[zsh] Ctrl-t in the middle of path in commandline--fill path in fzf prompt?

[enoryw]

I often find I'm typing out the beginning of the path in the command line then want to launch fzf to finish the rest of it with the intuition that fzf inserts the current "word" (path) in prompt. But fzf just does what it's told and Ctrl-T lets you select a filename to insert at cursor. How to make fzf's Ctrl-T smarter by launching it with the word on cursor prefilled?

$ /path/to<CTRL-T>       # launches fzf CTRL-T with /path/to|       <- | represents cursor (or maybe insert a space to the query then a cursor?)
$ /path/to <CTRL-T>      # launches fzf CTRL-T normally, since there's a space

Also curious alternatives or if anyone has some QoL behaviors similar to this.

[junegunn]

If you use bash or zsh, try fuzzy completion. i.e. vim /path/to**<tab> It's basically the "smarter" CTRL-T.

https://github.com/junegunn/fzf?tab=readme-ov-file#fuzzy-completion-for-bash-and-zsh

[enoryw]

My FZF_CTRL_T_COMMAND is quite custom for performance reasons so **<tab> wouldn't be suitable. I'll look to see if zsh can pre-fill word on cursor for fzf as pre-filled query. It would be nice if Ctrl-T does this transparently as I do think it's an intuitive and convenient smart behavior. If it's an appropriate feature request I can submit one.

[junegunn]

There's no reason you can't customize the path completion, because you just need to define a function that runs the same command.

https://github.com/junegunn/fzf?tab=readme-ov-file#customizing-completion-source-for-paths-and-directories

I'm not particularly against making CTRL-T do more work, but it can be quite tricky to get the behavior right both in bash and zsh, so I've recommended users to use the fuzzy completion which already handles it right and does more.

Also FYI: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/wiki/Configuring-fuzzy-completion#dedicated-completion-key