Is it possible to trigger fzf history search automatically in zsh shell?
In this video, the user clicks "Ctrl+r" to start the history search and then starts typing. Is it possible to start the history search automatically when I start typing anything? Alternatively, is it possible to configure zsh so that a new prompt always starts in the "Ctrl+r" mode?
This is described in the original GitHub repository. In case you are using homebrew you'll just need to type $(brew --prefix)/opt/fzf/install and configure it the way you like. The script will create two files and ask you to update your shell configuration files. For all other installation procedures (git clone, linux brew, ...) have a look at https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
$(brew --prefix)/opt/fzf/install ─╯
Downloading bin/fzf ...
- Already exists
- Checking fzf executable ... 0.18.0
Do you want to enable fuzzy auto-completion? ([y]/n) y
Do you want to enable key bindings? ([y]/n) y
Generate /Users/hans/.fzf.bash ... OK
Generate /Users/hans/.fzf.zsh ... OK
Do you want to update your shell configuration files? ([y]/n) y
Update /Users/hans/.bashrc:
- [ -f ~/.fzf.bash ] && source ~/.fzf.bash
+ Added
Update /Users/hans/.zshrc:
- [ -f ~/.fzf.zsh ] && source ~/.fzf.zsh
+ Added
Finished. Restart your shell or reload config file.
source ~/.bashrc # bash
source ~/.zshrc # zsh
Use uninstall script to remove fzf.
You cannot start Fzf automatically when you type anything or else you wouldn’t be able to ever return to your command line, since Fzf would then intercept all of your keystrokes.
However, my zsh-autocomplete plugin can show matching history items automatically, without leaving the command line, if you add this setting to your .zshrc file:
zstyle ':autocomplete:*' default-context history-incremental-search-backward
Press CtrlR to toggle between history and completions.
