[vim/vim] Allow rendering the complete-items kind before word / abbr (Issue #20390)
Andrei Heidelbacher
andreihh created an issue (vim/vim#20390)Is your feature request about something that is currently impossible or hard to do? Please describe the problem.
When defining custom :complete-functions, they can return :h complete-items to customize how the items are rendered in the completion popup. Some of the supported fields are kind and kind_hlgroup, which are very useful to provide semantic context on the type of the item with a concise symbol.
The kind symbol is rendered after the word / abbr, and this cannot be changed.
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be great if we could configure the kind symbol to be rendered before the word / abbr.
This could be achieved either with a specific option on the returned complete-items (e.g., kind_pos = 'begin'|'end'), or a more generic option (e.g., order = ['kind', 'abbr', 'menu']), although the latter might require more effort to get alignment and trimming right.
Describe alternatives you've considered
I tried building abbr as kind .. ' ' .. word, but this doesn't work because there is not way of applying the kind_hlgroup to a substring of abbr (which is highlighted by abbr_hlgroup).
Additional context
When typing, I focus on the cursor position, so having the semantic kind symbol right next to the cursor is helpful, rather than having it possibly half a screen away (depending on the max length of the completion items / completion popup).
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