pzp

Pure-python fzf-inspired element picker

Requirements

  • Python 3.6+

Install

pip install pzp

Usage

from pzp import pzp
pzp(['a', 'b', 'c'])

Layout

The finder by default starts in fullscreen mode. You can make it start below the cursor with fullscreen=False option. Also, with the height argument you can limit the window height.

pzp(candidates=range(0, 1000), fullscreen=False, height=20)

asciicast

You can choose between the following layout using the layout option.

  • default Display from the bottom of the screen
  • reverse Display from the top of the screen
  • reverse-list Display from the top of the screen, prompt at the bottom

Search syntax

The finder starts in "extended-search mode" where you can type in multiple search terms delimited by spaces. e.g. ^music .mp3$ sbtrkt !fire

Token Match type Description
t1 t2 tokens-match Items that include t1 and t2
'star wars line-match (not-splitted) Items that include star wars
^music prefix-exact-match Items that start with music
.py$ suffix-exact-match Items that end with .py
!fire inverse-exact-match Items that do not include fire
!^music inverse-prefix-exact-match Items that do not start with music
!.py$ inverse-suffix-exact-match Items that do not end with .py

Key/Event Bindings

keys_binding argument allows you to bind one or more keys to one action. You can use it to customize key bindings or implementing custom behaviors.

try:
    item = pzp(
        candidates=candidates,
        keys_binding={
            "custom-action": ["ctrl-o"],
            "exclamation": ["!"]
        },
    )
    print(item)
except CustomAction as action:
    print(action.action)
    print(action.selected_item)

Available Keys

Key Synonyms type
space
tab
btab shift-tab
enter
esc
insert
del
bspace bs
up
down
left
right
home
end
pgdn page-down
pgup page-up
f1 - f12
ctrl-/
ctrl-\
ctrl-]
ctrl-^
ctrl-a - ctrl-z
any single character

Available Actions

A key can be bound to one of following actions or to a custom action.

Action* Default binding
accept enter
abort ctrl-c ctrl-g ctrl-q esc
beginning-of-line ctrl-a home
backward-char ctrl-b left
forward-char ctrl-f right
end-of-line ctrl-e end
backward-delete-char ctrl-h bspace
delete-char del
up ctrl-k ctrl-p up
down ctrl-j ctrl-n down
page-down pgdn
page-up pgup
ignore

Licence

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Andrea Bonomi andrea.bonomi@gmail.com

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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