From 79fc70427c9e554465a961ade399c6536224e0c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Granero <migranram@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:26:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] feat: add project file explorer widget (palette)

---
 src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig              |   2 +-
 .../overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig     | 285 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/tui/tui.zig                               |   5 +
 3 files changed, 291 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig

diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
index 63a541b..74764a5 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
             self.inputbox.hint.print(self.inputbox.allocator, "{d}/{d}", .{ self.total_items, self.entries.items.len }) catch {};
         }
 
-        fn start_query(self: *Self, n: usize) !void {
+        pub fn start_query(self: *Self, n: usize) !void {
             defer tui.reset_hover(@src());
             defer self.update_count_hint();
             self.items = 0;
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73fc2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const cbor = @import("cbor");
+const tp = @import("thespian");
+const root = @import("soft_root").root;
+const command = @import("command");
+
+const tui = @import("../../tui.zig");
+pub const Type = @import("palette.zig").Create(@This());
+const module_name = @typeName(@This());
+const Widget = @import("../../Widget.zig");
+
+pub const label = "File Explorer";
+pub const name = "File Explorer";
+pub const description = "Project file explorer";
+pub const icon = "🗂️ ";
+pub const modal_dim = true;
+pub const placement = .top_center;
+
+pub const NodeType = enum {
+    file,
+    folder,
+};
+
+pub const Node = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    type_: NodeType,
+    expanded: bool = false,
+    children: ?std.ArrayList(Node) = null,
+    parent: ?*Node = null,
+    path: []const u8,
+};
+
+pub const Entry = struct {
+    label: []const u8,
+    node: *Node,
+};
+
+fn createNodeFromPath(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, path: []const u8) !*Node {
+    const node = try allocator.create(Node);
+    errdefer allocator.destroy(node);
+
+    const basename = std.fs.path.basename(path);
+    node.* = .{
+        .name = try allocator.dupe(u8, basename),
+        .path = try allocator.dupe(u8, path),
+        .type_ = undefined,
+        .expanded = false,
+        .children = null,
+        .parent = null,
+    };
+
+    var dir = std.fs.cwd().openDir(path, .{}) catch |err| {
+        if (err == error.NotDir or err == error.FileNotFound) {
+            node.*.type_ = .file;
+            return node;
+        }
+        return err;
+    };
+    defer dir.close();
+    node.*.type_ = .folder;
+    return node;
+}
+
+fn loadNodeChildren(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *Node, recursive: bool) !void {
+    if (node.type_ != .folder) return;
+    if (node.children != null) return;
+
+    var children: std.ArrayList(Node) = .empty;
+    errdefer children.deinit(allocator);
+
+    var dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(node.path, .{ .iterate = true });
+    defer dir.close();
+
+    var iter = dir.iterateAssumeFirstIteration();
+    while (try iter.next()) |entry| {
+        const child_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ node.path, entry.name });
+        errdefer allocator.free(child_path);
+
+        var child_node = Node{
+            .name = try allocator.dupe(u8, entry.name),
+            .path = child_path,
+            .type_ = if (entry.kind == .directory) .folder else .file,
+            .expanded = false,
+            .children = null,
+            .parent = node,
+        };
+
+        if (recursive) {
+            try loadNodeChildren(allocator, &child_node, recursive);
+        }
+
+        try children.append(allocator, child_node);
+    }
+
+    node.children = children;
+}
+
+fn deinitNode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *Node) void {
+    allocator.free(node.name);
+    allocator.free(node.path);
+    if (node.children) |*children| {
+        for (children.items) |*child| {
+            deinitNode(allocator, child);
+        }
+        children.deinit(allocator);
+    }
+}
+
+fn deinitRootNode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *Node) void {
+    deinitNode(allocator, node);
+    allocator.destroy(node);
+}
+
+var root_node: ?*Node = null;
+
+pub fn load_entries(palette: *Type) !usize {
+    palette.entries.clearRetainingCapacity();
+
+    const project_path = tp.env.get().str("project");
+    if (project_path.len == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (root_node == null) {
+        root_node = try createNodeFromPath(palette.allocator, project_path);
+        try loadNodeChildren(palette.allocator, root_node.?, false);
+        root_node.?.expanded = true;
+    }
+
+    try buildVisibleList(palette, root_node.?, 0);
+
+    return palette.entries.items.len;
+}
+
+fn buildVisibleList(palette: *Type, node: *Node, depth: usize) !void {
+    const node_label = try createNodeLabel(palette.allocator, node, depth);
+    try palette.entries.append(palette.allocator, .{
+        .label = node_label,
+        .node = node,
+    });
+
+    if (node.type_ == .folder and node.expanded) {
+        if (node.children) |children| {
+            for (children.items) |*child| {
+                try buildVisibleList(palette, child, depth + 1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn isNodeVisible(node: *const Node, root_ptr: *const Node) bool {
+    var current: ?*const Node = node;
+    while (current) |c| {
+        if (c == root_ptr) return true;
+        if (!c.expanded) return false;
+        current = c.parent;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+fn createNodeLabel(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *const Node, depth: usize) ![]const u8 {
+    var buffer: std.ArrayList(u8) = .empty;
+
+    // Add indentation
+    for (0..depth) |_| {
+        try buffer.append(allocator, ' ');
+    }
+
+    // Add folder icon or file icon
+    if (node.type_ == .folder) {
+        if (node.expanded) {
+            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "🗁");
+        } else {
+            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "🗀");
+        }
+    } else {
+        // @TODO: Add here file icon
+        try buffer.append(allocator, '>');
+    }
+    try buffer.append(allocator, ' ');
+
+    try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, node.name);
+    return buffer.toOwnedSlice(allocator);
+}
+
+pub fn updated(palette: *Type, button_: ?*Type.ButtonType) !void {
+    _ = palette;
+    _ = button_;
+}
+
+pub fn on_render_menu(_: *Type, button: *Type.ButtonType, theme: *const Widget.Theme, selected: bool) bool {
+    const style_base = theme.editor_widget;
+    const style_label = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover or selected) theme.editor_selection else theme.editor_widget;
+    const style_hint = if (tui.find_scope_style(theme, "entity.name")) |sty| sty.style else style_label;
+    button.plane.set_base_style(style_base);
+    button.plane.erase();
+    button.plane.home();
+    button.plane.set_style(style_label);
+    if (button.active or button.hover or selected) {
+        button.plane.fill(" ");
+        button.plane.home();
+    }
+    var label_str: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var iter = button.opts.label;
+    if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &label_str) catch false)) return false;
+    button.plane.set_style(style_hint);
+    tui.render_pointer(&button.plane, selected);
+    button.plane.set_style(style_label);
+    _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{label_str}) catch {};
+    button.plane.set_style(style_hint);
+    var index: usize = 0;
+    var len = cbor.decodeArrayHeader(&iter) catch return false;
+    while (len > 0) : (len -= 1) {
+        if (cbor.matchValue(&iter, cbor.extract(&index)) catch break) {
+            tui.render_match_cell(&button.plane, 0, index + 2, theme) catch break;
+        } else break;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+fn select(menu: **Type.MenuType, button: *Type.ButtonType, _: Type.Pos) void {
+    const palette = menu.*.opts.ctx;
+
+    var label_str: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var entry_idx: usize = undefined;
+    var iter = button.opts.label;
+    if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &label_str) catch false)) return;
+    if (!(cbor.matchValue(&iter, cbor.extract(&entry_idx)) catch false)) return;
+
+    if (entry_idx >= palette.entries.items.len) return;
+
+    const entry = palette.entries.items[entry_idx];
+    const node = entry.node;
+
+    if (node.type_ == .folder) {
+        if (!node.expanded and node.children == null) {
+            loadNodeChildren(palette.allocator, node, false) catch |e| {
+                palette.logger.err("loadNodeChildren", e);
+                return;
+            };
+        }
+        node.expanded = !node.expanded;
+        _ = load_entries(palette) catch unreachable;
+
+        palette.inputbox.text.shrinkRetainingCapacity(0);
+        palette.inputbox.cursor = tui.egc_chunk_width(palette.inputbox.text.items, 0, 8);
+
+        const new_idx = for (palette.entries.items, 0..) |e, i| {
+            if (e.node == node) break i + 1;
+        } else 0;
+
+        palette.initial_selected = new_idx;
+        palette.start_query(0) catch unreachable;
+
+        tui.need_render(@src());
+    } else {
+        tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "exit_overlay_mode" }) catch |e| palette.logger.err(module_name, e);
+        tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "navigate", .{ .file = node.path } }) catch |e| palette.logger.err(module_name, e);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn add_menu_entry(palette: *Type, entry: *Entry, matches: ?[]const usize) !void {
+    var value: std.Io.Writer.Allocating = .init(palette.allocator);
+    defer value.deinit();
+    const writer = &value.writer;
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, entry.label);
+    const entry_idx = for (palette.entries.items, 0..) |existing_entry, idx| {
+        if (existing_entry.node == entry.node) break idx;
+    } else palette.entries.items.len;
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, entry_idx);
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, matches orelse &[_]usize{});
+    try palette.menu.add_item_with_handler(value.written(), select);
+    palette.items += 1;
+}
+
+pub fn clear_entries(palette: *Type) void {
+    palette.entries.clearRetainingCapacity();
+}
+
+pub fn deinit(palette: *Type) void {
+    if (root_node) |node| {
+        deinitRootNode(palette.allocator, node);
+        root_node = null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index 30c70c9..7192590 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -1371,6 +1371,11 @@ const cmds = struct {
     }
     pub const open_command_palette_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Command palette" };
 
+    pub fn open_project_file_tree(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
+        return self.enter_overlay_mode(@import("mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig").Type);
+    }
+    pub const open_project_file_tree_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Project file tree explorer" };
+
     pub fn insert_command_name(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
         return self.enter_overlay_mode(@import("mode/overlay/list_all_commands_palette.zig").Type);
     }

From 04ee1257b89dce06d49c0cdb48daf12a1b976166 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:58:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] refactor: use file_type_config.guess_file_type to get
 icons

Also, normalize folders to use the same icons as in other places in flow.
---
 .../overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig     | 34 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
index 73fc2da..b7ad7a2 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const cbor = @import("cbor");
 const tp = @import("thespian");
 const root = @import("soft_root").root;
 const command = @import("command");
+const file_type_config = @import("file_type_config");
 
 const tui = @import("../../tui.zig");
 pub const Type = @import("palette.zig").Create(@This());
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ const Widget = @import("../../Widget.zig");
 pub const label = "File Explorer";
 pub const name = "File Explorer";
 pub const description = "Project file explorer";
-pub const icon = "🗂️ ";
+pub const icon = "  ";
 pub const modal_dim = true;
 pub const placement = .top_center;
 
@@ -169,13 +170,13 @@ fn createNodeLabel(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *const Node, depth: usize
     // Add folder icon or file icon
     if (node.type_ == .folder) {
         if (node.expanded) {
-            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "🗁");
+            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "");
         } else {
-            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "🗀");
+            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "");
         }
     } else {
-        // @TODO: Add here file icon
-        try buffer.append(allocator, '>');
+        _, const icon_, _ = guess_file_type(node.path);
+        try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, icon_);
     }
     try buffer.append(allocator, ' ');
 
@@ -183,6 +184,29 @@ fn createNodeLabel(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *const Node, depth: usize
     return buffer.toOwnedSlice(allocator);
 }
 
+fn default_ft() struct { []const u8, []const u8, u24 } {
+    return .{
+        file_type_config.default.name,
+        file_type_config.default.icon,
+        file_type_config.default.color,
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn guess_file_type(file_path: []const u8) struct { []const u8, []const u8, u24 } {
+    var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+    const content: []const u8 = blk: {
+        const file = std.fs.cwd().openFile(file_path, .{ .mode = .read_only }) catch break :blk &.{};
+        defer file.close();
+        const size = file.read(&buf) catch break :blk &.{};
+        break :blk buf[0..size];
+    };
+    return if (file_type_config.guess_file_type(file_path, content)) |ft| .{
+        ft.name,
+        ft.icon orelse file_type_config.default.icon,
+        ft.color orelse file_type_config.default.color,
+    } else default_ft();
+}
+
 pub fn updated(palette: *Type, button_: ?*Type.ButtonType) !void {
     _ = palette;
     _ = button_;

From 3407efaa49de1e32aa34688227a1569c6a58bb67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Granero <migranram@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:34:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] feat: add colored icons to project file tree viewer

---
 .../overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig     | 55 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
index b7ad7a2..0f19352 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ pub const Node = struct {
 };
 
 pub const Entry = struct {
-    label: []const u8,
+    label: []const u8, // TODO: Just needed because of pallete.zig L:328 self.longest = @max(self.longest, entry.label.len)
+    indent: usize,
+    file_icon: []const u8,
+    file_color: u24,
     node: *Node,
 };
 
@@ -134,9 +137,12 @@ pub fn load_entries(palette: *Type) !usize {
 }
 
 fn buildVisibleList(palette: *Type, node: *Node, depth: usize) !void {
-    const node_label = try createNodeLabel(palette.allocator, node, depth);
+    const file_icon, const file_color = try getNodeIconAndColor(node);
     try palette.entries.append(palette.allocator, .{
-        .label = node_label,
+        .label = node.name,
+        .indent = depth,
+        .file_icon = file_icon,
+        .file_color = file_color,
         .node = node,
     });
 
@@ -159,36 +165,24 @@ fn isNodeVisible(node: *const Node, root_ptr: *const Node) bool {
     return false;
 }
 
-fn createNodeLabel(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *const Node, depth: usize) ![]const u8 {
-    var buffer: std.ArrayList(u8) = .empty;
-
-    // Add indentation
-    for (0..depth) |_| {
-        try buffer.append(allocator, ' ');
-    }
+fn getNodeIconAndColor(node: *const Node) !struct { []const u8, u24 } {
 
     // Add folder icon or file icon
     if (node.type_ == .folder) {
         if (node.expanded) {
-            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "");
-        } else {
-            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "");
-        }
-    } else {
-        _, const icon_, _ = guess_file_type(node.path);
-        try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, icon_);
+            return .{ "", 0xAAAAAA };
+        } else return .{ "", 0xAAAAAA };
     }
-    try buffer.append(allocator, ' ');
 
-    try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, node.name);
-    return buffer.toOwnedSlice(allocator);
+    _, const icon_, const color_ = guess_file_type(node.path);
+    return .{ icon_, color_ };
 }
 
 fn default_ft() struct { []const u8, []const u8, u24 } {
     return .{
         file_type_config.default.name,
         file_type_config.default.icon,
-        file_type_config.default.color,
+        0xAAAAAA, // At least with my theme the default color (black) was barely visible
     };
 }
 
@@ -225,10 +219,26 @@ pub fn on_render_menu(_: *Type, button: *Type.ButtonType, theme: *const Widget.T
         button.plane.home();
     }
     var label_str: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var file_icon: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var indent: usize = 0;
+    var entry_index: usize = 0;
+    var icon_color: u24 = 0;
+
     var iter = button.opts.label;
     if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &label_str) catch false)) return false;
+    if (!(cbor.matchInt(usize, &iter, &entry_index) catch false)) return false;
+    if (!(cbor.matchInt(usize, &iter, &indent) catch false)) return false;
+    if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &file_icon) catch false)) return false;
+    if (!(cbor.matchInt(u24, &iter, &icon_color) catch false)) return false;
+
+    var icon_style = style_label;
+    icon_style.fg.?.color = icon_color;
+
     button.plane.set_style(style_hint);
     tui.render_pointer(&button.plane, selected);
+    button.plane.set_style(icon_style);
+    for (0..indent) |_| _ = button.plane.print(" ", .{}) catch {};
+    _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{file_icon}) catch {};
     button.plane.set_style(style_label);
     _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{label_str}) catch {};
     button.plane.set_style(style_hint);
@@ -292,6 +302,9 @@ pub fn add_menu_entry(palette: *Type, entry: *Entry, matches: ?[]const usize) !v
         if (existing_entry.node == entry.node) break idx;
     } else palette.entries.items.len;
     try cbor.writeValue(writer, entry_idx);
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, entry.indent);
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, entry.file_icon);
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, entry.file_color);
     try cbor.writeValue(writer, matches orelse &[_]usize{});
     try palette.menu.add_item_with_handler(value.written(), select);
     palette.items += 1;

From 6a418db852c58ba781eb090a9be0fcd2c8d7ad62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Granero <migranram@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:43:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] feat: add default keybinding to open project tree palette

---
 src/keybind/builtin/flow.json | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json b/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json
index bb2d412..e7f195a 100644
--- a/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json
+++ b/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
             ["ctrl+w", "close_split"],
             ["ctrl+o", "open_file"],
             ["ctrl+e", "open_recent"],
+            ["ctrl+shift+o", "open_project_file_tree"],
             ["alt+o", "open_previous_file"],
             ["ctrl+shift+t", "restore_closed_tab"],
             ["ctrl+shift+f5", "reload_file"],

From 106f4b6f860211cf87c2776c14f34b1f9e7f9c9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:11:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] refactor: use a more common keybind for switch_buffers in
 flow mode

---
 src/keybind/builtin/flow.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json b/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json
index e7f195a..652b285 100644
--- a/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json
+++ b/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             ["ctrl+page_up", "previous_tab"],
             ["ctrl+shift+page_down", "move_tab_next"],
             ["ctrl+shift+page_up", "move_tab_previous"],
-            ["ctrl+shift+e", "switch_buffers"],
+            ["ctrl+k e", "switch_buffers"],
             ["alt+shift+v", "clipboard_history"],
             ["ctrl+0", "reset_fontsize"],
             ["ctrl+plus", "adjust_fontsize", 1.0],

From ab5240fd892615a7b660428d0f4074cfbbd44fff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:26:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] refactor: use commond file browser keybinds for
 open_project_file_tree

---
 src/keybind/builtin/emacs.json | 1 +
 src/keybind/builtin/flow.json  | 2 +-
 src/keybind/builtin/helix.json | 1 +
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/keybind/builtin/emacs.json b/src/keybind/builtin/emacs.json
index c76dea2..d57d10e 100644
--- a/src/keybind/builtin/emacs.json
+++ b/src/keybind/builtin/emacs.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
             ["ctrl+=", "adjust_fontsize", 1.0],
             ["ctrl+-", "adjust_fontsize", -1.0],
             ["ctrl+r", "find_file"],
+            ["ctrl+x d", "open_project_file_tree"],
             ["ctrl+h ctrl+a", "open_help"],
             ["ctrl+c ctrl+o", "open_recent_project"],
             ["ctrl+c g", "find_in_files"],
diff --git a/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json b/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json
index 652b285..6453eda 100644
--- a/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json
+++ b/src/keybind/builtin/flow.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
             ["ctrl+w", "close_split"],
             ["ctrl+o", "open_file"],
             ["ctrl+e", "open_recent"],
-            ["ctrl+shift+o", "open_project_file_tree"],
+            ["ctrl+shift+e", "open_project_file_tree"],
             ["alt+o", "open_previous_file"],
             ["ctrl+shift+t", "restore_closed_tab"],
             ["ctrl+shift+f5", "reload_file"],
diff --git a/src/keybind/builtin/helix.json b/src/keybind/builtin/helix.json
index c6223b9..56cc684 100644
--- a/src/keybind/builtin/helix.json
+++ b/src/keybind/builtin/helix.json
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
             ["page_down", "move_scroll_page_down"],
 
             ["space F", "find_file"],
+            ["space e", "open_project_file_tree"],
             ["space S", "workspace_symbol_picker"],
             ["space D", "workspace_diagnostics_picker"],
             ["space P", "system_paste"],

From eb54d96e872332fa4f7c8d014024a4c8ab3e7e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:27:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] fix: fallback to theme foreground color for icons in file
 tree

---
 src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
index 0f19352..c27b838 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ fn getNodeIconAndColor(node: *const Node) !struct { []const u8, u24 } {
     // Add folder icon or file icon
     if (node.type_ == .folder) {
         if (node.expanded) {
-            return .{ "", 0xAAAAAA };
-        } else return .{ "", 0xAAAAAA };
+            return .{ "", 0 };
+        } else return .{ "", 0 };
     }
 
     _, const icon_, const color_ = guess_file_type(node.path);
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ fn default_ft() struct { []const u8, []const u8, u24 } {
     return .{
         file_type_config.default.name,
         file_type_config.default.icon,
-        0xAAAAAA, // At least with my theme the default color (black) was barely visible
+        0,
     };
 }
 
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ pub fn on_render_menu(_: *Type, button: *Type.ButtonType, theme: *const Widget.T
     if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &file_icon) catch false)) return false;
     if (!(cbor.matchInt(u24, &iter, &icon_color) catch false)) return false;
 
+    if (icon_color == 0xFFFFFF or icon_color == 0x000000 or icon_color == 0x000001)
+        icon_color = style_label.fg.?.color;
+
     var icon_style = style_label;
     icon_style.fg.?.color = icon_color;
 

From a5b640c00ed9dbc626418f3a8d7353fe898577cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:19:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] fix: use tui.render_file_icon in file tree

This fixes match cell rendering and de-duplicates a bit of code.
---
 src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig | 13 ++++---------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
index c27b838..25cc726 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
@@ -231,17 +231,12 @@ pub fn on_render_menu(_: *Type, button: *Type.ButtonType, theme: *const Widget.T
     if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &file_icon) catch false)) return false;
     if (!(cbor.matchInt(u24, &iter, &icon_color) catch false)) return false;
 
-    if (icon_color == 0xFFFFFF or icon_color == 0x000000 or icon_color == 0x000001)
-        icon_color = style_label.fg.?.color;
-
-    var icon_style = style_label;
-    icon_style.fg.?.color = icon_color;
-
     button.plane.set_style(style_hint);
     tui.render_pointer(&button.plane, selected);
-    button.plane.set_style(icon_style);
     for (0..indent) |_| _ = button.plane.print(" ", .{}) catch {};
-    _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{file_icon}) catch {};
+
+    const icon_width = tui.render_file_icon(&button.plane, file_icon, icon_color);
+
     button.plane.set_style(style_label);
     _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{label_str}) catch {};
     button.plane.set_style(style_hint);
@@ -249,7 +244,7 @@ pub fn on_render_menu(_: *Type, button: *Type.ButtonType, theme: *const Widget.T
     var len = cbor.decodeArrayHeader(&iter) catch return false;
     while (len > 0) : (len -= 1) {
         if (cbor.matchValue(&iter, cbor.extract(&index)) catch break) {
-            tui.render_match_cell(&button.plane, 0, index + 2, theme) catch break;
+            tui.render_match_cell(&button.plane, 0, index + 2 + icon_width + indent, theme) catch break;
         } else break;
     }
     return false;