Snacks Explorer Extra

editor.snacks-explorer switches Blak’s configured explorer from Oil to Snacks. After enabling it, <leader>e and the dashboard Explorer action open or close Snacks explorer.

Enable it

-- ~/.config/blak/lua/blak/user.lua
return {
  extras = {
    enabled = {
      "editor.snacks-explorer",
    },
  },
}

Or enable it interactively:

:BlakExtras enable editor.snacks-explorer

What it adds

Surface	Contribution
Config	explorer.provider = "snacks"
Snacks	explorer.enabled = true; explorer picker auto_close = true
Keymap	<leader>e toggles Snacks explorer instead of opening Oil
External binary	fd is recommended for fast file discovery

The retargeted keymap appears in :BlakKeys. Blak also toggles an already-open Snacks explorer instead of opening a second one.

Configure explorer behavior

General Snacks explorer options go under snacks.explorer:

return {
  extras = {
    enabled = { "editor.snacks-explorer" },
  },
  snacks = {
    explorer = {
      replace_netrw = true,
      trash = true,
    },
  },
}

The explorer is also a Snacks picker source. Configure its picker behavior under snacks.picker.sources.explorer:

return {
  extras = {
    enabled = { "editor.snacks-explorer" },
  },
  snacks = {
    picker = {
      sources = {
        explorer = {
          auto_close = false,
          hidden = true,
          ignored = false,
          layout = {
            layout = {
              position = "right",
            },
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Switch back to Oil

Remove the extra or disable it:

:BlakExtras disable editor.snacks-explorer

If you set the provider manually, set it back:

return {
  explorer = {
    provider = "oil",
  },
  extras = {
    enabled = {},
  },
}

Restart Blak when you want already-loaded explorer hooks to disappear cleanly.