• 🖱️ Jump to any context by just clicking on it.

• 🌲 Have a deeply nested file-tree/context? It's gonna get rid of the less useful parts smartly.

• 📂 Easily tell where your file is located at by looking at your winbar.

• 📜 Put whatever your heart desires in the custom section.

• NVIM v0.8+: Winbar support.

• nvim-navic: LSP textDocument/documentSymbol provider.

• nvim-web-devicons: File icon provider. (optional)

NOTE: Make sure barbecue loads after your colorscheme.

• lazy.nvim

  {
    "utilyre/barbecue.nvim",
    name = "barbecue",
    version = "*",
    dependencies = {
      "SmiteshP/nvim-navic",
      "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons", -- optional dependency
    },
    opts = {
      -- configurations go here
    },
  }

• packer.nvim

  use({
    "utilyre/barbecue.nvim",
    tag = "*",
    requires = {
      "SmiteshP/nvim-navic",
      "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons", -- optional dependency
    },
    after = "nvim-web-devicons", -- keep this if you're using NvChad
    config = function()
      require("barbecue").setup()
    end,
  })

Barbecue will work right after installation, but there are several things you should be aware of.

Run :Barbecue and you'll be prompted to select a subcommand, choose one and press <enter> to execute.

You can also run :Barbecue [sub] where [sub] is one of the subcommands you've seen in the select menu of raw :Barbecue.

• Toggle barbecue [source]

  -- hide barbecue globally
  require("barbecue.ui").toggle(false)
  
  -- show barbecue globally
  require("barbecue.ui").toggle(true)
  
  -- toggle barbecue globally
  require("barbecue.ui").toggle()

• Update barbecue (e.g. in an autocmd) [source]

  -- update the current window's winbar
  require("barbecue.ui").update()
  
  -- update the given window's winbar
  require("barbecue.ui").update(winnr)

• Navigate to entry [source]

  -- navigate to the second entry
  require("barbecue.ui").navigate(2)
  
  -- navigate to the last entry
  require("barbecue.ui").navigate(-1)
  
  -- just like before but on the given window
  require("barbecue.ui").navigate(index, winnr)

• Gain better performance when moving the cursor around

  -- triggers CursorHold event faster
  vim.opt.updatetime = 200
  
  require("barbecue").setup({
    create_autocmd = false, -- prevent barbecue from updating itself automatically
  })
  
  vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({
    "WinScrolled", -- or WinResized on NVIM-v0.9 and higher
    "BufWinEnter",
    "CursorHold",
    "InsertLeave",
  
    -- include this if you have set `show_modified` to `true`
    "BufModifiedSet",
  }, {
    group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("barbecue.updater", {}),
    callback = function()
      require("barbecue.ui").update()
    end,
  })

• Customize theme

  You can pass a theme table to the setup function and override the default theme. This theme table links each highlight to its value (value is the same type as val parameter in :help nvim_set_hl).

  require("barbecue").setup({
    theme = {
      -- this highlight is used to override other highlights
      -- you can take advantage of its `bg` and set a background throughout your winbar
      -- (e.g. basename will look like this: { fg = "#c0caf5", bold = true })
      normal = { fg = "#c0caf5" },
  
      -- these highlights correspond to symbols table from config
      ellipsis = { fg = "#737aa2" },
      separator = { fg = "#737aa2" },
      modified = { fg = "#737aa2" },
  
      -- these highlights represent the _text_ of three main parts of barbecue
      dirname = { fg = "#737aa2" },
      basename = { bold = true },
      context = {},
  
      -- these highlights are used for context/navic icons
      context_file = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_module = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_namespace = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_package = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_class = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_method = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_property = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_field = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_constructor = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_enum = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_interface = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_function = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_variable = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_constant = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_string = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_number = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_boolean = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_array = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_object = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_key = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_null = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_enum_member = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_struct = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_event = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_operator = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
      context_type_parameter = { fg = "#ac8fe4" },
    },
  })

• Get nvim-navic working with multiple tabs (#35)

  require("barbecue").setup({
    attach_navic = false, -- prevent barbecue from automatically attaching nvim-navic
  })
  
  require("lspconfig")[server].setup({
    -- ...
  
    on_attach = function(client, bufnr)
      -- ...
  
      if client.server_capabilities["documentSymbolProvider"] then
        require("nvim-navic").attach(client, bufnr)
      end
  
      -- ...
    end,
  
    -- ...
  })

{
  ---Whether to attach navic to language servers automatically.
  ---
  ---@type boolean
  attach_navic = true,

  ---Whether to create winbar updater autocmd.
  ---
  ---@type boolean
  create_autocmd = true,

  ---Buftypes to enable winbar in.
  ---
  ---@type string[]
  include_buftypes = { "" },

  ---Filetypes not to enable winbar in.
  ---
  ---@type string[]
  exclude_filetypes = { "netrw", "toggleterm" },

  modifiers = {
    ---Filename modifiers applied to dirname.
    ---
    ---See: `:help filename-modifiers`
    ---
    ---@type string
    dirname = ":~:.",

    ---Filename modifiers applied to basename.
    ---
    ---See: `:help filename-modifiers`
    ---
    ---@type string
    basename = "",
  },

  ---Whether to display path to file.
  ---
  ---@type boolean
  show_dirname = true,

  ---Whether to display file name.
  ---
  ---@type boolean
  show_basename = true,

  ---Whether to replace file icon with the modified symbol when buffer is
  ---modified.
  ---
  ---@type boolean
  show_modified = false,

  ---Get modified status of file.
  ---
  ---NOTE: This can be used to get file modified status from SCM (e.g. git)
  ---
  ---@type fun(bufnr: number): boolean
  modified = function(bufnr) return vim.bo[bufnr].modified end,

  ---Whether to show/use navic in the winbar.
  ---
  ---@type boolean
  show_navic = true,

  ---Get leading custom section contents.
  ---
  ---NOTE: This function shouldn't do any expensive actions as it is run on each
  ---render.
  ---
  ---@type fun(bufnr: number, winnr: number): barbecue.Config.custom_section
  lead_custom_section = function() return " " end,

  ---@alias barbecue.Config.custom_section
  ---|string # Literal string.
  ---|{ [1]: string, [2]: string? }[] # List-like table of `[text, highlight?]` tuples in which `highlight` is optional.
  ---
  ---Get custom section contents.
  ---
  ---NOTE: This function shouldn't do any expensive actions as it is run on each
  ---render.
  ---
  ---@type fun(bufnr: number, winnr: number): barbecue.Config.custom_section
  custom_section = function() return " " end,

  ---@alias barbecue.Config.theme
  ---|'"auto"' # Use your current colorscheme's theme or generate a theme based on it.
  ---|string # Theme located under `barbecue.theme` module.
  ---|barbecue.Theme # Same as '"auto"' but override it with the given table.
  ---
  ---Theme to be used for generating highlight groups dynamically.
  ---
  ---@type barbecue.Config.theme
  theme = "auto",

  ---Whether context text should follow its icon's color.
  ---
  ---@type boolean
  context_follow_icon_color = false,

  symbols = {
    ---Modification indicator.
    ---
    ---@type string
    modified = "●",

    ---Truncation indicator.
    ---
    ---@type string
    ellipsis = "…",

    ---Entry separator.
    ---
    ---@type string
    separator = "",
  },

  ---@alias barbecue.Config.kinds
  ---|false # Disable kind icons.
  ---|table<string, string> # Type to icon mapping.
  ---
  ---Icons for different context entry kinds.
  ---
  ---@type barbecue.Config.kinds
  kinds = {
    File = "",
    Module = "",
    Namespace = "",
    Package = "",
    Class = "",
    Method = "",
    Property = "",
    Field = "",
    Constructor = "",
    Enum = "",
    Interface = "",
    Function = "",
    Variable = "",
    Constant = "",
    String = "",
    Number = "",
    Boolean = "",
    Array = "",
    Object = "",
    Key = "",
    Null = "",
    EnumMember = "",
    Struct = "",
    Event = "",
    Operator = "",
    TypeParameter = "",
  },
}

See CONTRIBUTING.md.