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# CONFIGURATION FILE LOCATION ON YOUR SYSTEM:
# -------------------------------------------
# Defaults:
# ---------
# Linux: `$HOME/.config/television/config.toml`
# macOS: `$HOME/.config/television/config.toml`
# Windows: `%LocalAppData%\television\config.toml`
#
# XDG dirs:
# ---------
# You may use XDG_CONFIG_HOME if set on your system.
# In that case, television will expect the configuration file to be in:
# `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/television/config.toml`
#
# General settings
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
tick_rate = 50
default_channel = "files"
# Shell settings
# --------------
# Default shell used for executing commands (source, preview, actions).
# Options: bash, zsh, fish, powershell, cmd, nu
# If not specified, the shell is detected from the environment ($SHELL on Unix).
# Channel-specific shell settings override this global setting.
# shell = "bash"
# History settings
# ---------------
# Maximum number of entries to keep in the global history (default: 100)
# The history tracks search queries across all channels and sessions
# Set to 0 to disable history functionality entirely
history_size = 200
# Whether to use global history (default: false)
# When true: history navigation shows entries from all channels
# When false: history navigation is scoped to the current channel
global_history = false
[ui]
# How much space to allocate for the UI (in percentage of the screen)
# ┌─────────────────────────┐
# │ Terminal screen │
# │ ┌───────────────────┐ │
# │ │ │ │
# │ │ Television UI │ │
# │ │ │ │
# │ └───────────────────┘ │
# │ │
# └─────────────────────────┘
ui_scale = 100
# What orientation should tv be (landscape or portrait)
orientation = "landscape"
# The theme to use for the UI
# A list of builtin themes can be found in the `themes` directory of the television
# repository. You may also create your own theme by creating a new file in a `themes`
# directory in your configuration directory (see the `config.toml` location above).
theme = "default"
# Feature-specific configurations
# Each feature can have its own configuration section
[ui.input_bar]
# Where to place the input bar in the UI (top or bottom)
position = "top"
# The input prompt string (defaults to ">" if not specified)
prompt = ">"
# header = "{}"
# padding = {"left": 0, "right": 0, "top": 0, "bottom": 0}
border_type = "rounded" # https://docs.rs/ratatui/latest/ratatui/widgets/block/enum.BorderType.html#variants
[ui.status_bar]
# Status bar separators (bubble):
#separator_open = ""
#separator_close = ""
# Status bar separators (box):
separator_open = ""
separator_close = ""
hidden = false
[ui.results_panel]
border_type = "rounded"
# padding = {"left": 0, "right": 0, "top": 0, "bottom": 0}
[ui.preview_panel]
# Preview panel size (percentage of screen width/height)
size = 50
#header = ""
#footer = ""
scrollbar = true
border_type = "rounded"
# padding = {"left": 0, "right": 0, "top": 0, "bottom": 0}
hidden = false
[ui.help_panel]
# Whether to split the help panel by categories
show_categories = true
hidden = true
[ui.remote_control]
# Whether to show channel descriptions in remote control mode
show_channel_descriptions = true
# Whether to sort channels alphabetically
sort_alphabetically = true
# disabled = false
# Theme color overrides
# ---------------------
# You can override specific colors from the selected theme by adding them here.
# This allows you to customize the appearance without creating a full theme file.
# Colors can be specified as ANSI color names (e.g., "red", "bright-blue") or
# as hex values (e.g., "#ff0000", "#1e1e2e").
#
# Example overrides:
# [ui.theme_overrides]
# background = "#000000"
# text_fg = "#ffffff"
# selection_bg = "#444444"
# match_fg = "#ff0000"
# Keybindings and Events
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
[keybindings]
# Application control
# ------------------
esc = "quit"
ctrl-c = "quit"
# Navigation and selection
# -----------------------
down = "select_next_entry"
ctrl-n = "select_next_entry"
ctrl-j = "select_next_entry"
up = "select_prev_entry"
ctrl-p = "select_prev_entry"
ctrl-k = "select_prev_entry"
# History navigation
# -----------------
ctrl-up = "select_prev_history"
ctrl-down = "select_next_history"
# Multi-selection
# --------------
tab = "toggle_selection_down"
backtab = "toggle_selection_up"
enter = "confirm_selection"
# Preview panel control
# --------------------
pagedown = "scroll_preview_half_page_down"
pageup = "scroll_preview_half_page_up"
ctrl-f = "cycle_previews"
# Data operations
# --------------
ctrl-y = "copy_entry_to_clipboard"
ctrl-r = "reload_source"
ctrl-s = "cycle_sources"
# UI Features
# ----------
ctrl-t = "toggle_remote_control"
ctrl-x = "toggle_action_picker"
ctrl-o = "toggle_preview"
ctrl-h = "toggle_help"
f12 = "toggle_status_bar"
ctrl-l = "toggle_layout"
# Input field actions
# ----------------------------------------
backspace = "delete_prev_char"
ctrl-w = "delete_prev_word"
ctrl-u = "delete_line"
delete = "delete_next_char"
left = "go_to_prev_char"
right = "go_to_next_char"
home = "go_to_input_start"
ctrl-a = "go_to_input_start"
end = "go_to_input_end"
ctrl-e = "go_to_input_end"
# Shell integration
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# The shell integration feature allows you to use television as a picker for
# your shell commands (as well as your shell history with <CTRL-R>).
# E.g. typing `git checkout <CTRL-T>` will open television with a list of
# branches to choose from.
[shell_integration]
# This specifies the default fallback channel if no other channel is matched.
fallback_channel = "files"
[shell_integration.channel_triggers]
# Add your channel triggers here. Each key is a channel that will be triggered
# by the corresponding commands.
# Example: say you want the following commands to trigger the following channels
# when pressing <CTRL-T>:
# `git checkout` should trigger the `git-branches` channel
# `ls` should trigger the `dirs` channel
# `cat` and `cp` should trigger the `files` channel
#
# You would add the following to your configuration file:
# ```
# [shell_integration.channel_triggers]
# "git-branches" = ["git checkout"]
# "dirs" = ["ls"]
# "files" = ["cat", "cp"]
# ```
"alias" = ["alias", "unalias"]
"env" = ["export", "unset"]
"dirs" = ["cd", "ls", "rmdir", "z"]
"files" = [
"cat",
"less",
"head",
"tail",
"vim",
"nano",
"bat",
"cp",
"mv",
"rm",
"touch",
"chmod",
"chown",
"ln",
"tar",
"zip",
"unzip",
"gzip",
"gunzip",
"xz",
]
"git-diff" = ["git add", "git restore"]
"git-branch" = [
"git checkout",
"git branch",
"git merge",
"git rebase",
"git pull",
"git push",
]
"git-log" = ["git log", "git show"]
"docker-images" = ["docker run"]
"git-repos" = ["nvim", "code", "hx", "git clone"]
[shell_integration.keybindings]
# controls which key binding should trigger tv
# for shell autocomplete
"smart_autocomplete" = "ctrl-t"
# controls which keybinding should trigger tv
# for command history
"command_history" = "ctrl-r"
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