Keybind in "selection" mode to create a directory with the files / folders that are currently selected

[macintacos]

I just want to have the following basic workflow:

• Select a bunch of items
• Invoke some keyboard shortcut to create a directory, whose contents will be all of the items you currently have selected.
• Prompt the user to name the directory.
• New directory is created, selected items are moved to this new directory.

Bonus points if there's a separate shortcut to make a new directory with the selected items, but copy those items instead of move them.

Is this possible today? I looked around and couldn't really find anything relevant, aside from (I guess) creating my own plugin.

[onjour]

I'd be interested in that as well!

[ram-xv]

+1 on that idea

[Bl4Cc4t]

I created a small plugin that does exactly that:

Content of ~/.config/yazi/plugins/directory-from-selection.yazi/main.lua:

local selected_or_hovered = ya.sync(function()
    local tab, paths = cx.active, {}
    for _, u in pairs(tab.selected) do
        paths[#paths + 1] = tostring(u)
    end
    if #paths == 0 and tab.current.hovered then
        paths[1] = tostring(tab.current.hovered.url)
    end
    return paths
end)

local get_cwd = ya.sync(function()
	return tostring(cx.active.current.cwd)
end)

local function prompt_destination()
    local value, event = ya.input {
        title = "Directory name for selection:",
        position = { "center", w = 70, h = 20 },
    }

    if event ~= 1 or value == nil then
        return nil
    end

    return get_cwd() .. "/" .. value
end

local function entry()
    ya.emit("escape", { visual = true })
    local selected = selected_or_hovered()
    local destination = prompt_destination()
    if destination ~= nil then
        Command("mkdir"):arg{ "-p", destination }:status()
        Command("mv"):arg(selected):arg(destination):status()
    end
end

return { entry = entry }

Content of ~/.config/yazi/keymap.toml:

[mgr]
prepend_keymap = [
    { on = "<C-s>", run = "plugin directory-from-selection" },
]

selected_or_hovered and structure stolen from #2799 (comment)