vim-zellij-navigator

This plugin is designed to give the same functionality as vim-tmux-navigator in zellij.

Note 1: Because of the still very active development of the Zellij plugin system the current way of making this possible needs three parts. This will change in the near future as the list_clients command will be available to plugins.

Note 2: When a new session is started, a pane the first time each direction is pressed. This will be fixed in a near release of Zellij when headless mode is available.

Installation

Zellij plugins do not need to be installed, simply add the keybindings to your zellij configuration file.

To install the Neovim plugin, you can use your favorite plugin manager.

-- Lazy.nvim
{
    "hiasr/vim-zellij-navigator.nvim",
    config = function()
        require('vim-zellij-navigator').setup()
    end
},

Next to this plugin, you will also need support from the Neovim side to execute the correct commands if the edge of the Neovim panes have been reached. Since the plugin works by sending Ctrl+hjkl to Neovim, these must be bound to the corresponding command in one of the following plugins.

• zellij-nav.nvim
• Navigator.nvim: There is currently a PR which adds support for Zellij, until then this fork can be used. The advantage of Navigator.nvim is that it will detect if it is running in Zellij and Tmux and will work with both without changing any config.

Usage

keybinds {
    shared_except "locked" {
        bind "Ctrl h" {
            MessagePlugin "https://github.com/hiasr/vim-zellij-navigator/releases/latest/download/vim-zellij-navigator.wasm" {
                name "move_focus";
                payload "left";
            };
        }

        bind "Ctrl j" {
            MessagePlugin "https://github.com/hiasr/vim-zellij-navigator/releases/latest/download/vim-zellij-navigator.wasm" {
                name "move_focus";
                payload "down";
            };
        }

        bind "Ctrl k" {
            MessagePlugin "https://github.com/hiasr/vim-zellij-navigator/releases/latest/download/vim-zellij-navigator.wasm" {
                name "move_focus";
                payload "up";
            };
        }

        bind "Ctrl l" {
            MessagePlugin "https://github.com/hiasr/vim-zellij-navigator/releases/latest/download/vim-zellij-navigator.wasm" {
                name "move_focus";
                payload "right";
            };
        }
    }
}