Disable statusline in file tree

[siduck]

Hi there! Is it possible to disable the statusline in nvimtree? since nvimree's width is small so the statusline wouldnt be properly visible at all and I dont think there's any need of statusline in the file tree.

looks bad :

I made the statusline of inactive windows (StatuslineNC) look like a plain line

It would be nice if the statusline would be completely remvoed from nvimtree's window!

[kyazdani42]

i do this in my personal statusline, this should be part of the statusline api not nvim tree :)
although, you could maybe:

function! DisableST()
  return " "
endfunction
au BufEnter NvimTree setlocal statusline=%!DisableST()

works for me if i have no statusline enabled. This will not be implemented in nvim tree because it relies on the statusline, not nvim tree, maybe open a PR there, it's quite easy to do.

[siduck]

@kyazdani42 sorry to bother , Im new to lua and could you write a lua function for it

[kyazdani42]

this is not doable on nvim-tree side, you have to refer to the plugin developer for your statusline (i cannot handle every edge case for this feature, most people might not even want this).
The vim snippet might work though, did you test it out ?

[siduck]

I use a lua config so that vimscript code didnt work :(

vim.api.nvim_exec(
    [[
function! DisableST()
  return " "
endfunction
au BufEnter NvimTree setlocal statusline=%!DisableST()
]],
    false
)  

[siduck]

@kyazdani42 statusline can be disabled in nerdtree

preservim/nerdtree#280

[kyazdani42]

this is not particularly something that i consider i should do in nvim tree because it's a window option that i don't manage by default so the users can basically bind an autocmd to set it themselves. I don't want to start providing setup like this or else i'd have to provide every window/buffer option one after the other.
look at my config to understand how i do this :)

[kyazdani42]

i think you might need to vim.schedule the lua function in order to apply the modification after the plugin you use sets the statusline value

[siduck]

@kyazdani42 Is it possible to add a specific highlight for NvimTree's statuslineNc? something like NvimTreeVertsplit , which let me hide vertsplit near nvimtree.

Maybe something similar could be done with statuslineNc

[kyazdani42]

you should be able to set NvimTreeStatusLineNC

[siduck]

thanks! it looks much better now :D

[JonathanLorimer]

How do we set NvimTreeStatusLineNC? I am having trouble figuring it out!

[siduck]

How do we set NvimTreeStatusLineNC? I am having trouble figuring it out!

hi NvimTreeStatusLineNC guibg=nvim_treebg guifg=nvim_treebg

[lius-new]

If you use nvim-lualine, it provides disabled_filetypes, which you can set to NvimTree. nvim-lualine.disable_filetypes.

[riverajohan]

If you use nvim-lualine, it provides disabled_filetypes, which you can set to NvimTree. nvim-lualine.disable_filetypes.

For reference:
disabled_filetypes = { 'packer', 'NvimTree' }

[dave-kennedy]

This basically works in case you don't use nvim-lualine:

require('nvim-tree.api').events.subscribe(api.events.Event.TreeOpen, function ()
    vim.wo.statusline = ' '
end)

It doesn't work if you open the tree on VimEnter. See #1993.

[alex-courtis]

It doesn't work if you open the tree on VimEnter. See #1993.

Thank you

[ahbali]

This basically works in case you don't use nvim-lualine:

require('nvim-tree.api').events.subscribe(api.events.Event.TreeOpen, function ()
    vim.wo.statusline = ' '
end)

It doesn't work if you open the tree on VimEnter. See #1993.

i had to change api.events.Event.TreeOpen to "TreeOpen" to make it work

require('nvim-tree.api').events.subscribe("TreeOpen", function ()
     vim.wo.statusline = ' '
end)