simrat39/symbols-outline.nvimArchived
Symbols Outline.nvim
Symbols-outline.nvim is a Neovim plugin that renders a dedicated sidebar panel displaying a hierarchical tree view of code symbols. It communicates with language servers to extract structural code information, functions, classes, and variables, allowing users to browse and navigate document structures directly from an interactive interface.
The plugin tracks active cursor movements in code buffers to automatically highlight corresponding items in the outline panel. Users can interactively collapse or expand nested tree branches, jump directly to selected symbol locations in source files, preview symbol definitions, and inspect inline documentation hover information.
Additional capabilities include managing sidebar panel visibility, layout dimensions, and screen positioning on demand. The interface also supports executing code refactoring operations such as renaming symbols and triggering quick fixes directly from the outline view.
Features
- Symbol Tree Navigators - Displays a hierarchical tree view of code symbols in a sidebar panel using language data to navigate document structures.
- Code Navigation Utilities - Browsing and jumping through functions, classes, and variables in your code files using a dedicated sidebar panel.
- Document Outline Navigation - Enables jumping directly to selected symbol locations in source files from the sidebar while maintaining focus on the outline panel.
- Language Server Clients - A client implementation that communicates with language servers to extract hierarchical code structure and metadata.
- Language Server Protocol Integrations - Extracting structural code information and handling symbol requests directly from language servers running in your editor.
- Language Server Protocols - Communicates with language servers asynchronously to request and process document symbol trees and code navigation data.
- Navigation Jump Hooks - Resolves selected symbol locations and shifts editor focus to target source lines instantly.
- Code Outlining Extensions - A Neovim plugin that renders a sidebar tree view of document symbols using the Language Server Protocol for code navigation.
- Symbol Documentation Previews - Allows jumping directly to symbol definitions in source code, previewing target items on hover, and executing refactoring actions.
- Sidebar Panel Controllers - Allows opening, closing, and toggling the sidebar panel while controlling layout dimensions and screen positioning on demand.
- Split-Pane Virtual Buffers - Renders and updates a dedicated Neovim buffer inside a custom sidebar split layout for the outline view.
- Code Folding - Enables collapsing or expanding nested code symbol branches to control the depth and visibility of items inside the outline tree.
- Cursor Position Mapping - Tracks active cursor movements in code buffers to automatically highlight corresponding items in the outline panel.
- Click-to-Expand Node Hierarchies - Manages nested tree state and expansion levels to collapse or expand symbol branches interactively.
- Sidebars - A graphical sidebar panel interface for text editors that displays file structure and responds to user navigation clicks.
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