hover.nvim

General framework for context aware hover providers (similar to vim.lsp.buf.hover).

Screenshots

LSP	Github Issues

Dictionary	Github User

Setup and Installation

via packer:

use {
    "lewis6991/hover.nvim",
    config = function()
        require("hover").setup {
            init = function()
                -- Require providers
                require("hover.providers.lsp")
                -- require('hover.providers.gh')
                -- require('hover.providers.gh_user')
                -- require('hover.providers.jira')
                -- require('hover.providers.man')
                -- require('hover.providers.dictionary')
            end,
            preview_opts = {
                border = nil
            },
            -- Whether the contents of a currently open hover window should be moved
            -- to a :h preview-window when pressing the hover keymap.
            preview_window = false,
            title = true
        }

        -- Setup keymaps
        vim.keymap.set("n", "K", require("hover").hover, {desc = "hover.nvim"})
        vim.keymap.set("n", "gK", require("hover").hover_select, {desc = "hover.nvim (select)"})
    end
}

Built in Providers

LSP

require('hover.providers.lsp')

Builtin LSP

Priority: 1000

Github: Issues and PR's

require('hover.providers.gh')

Opens issue/PR's for symbols like #123.

Requires the gh command.

Priority: 200

Github: Users

require('hover.providers.gh_user')

Information for github users in TODO comments. Matches TODO(<user>) and TODO(@<user>).

Requires the gh command.

Priority: 200

Jira

require('hover.providers.jira')

Opens issue for symbols like ABC-123.

Requires the jira command.

Priority: 175

Man

require('hover.providers.man')

man entries

Priority: 150

Dictionary

require('hover.providers.dictionary')

Definitions for valid words

Priority: 100

Creating a hover provider

Call require('hover').register(<provider>) with a table containing the following fields:

name: string, name of the hover provider
enabled: function, whether the hover is active for the current context
execute: function, executes the hover. Has the following arguments:
- done: callback. First argument should be passed:
  - nil/false if the hover failed to execute. This will allow other lower priority hovers to run.
  - A table with the following fields:
    - lines (string array)
    - filetype (string)
    - bufnr (integer?) use a pre-populated buffer for the hover window. Ignores lines.
priority: number (optional), priority of the provider

Example:

-- Simple
require('hover').register {
   name = 'Simple',
   enabled = function()
     return true
   end,
   execute = function(done)
     done{lines={'TEST'}, filetype="markdown"}
   end
}

deptno/hover.nvim