fix(view): prevent backspace from deleting into prefix area (#135)

Problem: in insert mode, `<BS>`, `<C-h>`, `<C-w>`, and `<C-u>` could
delete backwards past the name column boundary into the icon/permissions/ID
prefix, corrupting the line and breaking the parser.

Solution: add buffer-local insert-mode expr keymaps that compute the name
column boundary (cached per line) and return no-op when the cursor is
already at or before it. `<C-u>` emits exactly enough `<BS>` keys to
delete back to the boundary, never past it.

Closes #133
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Barrett Ruth 2026-03-15 13:39:32 -04:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -124,6 +124,68 @@ describe('regression tests', function()
})
end)
it('BS at constraint boundary is a no-op', function()
tmpdir:create({ 'a.txt' })
oil.setup({ constrain_cursor = 'name', columns = {} })
vim.cmd.edit({ args = { 'oil://' .. vim.fn.fnamemodify(tmpdir.path, ':p') } })
test_util.wait_for_autocmd({ 'User', pattern = 'OilEnter' })
test_util.actions.focus('a.txt')
local line_before = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
local cur = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)
local parser = require('oil.mutator.parser')
local adapter = require('oil.util').get_adapter(0, true)
local columns_mod = require('oil.columns')
local column_defs = columns_mod.get_supported_columns(adapter)
local result = parser.parse_line(adapter, line_before, column_defs)
local name_col = result.ranges.name[1]
vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, { cur[1], name_col })
vim.cmd.startinsert()
vim.wait(20)
test_util.feedkeys({ '<BS>' }, 10)
vim.cmd.stopinsert()
vim.wait(10)
local line_after = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
assert.equals(line_before, line_after)
end)
it('BS within name works normally', function()
tmpdir:create({ 'a.txt' })
oil.setup({ constrain_cursor = 'name', columns = {} })
vim.cmd.edit({ args = { 'oil://' .. vim.fn.fnamemodify(tmpdir.path, ':p') } })
test_util.wait_for_autocmd({ 'User', pattern = 'OilEnter' })
test_util.actions.focus('a.txt')
local line_before = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
test_util.feedkeys({ 'A', 'x', '<BS>' }, 10)
vim.cmd.stopinsert()
vim.wait(10)
local line_after = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
assert.equals(line_before, line_after)
end)
it('BS does not cross into prefix area', function()
tmpdir:create({ 'a.txt' })
oil.setup({ constrain_cursor = 'name', columns = {} })
vim.cmd.edit({ args = { 'oil://' .. vim.fn.fnamemodify(tmpdir.path, ':p') } })
test_util.wait_for_autocmd({ 'User', pattern = 'OilEnter' })
test_util.actions.focus('a.txt')
local line_before = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
local parser = require('oil.mutator.parser')
local adapter = require('oil.util').get_adapter(0, true)
local columns_mod = require('oil.columns')
local column_defs = columns_mod.get_supported_columns(adapter)
local result = parser.parse_line(adapter, line_before, column_defs)
local name_col = result.ranges.name[1]
vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, { vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)[1], name_col + 1 })
vim.cmd.startinsert()
vim.wait(20)
test_util.feedkeys({ '<BS>', '<BS>', '<BS>' }, 10)
vim.cmd.stopinsert()
vim.wait(10)
local line_after = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
local id_prefix = line_before:match('^(/%d+ )')
assert.truthy(line_after:find(id_prefix, 1, true))
end)
it('can open files from floating window', function()
tmpdir:create({ 'a.txt' })
oil.open_float(tmpdir.path)