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-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/lua.txt3
-rw-r--r--runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua15
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/lua.txt b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
index c4e139bca7..cab2f49d94 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/lua.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
@@ -1979,7 +1979,8 @@ input({opts}, {on_confirm}) *vim.ui.input()*
highlighting user inputs.
• {on_confirm} (function) ((input|nil) -> ()) Called once the user
confirms or abort the input. `input` is what the user
- typed. `nil` if the user aborted the dialog.
+ typed (it might be an empty string if nothing was
+ entered), or `nil` if the user aborted the dialog.
select({items}, {opts}, {on_choice}) *vim.ui.select()*
Prompts the user to pick a single item from a collection of entries
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua
index 6f1ce3089d..d9a3963afc 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ end
--- user inputs.
---@param on_confirm function ((input|nil) -> ())
--- Called once the user confirms or abort the input.
---- `input` is what the user typed.
+--- `input` is what the user typed (it might be
+--- an empty string if nothing was entered), or
--- `nil` if the user aborted the dialog.
---
--- Example:
@@ -88,11 +89,17 @@ function M.input(opts, on_confirm)
})
opts = (opts and not vim.tbl_isempty(opts)) and opts or vim.empty_dict()
+
+ -- Note that vim.fn.input({}) returns an empty string when cancelled.
+ -- vim.ui.input() should distinguish aborting from entering an empty string.
+ local _canceled = vim.NIL
+ opts = vim.tbl_extend('keep', opts, { cancelreturn = _canceled })
+
local input = vim.fn.input(opts)
- if #input > 0 then
- on_confirm(input)
- else
+ if input == _canceled then
on_confirm(nil)
+ else
+ on_confirm(input)
end
end