From 6a6fb11c8e9650bb6bf028b1834401b16f6d5f3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:14:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: send highlight references to correct editor for
 file path

---
 src/tui/mainview.zig | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index cad0b71..7c75fb8 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ pub fn receive(self: *Self, from_: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) error{Exit}!bool {
         self.find_in_files_state = .done;
         return true;
     } else if (try m.match(.{ "HREF", tp.extract(&path), tp.extract(&begin_line), tp.extract(&begin_pos), tp.extract(&end_line), tp.extract(&end_pos) })) {
-        if (self.get_active_editor()) |editor| editor.add_highlight_reference(.{
+        if (self.get_editor_for_file(path)) |editor| editor.add_highlight_reference(.{
             .begin = .{ .row = begin_line, .col = begin_pos },
             .end = .{ .row = end_line, .col = end_pos },
         });
         return true;
     } else if (try m.match(.{ "HREF", tp.extract(&path), "done" })) {
-        if (self.get_active_editor()) |editor| editor.done_highlight_reference();
+        if (self.get_editor_for_file(path)) |editor| editor.done_highlight_reference();
         return true;
     } else if (try m.match(.{ "hover", tp.extract(&path), tp.string, tp.extract(&lines), tp.extract(&begin_line), tp.extract(&begin_pos), tp.extract(&end_line), tp.extract(&end_pos) })) {
         try self.set_info_content(lines, .replace);
@@ -1593,6 +1593,16 @@ pub fn get_editor_for_buffer(self: *Self, buffer: *Buffer) ?*ed.Editor {
     return null;
 }
 
+pub fn get_editor_for_file(self: *Self, file_path: []const u8) ?*ed.Editor {
+    for (self.views.widgets.items) |*view| {
+        const editor = view.widget.get("editor") orelse continue;
+        if (editor.dynamic_cast(ed.EditorWidget)) |p|
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, p.editor.file_path orelse continue, file_path))
+                return &p.editor;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
 pub fn get_view_for_file(self: *Self, file_path: []const u8) ?usize {
     for (self.views.widgets.items, 0..) |*view, n| {
         const editor = view.widget.get("editor") orelse continue;