From 37bbb17da628f9c4e47e3c6b2590fcf3cc6201bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:22:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add palette_placement config option

---
 src/config.zig                       |  9 +++++++++
 src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig     | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index a6a62967..26a8ce73 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ hint_window_style: WidgetStyle = .thick_boxed,
 info_box_style: WidgetStyle = .bar_left_spacious,
 info_box_width_limit: usize = 80,
 
+palette_placement: PalettePlacement = .top_center,
+
 centered_view: bool = false,
 centered_view_width: usize = 145,
 centered_view_min_screen_width: usize = 145,
@@ -248,3 +250,10 @@ pub const AgeFormat = enum {
     short,
     long,
 };
+
+pub const PalettePlacement = enum {
+    top_center,
+    top_left,
+    top_right,
+    center,
+};
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
index c419917e..df1ad82c 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
@@ -187,10 +187,36 @@ fn prepare_resize_menu(self: *Self, _: *MenuType, _: Widget.Box) Widget.Box {
 }
 
 fn prepare_resize(self: *Self) Widget.Box {
+    const screen = tui.screen();
+    const padding = tui.get_widget_style(widget_type).padding;
     const w = self.menu_width();
-    const x = self.menu_pos_x();
     const h = self.menu.menu.widgets.items.len;
-    return .{ .y = 0, .x = x, .w = w, .h = h };
+    return switch (tui.config().palette_placement) {
+        .top_center => .{
+            .y = 0,
+            .x = self.menu_pos_x(),
+            .w = w,
+            .h = h,
+        },
+        .top_left => .{
+            .y = 0,
+            .x = 0,
+            .w = w,
+            .h = h,
+        },
+        .top_right => .{
+            .y = 0,
+            .x = if (screen.w > (w - padding.right)) (screen.w - w - padding.right) else 0,
+            .w = w,
+            .h = h,
+        },
+        .center => .{
+            .y = if (screen.h > h) (screen.h - h) / 2 else 0,
+            .x = self.menu_pos_x(),
+            .w = w,
+            .h = h,
+        },
+    };
 }
 
 fn do_resize(self: *Self) void {
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
index 74764a5d..57ad8b5c 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
@@ -26,7 +26,17 @@ pub const Placement = enum {
     top_center,
     top_left,
     top_right,
+    center,
     primary_cursor,
+
+    fn from_config(conf: @import("config").PalettePlacement) Placement {
+        return switch (conf) {
+            .top_center => .top_center,
+            .top_left => .top_left,
+            .top_right => .top_right,
+            .center => .center,
+        };
+    }
 };
 
 pub const ActivateMode = enum {
@@ -110,7 +120,10 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 .mode = try keybind.mode("overlay/palette", allocator, .{
                     .insert_command = "overlay_insert_bytes",
                 }),
-                .placement = if (@hasDecl(options, "placement")) options.placement else .top_center,
+                .placement = if (@hasDecl(options, "placement"))
+                    options.placement
+                else
+                    Placement.from_config(tui.config().palette_placement),
             };
             try self.commands.init(self);
             self.mode.event_handler = EventHandler.to_owned(self);
@@ -204,6 +217,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 .top_center => self.prepare_resize_top_center(screen, w),
                 .top_left => self.prepare_resize_top_left(screen, w),
                 .top_right => self.prepare_resize_top_right(screen, w, padding),
+                .center => self.prepare_resize_center(screen, w),
                 .primary_cursor => self.prepare_resize_primary_cursor(screen, w, padding),
             };
         }
@@ -248,6 +262,14 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
             return self.prepare_resize_at_y_x(screen, w, cursor.row + 1 + padding.top, cursor.col);
         }
 
+        fn prepare_resize_center(self: *Self, screen: Widget.Box, w: usize) Widget.Box {
+            const x = if (screen.w > w) (screen.w - w) / 2 else 0;
+            const h = @min(self.items + self.menu.header_count, self.view_rows + self.menu.header_count);
+            const y = if (screen.h > h) (screen.h - h) / 2 else 0;
+            self.view_rows = get_view_rows(screen) -| y;
+            return .{ .y = y, .x = x, .w = w, .h = h };
+        }
+
         fn after_resize_menu(self: *Self, _: *Menu.State(*Self), _: Widget.Box) void {
             return self.after_resize();
         }