🚦 Trouble

A pretty list for showing diagnostics, references, telescope results, quickfix and location lists to help you solve all the trouble your code is causing.

✨ Features

• Diagnostics
• LSP references
• LSP implementations
• LSP definitions
• LSP type definitions
• LSP Document Symbols
• LSP Incoming/Outgoing calls
• quickfix list
• location list
• Telescope search results

📰 What's new?

This is a full rewrite of the original trouble.nvim.

The new version is much more flexible and powerful, with a lot of new features and improvements:

• multiple trouble windows at the same time
• LSP document symbols
• LSP incoming/outgoing calls
• lots of options to configure trouble windows (floats or splits)
• focus option to focus the trouble window when opened (or not)
• follow option to follow the item under the cursor
• pinned option to pin the buffer as the source for the opened trouble window
• full tree views of anything
• highly configurable views with custom formatters, filters, and sorters
• show multiple sections in the same view
• multi-line messages
• prettier and configurable indent guides
• tree view that follows the natural hierarchy of the items (like document symbols, or file structure)
• expansive API and Trouble command
• trouble modes to define custom views
• statusline component (useful with document symbols)

⚡️ Requirements

• Neovim >= 0.9.2
• Neovim >= 0.10.0 OR the markdown and markdown_inline nvim-treesitter parsers
• Properly configured Neovim LSP client
• nvim-web-devicons is optional to enable file icons
• a theme with properly configured highlight groups for Neovim Diagnostics
• a patched font for the default severity and fold icons

📦 Installation

Install the plugin with your preferred package manager:

lazy.nvim

{
  "folke/trouble.nvim",
  keys = {
    {
      "<leader>xx",
      "<cmd>Trouble diagnostics toggle<cr>",
      desc = "Diagnostics (Trouble)",
    },
    {
      "<leader>xX",
      "<cmd>Trouble diagnostics toggle filter.buf=0<cr>",
      desc = "Buffer Diagnostics (Trouble)",
    },
    {
      "<leader>cs",
      "<cmd>Trouble symbols toggle focus=false<cr>",
      desc = "Symbols (Trouble)",
    },
    {
      "<leader>cl",
      "<cmd>Trouble lsp toggle focus=false win.position=right<cr>",
      desc = "LSP Definitions / references / ... (Trouble)",
    },
    {
      "<leader>xL",
      "<cmd>Trouble loclist toggle<cr>",
      desc = "Location List (Trouble)",
    },
    {
      "<leader>xQ",
      "<cmd>Trouble qflist toggle<cr>",
      desc = "Quickfix List (Trouble)",
    },
  },
  opts = {}, -- for default options, refer to the configuration section for custom setup.
}

⚙️ Configuration

Setup

Trouble is highly configurable. Please refer to the default settings below.

Default Settings

---@class trouble.Mode: trouble.Config,trouble.Section.spec
---@field desc? string
---@field sections? string[]

---@class trouble.Config
---@field mode? string
---@field config? fun(opts:trouble.Config)
---@field formatters? table<string,trouble.Formatter> custom formatters
---@field filters? table<string, trouble.FilterFn> custom filters
---@field sorters? table<string, trouble.SorterFn> custom sorters
local defaults = {
  auto_close = false, -- auto close when there are no items
  auto_open = false, -- auto open when there are items
  auto_preview = true, -- automatically open preview when on an item
  auto_refresh = true, -- auto refresh when open
  auto_jump = false, -- auto jump to the item when there's only one
  focus = false, -- Focus the window when opened
  restore = true, -- restores the last location in the list when opening
  follow = true, -- Follow the current item
  indent_guides = true, -- show indent guides
  max_items = 200, -- limit number of items that can be displayed per section
  multiline = true, -- render multi-line messages
  pinned = false, -- When pinned, the opened trouble window will be bound to the current buffer
  ---@type trouble.Window.opts
  win = {}, -- window options for the results window. Can be a split or a floating window.
  -- Window options for the preview window. Can be a split, floating window,
  -- or `main` to show the preview in the main editor window.
  ---@type trouble.Window.opts
  preview = {
    type = "main",
    -- when a buffer is not yet loaded, the preview window will be created
    -- in a scratch buffer with only syntax highlighting enabled.
    -- Set to false, if you want the preview to always be a real loaded buffer.
    scratch = true,
  },
  -- Throttle/Debounce settings. Should usually not be changed.
  ---@type table<string, number|{ms:number, debounce?:boolean}>
  throttle = {
    refresh = 20, -- fetches new data when needed
    update = 10, -- updates the window
    render = 10, -- renders the window
    follow = 100, -- follows the current item
    preview = { ms = 100, debounce = true }, -- shows the preview for the current item
  },
  -- Key mappings can be set to the name of a builtin action,
  -- or you can define your own custom action.
  ---@type table<string, string|trouble.Action>
  keys = {
    ["?"] = "help",
    r = "refresh",
    R = "toggle_refresh",
    q = "close",
    o = "jump_close",
    ["<esc>"] = "cancel",
    ["<cr>"] = "jump",
    ["<2-leftmouse>"] = "jump",
    ["<c-s>"] = "jump_split",
    ["<c-v>"] = "jump_vsplit",
    -- go down to next item (accepts count)
    -- j = "next",
    ["}"] = "next",
    ["]]"] = "next",
    -- go up to prev item (accepts count)
    -- k = "prev",
    ["{"] = "prev",
    ["[["] = "prev",
    i = "inspect",
    p = "preview",
    P = "toggle_preview",
    zo = "fold_open",
    zO = "fold_open_recursive",
    zc = "fold_close",
    zC = "fold_close_recursive",
    za = "fold_toggle",
    zA = "fold_toggle_recursive",
    zm = "fold_more",
    zM = "fold_close_all",
    zr = "fold_reduce",
    zR = "fold_open_all",
    zx = "fold_update",
    zX = "fold_update_all",
    zn = "fold_disable",
    zN = "fold_enable",
    zi = "fold_toggle_enable",
    gb = { -- example of a custom action that toggles the active view filter
      action = function(view)
        view.state.filter_buffer = not view.state.filter_buffer
        view:filter(view.state.filter_buffer and { buf = 0 } or nil)
      end,
      desc = "Toggle Current Buffer Filter",
    },
  },
  ---@type table<string, trouble.Mode>
  modes = {
    symbols = {
      desc = "document symbols",
      mode = "lsp_document_symbols",
      focus = false,
      win = { position = "right" },
      filter = {
        -- remove Package since luals uses it for control flow structures
        ["not"] = { ft = "lua", kind = "Package" },
        any = {
          -- all symbol kinds for help / markdown files
          ft = { "help", "markdown" },
          -- default set of symbol kinds
          kind = {
            "Class",
            "Constructor",
            "Enum",
            "Field",
            "Function",
            "Interface",
            "Method",
            "Module",
            "Namespace",
            "Package",
            "Property",
            "Struct",
            "Trait",
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  -- stylua: ignore
  icons = {
    ---@type trouble.Indent.symbols
    indent = {
      top           = "│ ",
      middle        = "├╴",
      last          = "└╴",
      -- last          = "-╴",
      -- last       = "╰╴", -- rounded
      fold_open     = " ",
      fold_closed   = " ",
      ws            = "  ",
    },
    folder_closed   = " ",
    folder_open     = " ",
    kinds = {
      Array         = " ",
      Boolean       = "󰨙 ",
      Class         = " ",
      Constant      = "󰏿 ",
      Constructor   = " ",
      Enum          = " ",
      EnumMember    = " ",
      Event         = " ",
      Field         = " ",
      File          = " ",
      Function      = "󰊕 ",
      Interface     = " ",
      Key           = " ",
      Method        = "󰊕 ",
      Module        = " ",
      Namespace     = "󰦮 ",
      Null          = " ",
      Number        = "󰎠 ",
      Object        = " ",
      Operator      = " ",
      Package       = " ",
      Property      = " ",
      String        = " ",
      Struct        = "󰆼 ",
      TypeParameter = " ",
      Variable      = "󰀫 ",
    },
  },
}

Make sure to check the Examples!

🚀 Usage

Commands

The Trouble command is a wrapper around the Trouble API. It can do anything the regular API can do.

• Trouble [mode] [action] [options]

Some examples:

• Toggle diagnostics for the current buffer and stay in the current window:
  • Trouble diagnostics toggle focus=false filter.buf=0
• Show document symbols on the right of the current window. Keep the document symbols in sync with the buffer you started the command in.
  • Trouble symbols toggle pinned=true results.win.relative=win results.win.position=right
• You can use lua code in the options for the Trouble command. The examples below all do the same thing.
  • Trouble diagnostics filter.severity=vim.diagnostic.severity.ERROR
  • Trouble diagnostics filter.severity = vim.diagnostic.severity.ERROR
  • Trouble diagnostics filter = { severity=vim.diagnostic.severity.ERROR }
• Merging of nested options, with or without quoting strings:
  • Trouble diagnostics results.win.type = split result.win.position=right
  • Trouble diagnostics results.win = { type = split, position=right}
  • Trouble diagnostics results.win = { type = "split", position='right'}

Please refer to the API section for more information on the available actions and options.

Modes:

• diagnostics: diagnostics
• loclist: Location List
• lsp: LSP definitions, references, implementations, type definitions, and declarations
• lsp_declarations: declarations
• lsp_definitions: definitions
• lsp_document_symbols: document symbols
• lsp_implementations: implementations
• lsp_incoming_calls: Incoming Calls
• lsp_outgoing_calls: Outgoing Calls
• lsp_references: references
• lsp_type_definitions: type definitions
• qflist: Quickfix List
• quickfix: Quickfix List
• symbols: document symbols
• telescope: Telescope results previously opened with require('trouble.sources.telescope').open().

API

You can use the following functions in your keybindings:

API

-- Opens trouble with the given mode.
-- If a view is already open with the same mode,
-- it will be focused unless `opts.focus = false`.
-- When a view is already open and `opts.new = true`,
-- a new view will be created.
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new?: boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").open(opts)

-- Closes the last open view matching the filter.
---@param opts? trouble.Mode|string
---@return trouble.View?
require("trouble").close(opts)

-- Toggle the view with the given mode.
---@param opts? trouble.Mode|string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").toggle(opts)

-- Returns true if there is an open view matching the mode.
---@param opts? trouble.Mode|string
require("trouble").is_open(opts)

-- Refresh all open views. Normally this is done automatically,
-- unless you disabled auto refresh.
---@param opts? trouble.Mode|string
require("trouble").refresh(opts)

-- Get all items from the active view for a given mode.
---@param opts? trouble.Mode|string
require("trouble").get_items(opts)

-- Renders a trouble list as a statusline component.
-- Check the docs for examples.
---@param opts? trouble.Mode|string|{hl_group?:string}
---@return {get: (fun():string), has: (fun():boolean)}
require("trouble").statusline(opts)

-- Closes the preview and goes to the main window.
-- The Trouble window is not closed.
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").cancel(opts)

-- filter
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").filter(opts)

-- Go to the first item
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").first(opts)

-- Focus the trouble window
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").focus(opts)

-- Fold close 
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_close(opts)

-- fold close all
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_close_all(opts)

-- Fold close recursive
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_close_recursive(opts)

-- fold disable
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_disable(opts)

-- fold enable
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_enable(opts)

-- fold more
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_more(opts)

-- Fold open 
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_open(opts)

-- fold open all
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_open_all(opts)

-- Fold open recursive
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_open_recursive(opts)

-- fold reduce
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_reduce(opts)

-- Fold toggle 
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_toggle(opts)

-- fold toggle enable
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_toggle_enable(opts)

-- Fold toggle recursive
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_toggle_recursive(opts)

-- fold update
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_update(opts)

-- fold update all
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").fold_update_all(opts)

-- Show the help
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").help(opts)

-- Dump the item to the console
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").inspect(opts)

-- Jump to the item if on an item, otherwise fold the node
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").jump(opts)

-- Jump to the item and close the trouble window
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").jump_close(opts)

-- Jump to the item if on an item, otherwise do nothing
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").jump_only(opts)

-- Open the item in a split
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").jump_split(opts)

-- Open the item in a vsplit
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").jump_vsplit(opts)

-- Go to the last item
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").last(opts)

-- Go to the next item
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").next(opts)

-- Go to the previous item
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").prev(opts)

-- Open the preview
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").preview(opts)

-- Refresh the trouble source
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").refresh(opts)

-- Toggle the preview
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").toggle_preview(opts)

-- Toggle the auto refresh
---@param opts? trouble.Mode | { new? : boolean } | string
---@return trouble.View
require("trouble").toggle_refresh(opts)

Telescope

You can easily open any search results in Trouble, by defining a custom action:

local actions = require("telescope.actions")
local open_with_trouble = require("trouble.sources.telescope").open

-- Use this to add more results without clearing the trouble list
local add_to_trouble = require("trouble.sources.telescope").add

local telescope = require("telescope")

telescope.setup({
  defaults = {
    mappings = {
      i = { ["<c-t>"] = open_with_trouble },
      n = { ["<c-t>"] = open_with_trouble },
    },
  },
})

When you open telescope, you can now hit <c-t> to open the results in Trouble

Statusline Component

Example for lualine.nvim:

{
  "nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim",
  opts = function(_, opts)
    local trouble = require("trouble")
    local symbols = trouble.statusline({
      mode = "lsp_document_symbols",
      groups = {},
      title = false,
      filter = { range = true },
      format = "{kind_icon}{symbol.name:Normal}",
      -- The following line is needed to fix the background color
      -- Set it to the lualine section you want to use
      hl_group = "lualine_c_normal",
    })
    table.insert(opts.sections.lualine_c, {
      symbols.get,
      cond = symbols.has,
    })
  end,
}

🎨 Colors

The table below shows all the highlight groups defined for Trouble.

Highlight Groups

Highlight Group	Default Group	Description
TroubleCount	TabLineSel
TroubleDirectory	Directory
TroubleFileName	Directory
TroubleIconArray	@punctuation.bracket
TroubleIconBoolean	@boolean
TroubleIconClass	@type
TroubleIconConstant	@constant
TroubleIconConstructor	@constructor
TroubleIconDirectory	Special
TroubleIconEnum	@lsp.type.enum
TroubleIconEnumMember	@lsp.type.enumMember
TroubleIconEvent	Special
TroubleIconField	@variable.member
TroubleIconFile	Normal
TroubleIconFunction	@function
TroubleIconInterface	@lsp.type.interface
TroubleIconKey	@lsp.type.keyword
TroubleIconMethod	@function.method
TroubleIconModule	@module
TroubleIconNamespace	@module
TroubleIconNull	@constant.builtin
TroubleIconNumber	@number
TroubleIconObject	@constant
TroubleIconOperator	@operator
TroubleIconPackage	@module
TroubleIconProperty	@property
TroubleIconString	@string
TroubleIconStruct	@lsp.type.struct
TroubleIconTypeParameter	@lsp.type.typeParameter
TroubleIconVariable	@variable
TroubleIndent	LineNr
TroubleIndentFoldClosed	CursorLineNr
TroubleIndentFoldOpen	TroubleIndent
TroubleIndentLast	TroubleIndent
TroubleIndentMiddle	TroubleIndent
TroubleIndentTop	TroubleIndent
TroubleIndentWs	TroubleIndent
TroubleNormal	NormalFloat
TroubleNormalNC	NormalFloat
TroublePos	LineNr
TroublePreview	Visual
TroubleSource	Comment
TroubleText	Normal