Sort by linemode values #3382
Description
yazi --debug output
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("iTerm.app")
TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: Some("3.6.6")
Brand.from_env : Some(Iterm2)
Emulator.detect : Emulator { kind: Left(Iterm2), light: false, csi_16t: (0, 0), force_16t: false }
Adapter
Adapter.matches : Iip
Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 32, columns: 122, width: 1952, height: 1088 }
Desktop
XDG_SESSION_TYPE : None
WAYLAND_DISPLAY : None
DISPLAY : Some("/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.ybDwC1ilFo/org.xquartz:0")
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 : None
YAZI_FILE_ONE : None
YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: None
Text Opener
default : Some(OpenerRule { run: "nvim \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "NeoVim", for: None, spread: true })
block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "nvim \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "NeoVim", for: None, spread: true })
block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "nvim \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "NeoVim", 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: None
Zellij version : No such file or directory (os error 2)
Dependencies
file : 5.41
ueberzugpp : No such file or directory (os error 2)
ffmpeg/ffprobe: 8.0.1 / 8.0.1
pdftoppm : 25.11.0
magick : 7.1.2-8
fzf : 0.67.0
fd/fdfind : 10.3.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
rg : 15.1.0
chafa : No such file or directory (os error 2)
zoxide : 0.9.8
7zz/7z : 25.01 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
resvg : 0.45.1
jq : 1.7.1
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/plainPlease describe the problem you're trying to solve
Problem
I am working on creating a plugin that shows media information for audio/video files (e.g., duration, resolution) in the linemode, and I want to be able to sort the files based on the duration that is in that field.
Unless I am mistaken, I can't create a custom sort method in my lua plugin and call that to sort the files. If there is a way to do this, then that is awesome; could you point me to that? I have searched around and I think the sort methods are defined in the sorter.rs file.
Solutions
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Allow custom sort methods to sort the files from plugins
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Add a sort by linemode method.
Is it possible to have some sort of linemode sort so that once I set the linemode to duration or resolution, I can do [",", "l"] to sort by the linemode value? Or is there a way to create a custom sort method in a plugin?
What is the interface between the lua plugins and rust? Are the linemode values accessible in rust?
Would you be willing to contribute this feature?
- Yes, I'll give it a shot
Describe the solution you'd like
I'm happy to give it a shot, but I'll need some guidance since I'm not very familiar with the codebase and I'm uncertain whether the plugins support data caching that Rust can access.
Additional context
No response
Checklist
- I have searched the existing issues/discussions
- The latest nightly build doesn't already have this feature