @DevelSSN, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1631, done in https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/2080

• Support auto-switching between dark/light flavors Requested by @markmacode, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/988

• Immediately place the cursor on the first file to be copied/moved when copying/moving files Requested by @exquo, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1950

• New toggle and visual DDS event allow users to implement plugins that involve selection states Requested by @aidancz, https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/issues/1748