From 694542b982d75075e7122d5507b724d365f6edd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Hahn <jonashahn1@gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:47:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added a dashboard that is fully customizable

---
 lazy-lock.json     |  1 +
 lua/dashboard.lua  | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lua/plugins/ui.lua |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lua/dashboard.lua

diff --git a/lazy-lock.json b/lazy-lock.json
index defa122..23fb360 100644
--- a/lazy-lock.json
+++ b/lazy-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "LuaSnip": { "branch": "master", "commit": "458560534a73f7f8d7a11a146c801db00b081df0" },
   "aerial.nvim": { "branch": "master", "commit": "c7cbbad40c2065fccfd1f1863bb2c08180c0533d" },
+  "alpha-nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "2b3cbcdd980cae1e022409289245053f62fb50f6" },
   "barbar.nvim": { "branch": "master", "commit": "53b5a2f34b68875898f0531032fbf090e3952ad7" },
   "cmp-buffer": { "branch": "main", "commit": "b74fab3656eea9de20a9b8116afa3cfc4ec09657" },
   "cmp-nvim-lsp": { "branch": "main", "commit": "bd5a7d6db125d4654b50eeae9f5217f24bb22fd3" },
diff --git a/lua/dashboard.lua b/lua/dashboard.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..750efbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/dashboard.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+local alpha = require("alpha")
+local dashboard = require("alpha.themes.dashboard")
+
+dashboard.section.header.val = {
+	[[░█████╗░░██████╗░█████╗░██╗░░░██╗██╗██╗]],
+	[[██╔══██╗██╔════╝██╔══██╗╚██╗░██╔╝██║██║]],
+	[[███████║╚█████╗░██║░░╚═╝░╚████╔╝░██║██║]],
+	[[██╔══██║░╚═══██╗██║░░██╗░░╚██╔╝░░██║██║]],
+	[[██║░░██║██████╔╝╚█████╔╝░░░██║░░░██║██║]],
+	[[╚═╝░░╚═╝╚═════╝░░╚════╝░░░░╚═╝░░░╚═╝╚═╝]],
+}
+
+dashboard.section.buttons.val = {
+	dashboard.button("e", "New File", ":ene <BAR> startinsert <CR>"),
+	dashboard.button("r", "Recent Files", ":Telescope oldfiles<CR>"),
+	dashboard.button("c", "Config", ":e $MYVIMRC<CR>"),
+	dashboard.button("q", "Quit", ":qa<CR>"),
+}
+
+dashboard.section.footer.val = "Welcome to Neovim! Enjoy!"
+
+dashboard.section.header.opts.hl = "include"
+dashboard.section.buttons.opts.hl = "keyword"
+dashboard.section.footer.opts.hl = "type"
+
+local screen_height = vim.fn.winheight(0)
+local content_height =
+	#dashboard.section.header.val +
+	#dashboard.section.buttons.val +
+	#dashboard.section.footer.val
+
+dashboard.opts.layout = {
+	{ type = "padding", val = math.floor((screen_height - content_height) / 2) },
+	dashboard.section.header,
+	{ type = "padding", val = 2 },
+	dashboard.section.buttons,
+	{ type = "padding", val = 1 },
+	dashboard.section.footer,
+}
+
+alpha.setup(dashboard.opts)
diff --git a/lua/plugins/ui.lua b/lua/plugins/ui.lua
index 020c36f..ead8d75 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -60,4 +60,12 @@ return {
 			vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>bd", ":BufferDelete<CR>")
 		end
 	},
+
+	{
+		"goolord/alpha-nvim",
+		dependencies = { "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons" },
+		config = function()
+			require("dashboard")
+		end
+	}
 }