From 6e78564599271ea27fb36138cb629fa7783b806a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 13:37:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add configurable editor idle actions hover and
 highlight_references

closes #370
---
 src/config.zig     |  7 +++++++
 src/tui/editor.zig | 10 ++++++++++
 src/tui/tui.zig    |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index 9cbb98c..d4056e6 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ inline_diagnostics: bool = true,
 animation_min_lag: usize = 0, //milliseconds
 animation_max_lag: usize = 50, //milliseconds
 hover_time_ms: usize = 500, //milliseconds
+input_idle_time_ms: usize = 150, //milliseconds
+idle_actions: []IdleAction = &.{},
 enable_format_on_save: bool = false,
 restore_last_cursor_position: bool = true,
 follow_cursor_on_buffer_switch: bool = false, //scroll cursor into view on buffer switch
@@ -46,6 +48,11 @@ lsp_output: enum { quiet, verbose } = .quiet,
 
 include_files: []const u8 = "",
 
+pub const IdleAction = enum {
+    hover,
+    highlight_references,
+};
+
 pub const DigitStyle = enum {
     ascii,
     digital,
diff --git a/src/tui/editor.zig b/src/tui/editor.zig
index b222d79..eef55c5 100644
--- a/src/tui/editor.zig
+++ b/src/tui/editor.zig
@@ -6376,6 +6376,16 @@ pub const EditorWidget = struct {
             self.update_hover_timer(.fired);
             if (self.hover_y >= 0 and self.hover_x >= 0 and self.hover_mouse_event)
                 try self.editor.hover_at_abs(@intCast(self.hover_y), @intCast(self.hover_x));
+        } else if (try m.match(.{"input_idle"})) {
+            for (tui.config().idle_actions) |action| switch (action) {
+                .hover => {
+                    try self.editor.hover(.{});
+                },
+                .highlight_references => {
+                    if (self.editor.cursels.items.len == 1 and self.editor.get_primary().selection == null)
+                        try self.editor.highlight_references(.{});
+                },
+            };
         } else if (try m.match(.{ "whitespace_mode", tp.extract(&bytes) })) {
             self.editor.render_whitespace = Editor.from_whitespace_mode(bytes);
         } else {
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index 72bec14..4b7c2de 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ pub const ClipboardEntry = struct {
 
 const keepalive = std.time.us_per_day * 365; // one year
 const idle_frames = 0;
-const input_idle_time_milliseconds = 500;
 const mouse_idle_time_milliseconds = 3000;
 
 const init_delay = 1; // ms
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@ fn update_input_idle_timer(self: *Self) void {
         _ = self.send_widgets(tp.self_pid(), m) catch {};
     }
 
-    const delay = std.time.us_per_ms * @as(u64, input_idle_time_milliseconds);
+    const delay = std.time.us_per_ms * @as(u64, self.config_.input_idle_time_ms);
     if (self.input_idle_timer) |*t| {
         t.cancel() catch {};
         t.deinit();