Merge pull request #24739 from echasnovski/win-footer

feature: add floating window footer text

4 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/doc/api.txt b/runtime/doc/api.txt
index 343c63f4b0..e68aafe051 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/api.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/api.txt
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ to disable various visual features such as the 'number' column.
 Other highlight groups specific to floating windows:
 - |hl-FloatBorder| for window's border
 - |hl-FloatTitle| for window's title
+- |hl-FloatFooter| for window's footer
 
 Currently, floating windows don't support some widgets like scrollbar.
 
@@ -3138,11 +3139,18 @@ nvim_open_win({buffer}, {enter}, {*config})                  *nvim_open_win()*
                       specified by character: [ ["+", "MyCorner"], ["x",
                       "MyBorder"] ].
 
-                  • title: Title (optional) in window border, String or list.
-                    List is [text, highlight] tuples. if is string the default
-                    highlight group is `FloatTitle`.
-                  • title_pos: Title position must set with title option.
-                    value can be of `left` `center` `right` default is left.
+                  • title: Title (optional) in window border, string or list.
+                    List should consist of `[text, highlight]` tuples. If
+                    string, the default highlight group is `FloatTitle`.
+                  • title_pos: Title position. Must be set with `title`
+                    option. Value can be one of "left", "center", or "right".
+                    Default is `"left"`.
+                  • footer: Footer (optional) in window border, string or
+                    list. List should consist of `[text, highlight]` tuples.
+                    If string, the default highlight group is `FloatFooter`.
+                  • footer_pos: Footer position. Must be set with `footer`
+                    option. Value can be one of "left", "center", or "right".
+                    Default is `"left"`.
                   • noautocmd: If true then no buffer-related autocommand
                     events such as |BufEnter|, |BufLeave| or |BufWinEnter| may
                     fire from calling this function.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/news.txt b/runtime/doc/news.txt
index 56bdd07171..4f9f362b1e 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/news.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/news.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ The following new APIs and features were added.
 • New RPC client type `msgpack-rpc` is added for `nvim_set_client_info` to
   support fully MessagePack-RPC compliant clients.
 
+• Floating windows can now show footer with new `footer` and `footer_pos`
+  config fields. Uses |hl-FloatFooter| by default.
+
 ==============================================================================
 CHANGED FEATURES                                                 *news-changed*
 
diff --git a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
index 59f8235ad2..6c0c542737 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
@@ -5273,6 +5273,8 @@ NormalFloat	Normal text in floating windows.
 FloatBorder	Border of floating windows.
 							*hl-FloatTitle*
 FloatTitle	Title of floating windows.
+							*hl-FloatFooter*
+FloatFooter	Footer of floating windows.
 							*hl-NormalNC*
 NormalNC	Normal text in non-current windows.
 							*hl-Pmenu*
diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
index 29a7c50585..ab5e795c16 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ Highlight groups:
   |hl-NormalFloat| highlights floating window
   |hl-FloatBorder| highlights border of a floating window
   |hl-FloatTitle| highlights title of a floating window
+  |hl-FloatFooter| highlights footer of a floating window
   |hl-NormalNC| highlights non-current windows
   |hl-MsgArea| highlights messages/cmdline area
   |hl-MsgSeparator| highlights separator for scrolled messages