From be03effdbe5b5bdabfed50d87963e78017329182 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sonu Bardai <67749330+SonuBardai@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 05:33:38 +0530
Subject: Add option to persist hints after selection

Closes #6976.
---
 alacritty/src/config/ui_config.rs | 5 +++++
 alacritty/src/display/hint.rs     | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'alacritty/src')

diff --git a/alacritty/src/config/ui_config.rs b/alacritty/src/config/ui_config.rs
index ce236441..c4a1c83d 100644
--- a/alacritty/src/config/ui_config.rs
+++ b/alacritty/src/config/ui_config.rs
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ impl Default for Hints {
             enabled: vec![Hint {
                 content,
                 action,
+                persist: false,
                 post_processing: true,
                 mouse: Some(HintMouse { enabled: true, mods: Default::default() }),
                 binding: Some(HintBinding {
@@ -366,6 +367,10 @@ pub struct Hint {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub post_processing: bool,
 
+    /// Persist hints after selection.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub persist: bool,
+
     /// Hint mouse highlighting.
     pub mouse: Option<HintMouse>,
 
diff --git a/alacritty/src/display/hint.rs b/alacritty/src/display/hint.rs
index c30a88c5..0ff070ec 100644
--- a/alacritty/src/display/hint.rs
+++ b/alacritty/src/display/hint.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,12 @@ impl HintState {
             let bounds = self.matches[index].clone();
             let action = hint.action.clone();
 
-            self.stop();
+            // Exit hint mode unless it requires explicit dismissal.
+            if hint.persist {
+                self.keys.clear();
+            } else {
+                self.stop();
+            }
 
             // Hyperlinks take precedence over regex matches.
             let hyperlink = term.grid()[*bounds.start()].hyperlink();
-- 
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