From fb00b35266c39c7f0d2938590c215712bca06d26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sami Kankaristo <sami@kankaristo.fi>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:28:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add ability to load a project by name or "on" key

The "load" action now accepts an argument, which is used to find a
project by name/description or the "on" keyboard key.

This can be used to create a keybinding to load a specific project (here
named "Default"):
```yaml
{ on = [ "P", "P"  ], run = "plugin projects 'load Default'", desc = "Load the 'Default'project"  },
```

It can also be used to start Yazi with a specific project using a
script:
```bash
#!/bin/bash

#
# Open a project in Yazi.
#
# https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/plugins/utils/#ya.emit
# https://github.com/MasouShizuka/projects.yazi
#

export yaziProject="$1"
shift

if [ -z "$yaziProject" ]; then
    >&2 echo "ERROR: The first argument must be a project"
    exit 64
fi

# Generate random Yazi client ID (DDS / `ya emit` uses `YAZI_ID`)
export YAZI_ID=$RANDOM

# Use Yazi's DDS to run a plugin command after Yazi has started
# (the nested subshell is only to suppress "Done" output for the job)
( (sleep 0.1; ya emit plugin projects "load $yaziProject") &)

# Run Yazi with the generated client ID
yazi --client-id $YAZI_ID "$@"
```
---
 main.lua | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index e76c680..9833a3d 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -930,6 +930,21 @@ local _merge_event = ya.sync(function(state)
     end)
 end)
 
+local _find_project_index = function(list, search_term)
+    if not search_term then
+        return nil
+    end
+
+    for i, project in ipairs(list) do
+        -- Match the project by the "on" key or by "desc"
+        if project.on == search_term or project.desc == search_term then
+            return i
+        end
+    end
+
+    return nil
+end
+
 return {
     setup = function(_, opts)
         _load_config(opts)
@@ -1012,7 +1027,12 @@ return {
             return
         end
 
-        local selected_idx = ya.which({ cands = list, silent = false })
+        local selected_idx = (
+            -- Search for the project, if an argument was given
+            _find_project_index(list, job.args[2])
+            -- Ask interactively
+            or ya.which({ cands = list, silent = false })
+        )
         if not selected_idx then
             return
         end