Add a way to customize statusline appearance on "select" action

[bluz71]

Hello,

I have been transitioning from vimfiler to fern.vim. It is very nice that fern.vim contains a window selector for open:select just like vimfiler. Works very well, solves the oil and vinegar problem. Thank you!

My query is about the style, best explained by these two screenshots, first vimfiler plugin:

Second, fern.vim plugin:

The query is about the statusline, notice in fern.vim that the bar mostly disappears replaced by the normal editing background color. On a large screen with many splits the disappearance of the normal statusline dividers makes it hard to figure out how the screen is divided. The statusline visualises the splits better.

I like the style of a and b choices. I just wish the Vim theme statusline color remained as well. Is that possible? The combination of a / b with normal statusline would look excellent with my theme.

Thanks.

[lambdalisue]

Got it. I'll consider adding a way to customize the appearance.

[bluz71]

Note, in the screenshots, I like the blue selection indicators that fern displays, they look even nicer than vimfiler. Just the statusline background is my issue, nothing more.

[lambdalisue]

Please try #131. @bluz71

[bluz71]

Thanks, I will send feedback within the next day.

[bluz71]

@lambdalisue,

Yes, #131 is 100% perfect. I love it.

And you also now allow separate colours for branch symbols and branch text which is also fantastic. Many thanks for that as well.

Screenshot with the latest update:

Please merge.

Many thanks for this awesome (Neo)vim file manager. I enjoy this plugin so much I created this Reddit post about fern.vim which linked back to my Vim plugins I like Blog post.

Keep up the great work.

[lambdalisue]

Many thanks for this awesome (Neo)vim file manager. I enjoy this plugin so much I created this Reddit post about fern.vim which linked back to my Vim plugins I like Blog post.

Thanks. That kind of things encourage me a lot 👍

Additionally, I'm planning to create a screenshot page on Wiki to share users custom design. Can I use yours at then?

[bluz71]

Thanks. That kind of things encourage me a lot.

NERDTree has been driving me crazy with it's poor performance for years. I got so feed up six months ago I dumped it for vimfiler. However, vimfiler is now deprecated.

So when I came across fern.vim recently it was a breath of fresh air, especially with regard to performance. fern.vim is SO MUCH faster the NERDTree when dealing with large directories, it is not even close.

So thanks to you.

Additionally, I'm planning to create a screenshot page on Wiki to share users custom design. Can I use yours at then?

Please use this image without the Alacritty heading and window manager buttons:

Cheers.