From ea2b2f7b19a9d56c18cb9c869011bf87b238dbc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:47:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: navigate_split_vertical on shift+enter in buffer
 palette

---
 src/tui/mode/overlay/buffer_palette.zig |  6 +++++-
 src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig        | 12 ++++++++++++
 src/tui/tui.zig                         |  2 --
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/buffer_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/buffer_palette.zig
index f561c0b..178eaeb 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/buffer_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/buffer_palette.zig
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ fn select(menu: **Type.MenuType, button: *Type.ButtonType, _: Type.Pos) void {
     var iter = button.opts.label;
     if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &file_path) catch false)) return;
     tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "exit_overlay_mode" }) catch |e| menu.*.opts.ctx.logger.err(module_name, e);
-    tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "navigate", .{ .file = file_path } }) catch |e| menu.*.opts.ctx.logger.err(module_name, e);
+    const cmd_ = switch (menu.*.opts.ctx.activate) {
+        .normal => "navigate",
+        .alternate => "navigate_split_vertical",
+    };
+    tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", cmd_, .{ .file = file_path } }) catch |e| menu.*.opts.ctx.logger.err(module_name, e);
 }
 
 pub fn delete_item(menu: *Type.MenuType, button: *Type.ButtonType) bool {
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
index 20c91d6..1b4193b 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ pub const Placement = enum {
     primary_cursor,
 };
 
+pub const ActivateMode = enum {
+    normal,
+    alternate,
+};
+
 pub fn Create(options: type) type {
     return struct {
         allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
         initial_selected: ?usize = null,
         placement: Placement,
         quick_activate_enabled: bool = true,
+        activate: ActivateMode = .normal,
 
         items: usize = 0,
         view_rows: usize,
@@ -580,6 +586,12 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
             }
             pub const palette_menu_activate_meta: Meta = .{};
 
+            pub fn palette_menu_activate_alternate(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
+                self.activate = .alternate;
+                self.menu.activate_selected();
+            }
+            pub const palette_menu_activate_alternate_meta: Meta = .{};
+
             pub fn palette_menu_activate_quick(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
                 if (!self.quick_activate_enabled) return;
                 if (self.menu.selected orelse 0 > 0) self.menu.activate_selected();
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index 49fdcac..2061852 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -1659,7 +1659,6 @@ const cmds = struct {
         self.rdr_.request_mouse_cursor_text(true);
     }
     pub const disable_jump_mode_meta: Meta = .{};
-
 };
 
 pub const MiniMode = struct {
@@ -2501,4 +2500,3 @@ pub fn jump_mode() bool {
     const self = current();
     return self.jump_mode_;
 }
-