From d2081e8d688fd0f11516cbde2a3c584e4a621d59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 22:25:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add configuration option dropdown_limit to limit
 completion dropdown size

---
 src/config.zig                    |  1 +
 src/tui/editor.zig                |  2 +-
 src/tui/mode/overlay/dropdown.zig | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index c02ddf4..21a9dba 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ lsp_output: enum { quiet, verbose } = .quiet,
 
 keybind_mode: KeybindMode = .normal,
 dropdown_keybinds: DropdownKeybindMode = .standard,
+dropdown_limit: usize = 12,
 
 include_files: []const u8 = "",
 
diff --git a/src/tui/editor.zig b/src/tui/editor.zig
index 1b686eb..54287e6 100644
--- a/src/tui/editor.zig
+++ b/src/tui/editor.zig
@@ -6424,7 +6424,7 @@ pub const Editor = struct {
         } else {
             self.completions_request = .pending(cursor.row, cursor.col);
         }
-        if (!mv.is_any_panel_view_showing())
+        if (tui.config().completion_info_mode == .panel) if (!mv.is_any_panel_view_showing())
             self.clamp_offset(mv.get_panel_height());
         return self.pm_with_primary_cursor_pos(project_manager.completion);
     }
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/dropdown.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/dropdown.zig
index 8a38530..745cfcb 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/dropdown.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/dropdown.zig
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 }),
                 .logger = log.logger(@typeName(Self)),
                 .query = .empty,
-                .view_rows = get_view_rows(tui.screen()),
+                .view_rows = @min(
+                    get_view_rows(tui.screen()),
+                    tui.config().dropdown_limit + self.menu.header_count,
+                ),
                 .entries = .empty,
                 .mode = try keybind.mode(switch (tui.config().dropdown_keybinds) {
                     .standard => "overlay/dropdown",
@@ -163,7 +166,10 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
         }
 
         fn prepare_resize_at_y_x(self: *Self, screen: Widget.Box, w: usize, y: usize, x: usize) Widget.Box {
-            self.view_rows = get_view_rows(screen) -| y;
+            self.view_rows = @min(
+                get_view_rows(screen) -| y,
+                tui.config().dropdown_limit + self.menu.header_count,
+            );
             const h = @min(self.items + self.menu.header_count, self.view_rows + self.menu.header_count);
             return .{ .y = y, .x = x, .w = w, .h = h };
         }
@@ -193,9 +199,13 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
         }
 
         fn get_view_rows(screen: Widget.Box) usize {
-            var h = screen.h;
-            if (h > 0) h = h / 5 * 4;
-            return h;
+            if (tui.config().completion_info_mode == .panel) {
+                var h = screen.h;
+                if (h > 0) h = h / 5 * 4;
+                return h;
+            } else {
+                return screen.h;
+            }
         }
 
         fn on_scroll(self: *Self, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) error{Exit}!void {