Open files from Lazygit in active buffer instead of floating terminal in nvf #1346
Description
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Feature Type
Other, Update Request (Plugin/Nixpkgs)
Feature description
When using nvf with:
vim.terminal.toggleterm.lazygit.enable = trueLazyGit opens in a floating terminal by default. Pressing e on a file opens it inside the floating terminal buffer rather than in the active Neovim buffer.
Expected behavior: pressing e should open the file in the currently active buffer, similar to how LazyGit behaves in plain Neovim or in previous setups without toggleterm floats.
Current workaround: changing vim.terminal.toggleterm.lazygit.direction to "horizontal" or "vertical" allows e to open files in the main buffer, but this changes the LazyGit window layout.
Proposed solution: provide an option to open files from LazyGit in the active Neovim buffer even when using toggleterm floating windows.
This would allow users to retain the floating LazyGit terminal while opening files in their active buffer, restoring the previous workflow.
Alternatives
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Additional Context
Related lazygit.nvim issue: Allow opening files from lazy git as nvim buffer #22