*diagnostic.txt* Diagnostics NVIM REFERENCE MANUAL Diagnostic framework *vim.diagnostic* Nvim provides a framework for displaying errors or warnings from external tools, otherwise known as "diagnostics". These diagnostics can come from a variety of sources, such as linters or LSP servers. The diagnostic framework is an extension to existing error handling functionality such as the |quickfix| list. Type |gO| to see the table of contents. ============================================================================== QUICKSTART *diagnostic-quickstart* Anything that reports diagnostics is referred to below as a "diagnostic producer". Diagnostic producers need only follow a few simple steps to report diagnostics: 1. Create a namespace |nvim_create_namespace()|. Note that the namespace must have a name. Anonymous namespaces WILL NOT WORK. 2. (Optional) Configure options for the diagnostic namespace |vim.diagnostic.config()|. 3. Generate diagnostics. 4. Set the diagnostics for the buffer |vim.diagnostic.set()|. 5. Repeat from step 3. Generally speaking, the API is split between functions meant to be used by diagnostic producers and those meant for diagnostic consumers (i.e. end users who want to read and view the diagnostics for a buffer). The APIs for producers require a {namespace} as their first argument, while those for consumers generally do not require a namespace (though often one may be optionally supplied). A good rule of thumb is that if a method is meant to modify the diagnostics for a buffer (e.g. |vim.diagnostic.set()|) then it requires a namespace. *diagnostic-structure* A diagnostic is a Lua table with the following keys. Required keys are indicated with (*): bufnr: Buffer number lnum(*): The starting line of the diagnostic end_lnum: The final line of the diagnostic col(*): The starting column of the diagnostic end_col: The final column of the diagnostic severity: The severity of the diagnostic |vim.diagnostic.severity| message(*): The diagnostic text source: The source of the diagnostic code: The diagnostic code user_data: Arbitrary data plugins or users can add Diagnostics use the same indexing as the rest of the Nvim API (i.e. 0-based rows and columns). |api-indexing| *vim.diagnostic.severity* *diagnostic-severity* The "severity" key in a diagnostic is one of the values defined in `vim.diagnostic.severity`: vim.diagnostic.severity.ERROR vim.diagnostic.severity.WARN vim.diagnostic.severity.INFO vim.diagnostic.severity.HINT Functions that take a severity as an optional parameter (e.g. |vim.diagnostic.get()|) accept one of two forms: 1. A single |vim.diagnostic.severity| value: > vim.diagnostic.get(0, { severity = vim.diagnostic.severity.WARN }) 2. A table with a "min" or "max" key (or both): > vim.diagnostic.get(0, { severity = {min=vim.diagnostic.severity.WARN} }) The latter form allows users to specify a range of severities. ============================================================================== HANDLERS *diagnostic-handlers* Diagnostics are shown to the user with |vim.diagnostic.show()|. The display of diagnostics is managed through handlers. A handler is a table with a "show" and (optionally) a "hide" function. The "show" function has the signature > function(namespace, bufnr, diagnostics, opts) < and is responsible for displaying or otherwise handling the given diagnostics. The "hide" function takes care of "cleaning up" any actions taken by the "show" function and has the signature > function(namespace, bufnr) < Handlers can be configured with |vim.diagnostic.config()| and added by creating a new key in `vim.diagnostic.handlers` (see |diagnostic-handlers-example|). The {opts} table passed to a handler is the full set of configuration options (that is, it is not limited to just the options for the handler itself). The values in the table are already resolved (i.e. if a user specifies a function for a config option, the function has already been evaluated). Nvim provides these handlers by default: "virtual_text", "signs", and "underline". *diagnostic-handlers-example* The example below creates a new handler that notifies the user of diagnostics with |vim.notify()|: > -- It's good practice to namespace custom handlers to avoid collisions vim.diagnostic.handlers["my/notify"] = { show = function(namespace, bufnr, diagnostics, opts) -- In our example, the opts table has a "log_level" option local level = opts["my/notify"].log_level local name = vim.diagnostic.get_namespace(namespace).name local msg = string.format("%d diagnostics in buffer %d from %s", #diagnostics, bufnr, name) vim.notify(msg, level) end, } -- Users can configure the handler vim.diagnostic.config({ ["my/notify"] = { log_level = vim.log.levels.INFO } }) < In this example, there is nothing to do when diagnostics are hidden, so we omit the "hide" function. Existing handlers can be overridden. For example, use the following to only show a sign for the highest severity diagnostic on a given line: > -- Create a custom namespace. This will aggregate signs from all other -- namespaces and only show the one with the highest severity on a -- given line local ns = vim.api.nvim_create_namespace("my_namespace") -- Get a reference to the original signs handler local orig_signs_handler = vim.diagnostic.handlers.signs -- Override the built-in signs handler vim.diagnostic.handlers.signs = { show = function(_, bufnr, _, opts) -- Get all diagnostics from the whole buffer rather than just the -- diagnostics passed to the handler local diagnostics = vim.diagnostic.get(bufnr) -- Find the "worst" diagnostic per line local max_severity_per_line = {} for _, d in pairs(diagnostics) do local m = max_severity_per_line[d.lnum] if not m or d.severity < m.severity then max_severity_per_line[d.lnum] = d end end -- Pass the filtered diagnostics (with our custom namespace) to -- the original handler local filtered_diagnostics = vim.tbl_values(max_severity_per_line) orig_signs_handler.show(ns, bufnr, filtered_diagnostics, opts) end, hide = function(_, bufnr) orig_signs_handler.hide(ns, bufnr) end, } < ============================================================================== HIGHLIGHTS *diagnostic-highlights* All highlights defined for diagnostics begin with `Diagnostic` followed by the type of highlight (e.g., `Sign`, `Underline`, etc.) and the severity (e.g. `Error`, `Warn`, etc.) By default, highlights for signs, floating windows, and virtual text are linked to the corresponding default highlight. Underline highlights are not linked and use their own default highlight groups. For example, the default highlighting for |hl-DiagnosticSignError| is linked to |hl-DiagnosticError|. To change the default (and therefore the linked highlights), use the |:highlight| command: > highlight DiagnosticError guifg="BrightRed" < *hl-DiagnosticError* DiagnosticError Used as the base highlight group. Other Diagnostic highlights link to this by default (except Underline) *hl-DiagnosticWarn* DiagnosticWarn Used as the base highlight group. Other Diagnostic highlights link to this by default (except Underline) *hl-DiagnosticInfo* DiagnosticInfo Used as the base highlight group. Other Diagnostic highlights link to this by default (except Underline) *hl-DiagnosticHint* DiagnosticHint Used as the base highlight group. Other Diagnostic highlights link to this by default (except Underline) *hl-DiagnosticVirtualTextError* DiagnosticVirtualTextError Used for "Error" diagnostic virtual text. *hl-DiagnosticVirtualTextWarn* DiagnosticVirtualTextWarn Used for "Warn" diagnostic virtual text. *hl-DiagnosticVirtualTextInfo* DiagnosticVirtualTextInfo Used for "Info" diagnostic virtual text. *hl-DiagnosticVirtualTextHint* DiagnosticVirtualTextHint Used for "Hint" diagnostic virtual text. *hl-DiagnosticUnderlineError* DiagnosticUnderlineError Used to underline "Error" diagnostics. *hl-DiagnosticUnderlineWarn* DiagnosticUnderlineWarn Used to underline "Warn" diagnostics. *hl-DiagnosticUnderlineInfo* DiagnosticUnderlineInfo Used to underline "Info" diagnostics. *hl-DiagnosticUnderlineHint* DiagnosticUnderlineHint Used to underline "Hint" diagnostics. *hl-DiagnosticFloatingError* DiagnosticFloatingError Used to color "Error" diagnostic messages in diagnostics float. See |vim.diagnostic.open_float()| *hl-DiagnosticFloatingWarn* DiagnosticFloatingWarn Used to color "Warn" diagnostic messages in diagnostics float. *hl-DiagnosticFloatingInfo* DiagnosticFloatingInfo Used to color "Info" diagnostic messages in diagnostics float. *hl-DiagnosticFloatingHint* DiagnosticFloatingHint Used to color "Hint" diagnostic messages in diagnostics float. *hl-DiagnosticSignError* DiagnosticSignError Used for "Error" signs in sign column. *hl-DiagnosticSignWarn* DiagnosticSignWarn Used for "Warn" signs in sign column. *hl-DiagnosticSignInfo* DiagnosticSignInfo Used for "Info" signs in sign column. *hl-DiagnosticSignHint* DiagnosticSignHint Used for "Hint" signs in sign column. ============================================================================== SIGNS *diagnostic-signs* Signs are defined for each diagnostic severity. The default text for each sign is the first letter of the severity name (for example, "E" for ERROR). Signs can be customized using the following: > sign define DiagnosticSignError text=E texthl=DiagnosticSignError linehl= numhl= sign define DiagnosticSignWarn text=W texthl=DiagnosticSignWarn linehl= numhl= sign define DiagnosticSignInfo text=I texthl=DiagnosticSignInfo linehl= numhl= sign define DiagnosticSignHint text=H texthl=DiagnosticSignHint linehl= numhl= When the "severity_sort" option is set (see |vim.diagnostic.config()|) the priority of each sign depends on the severity of the associated diagnostic. Otherwise, all signs have the same priority (the value of the "priority" option in the "signs" table of |vim.diagnostic.config()| or 10 if unset). ============================================================================== EVENTS *diagnostic-events* *DiagnosticChanged* DiagnosticChanged After diagnostics have changed. Example: > autocmd DiagnosticChanged * lua vim.diagnostic.setqflist({open = false }) < ============================================================================== Lua module: vim.diagnostic *diagnostic-api* config({opts}, {namespace}) *vim.diagnostic.config()* Configure diagnostic options globally or for a specific diagnostic namespace. Configuration can be specified globally, per-namespace, or ephemerally (i.e. only for a single call to |vim.diagnostic.set()| or |vim.diagnostic.show()|). Ephemeral configuration has highest priority, followed by namespace configuration, and finally global configuration. For example, if a user enables virtual text globally with > vim.diagnostic.config({virtual_text = true}) < and a diagnostic producer sets diagnostics with > vim.diagnostic.set(ns, 0, diagnostics, {virtual_text = false}) < then virtual text will not be enabled for those diagnostics. Note: Each of the configuration options below accepts one of the following: • `false`: Disable this feature • `true`: Enable this feature, use default settings. • `table`: Enable this feature with overrides. Use an empty table to use default values. • `function`: Function with signature (namespace, bufnr) that returns any of the above. Parameters: ~ {opts} table|nil When omitted or "nil", retrieve the current configuration. Otherwise, a configuration table with the following keys: • underline: (default true) Use underline for diagnostics. Options: • severity: Only underline diagnostics matching the given severity |diagnostic-severity| • virtual_text: (default true) Use virtual text for diagnostics. If multiple diagnostics are set for a namespace, one prefix per diagnostic + the last diagnostic message are shown. Options: • severity: Only show virtual text for diagnostics matching the given severity |diagnostic-severity| • source: (boolean or string) Include the diagnostic source in virtual text. Use "if_many" to only show sources if there is more than one diagnostic source in the buffer. Otherwise, any truthy value means to always show the diagnostic source. • spacing: (number) Amount of empty spaces inserted at the beginning of the virtual text. • prefix: (string) Prepend diagnostic message with prefix. • format: (function) A function that takes a diagnostic as input and returns a string. The return value is the text used to display the diagnostic. Example: > function(diagnostic) if diagnostic.severity == vim.diagnostic.severity.ERROR then return string.format("E: %s", diagnostic.message) end return diagnostic.message end < • signs: (default true) Use signs for diagnostics. Options: • severity: Only show signs for diagnostics matching the given severity |diagnostic-severity| • priority: (number, default 10) Base priority to use for signs. When {severity_sort} is used, the priority of a sign is adjusted based on its severity. Otherwise, all signs use the same priority. • float: Options for floating windows. See |vim.diagnostic.open_float()|. • update_in_insert: (default false) Update diagnostics in Insert mode (if false, diagnostics are updated on InsertLeave) • severity_sort: (default false) Sort diagnostics by severity. This affects the order in which signs and virtual text are displayed. When true, higher severities are displayed before lower severities (e.g. ERROR is displayed before WARN). Options: • reverse: (boolean) Reverse sort order {namespace} number|nil Update the options for the given namespace. When omitted, update the global diagnostic options. disable({bufnr}, {namespace}) *vim.diagnostic.disable()* Disable diagnostics in the given buffer. Parameters: ~ {bufnr} number|nil Buffer number, or 0 for current buffer. When omitted, disable diagnostics in all buffers. {namespace} number|nil Only disable diagnostics for the given namespace. enable({bufnr}, {namespace}) *vim.diagnostic.enable()* Enable diagnostics in the given buffer. Parameters: ~ {bufnr} number|nil Buffer number, or 0 for current buffer. When omitted, enable diagnostics in all buffers. {namespace} number|nil Only enable diagnostics for the given namespace. fromqflist({list}) *vim.diagnostic.fromqflist()* Convert a list of quickfix items to a list of diagnostics. Parameters: ~ {list} table A list of quickfix items from |getqflist()| or |getloclist()|. Return: ~ array of diagnostics |diagnostic-structure| get({bufnr}, {opts}) *vim.diagnostic.get()* Get current diagnostics. Parameters: ~ {bufnr} number|nil Buffer number to get diagnostics from. Use 0 for current buffer or nil for all buffers. {opts} table|nil A table with the following keys: • namespace: (number) Limit diagnostics to the given namespace. • lnum: (number) Limit diagnostics to the given line number. • severity: See |diagnostic-severity|. Return: ~ table A list of diagnostic items |diagnostic-structure|. get_namespace({namespace}) *vim.diagnostic.get_namespace()* Get namespace metadata. Parameters: ~ {namespace} number Diagnostic namespace Return: ~ table Namespace metadata get_namespaces() *vim.diagnostic.get_namespaces()* Get current diagnostic namespaces. Return: ~ table A list of active diagnostic namespaces |vim.diagnostic|. get_next({opts}) *vim.diagnostic.get_next()* Get the next diagnostic closest to the cursor position. Parameters: ~ {opts} table See |vim.diagnostic.goto_next()| Return: ~ table Next diagnostic get_next_pos({opts}) *vim.diagnostic.get_next_pos()* Return the position of the next diagnostic in the current buffer. Parameters: ~ {opts} table See |vim.diagnostic.goto_next()| Return: ~ table Next diagnostic position as a (row, col) tuple. get_prev({opts}) *vim.diagnostic.get_prev()* Get the previous diagnostic closest to the cursor position. Parameters: ~ {opts} table See |vim.diagnostic.goto_next()| Return: ~ table Previous diagnostic get_prev_pos({opts}) *vim.diagnostic.get_prev_pos()* Return the position of the previous diagnostic in the current buffer. Parameters: ~ {opts} table See |vim.diagnostic.goto_next()| Return: ~ table Previous diagnostic position as a (row, col) tuple. goto_next({opts}) *vim.diagnostic.goto_next()* Move to the next diagnostic. Parameters: ~ {opts} table|nil Configuration table with the following keys: • namespace: (number) Only consider diagnostics from the given namespace. • cursor_position: (cursor position) Cursor position as a (row, col) tuple. See |nvim_win_get_cursor()|. Defaults to the current cursor position. • wrap: (boolean, default true) Whether to loop around file or not. Similar to 'wrapscan'. • severity: See |diagnostic-severity|. • float: (boolean or table, default true) If "true", call |vim.diagnostic.open_float()| after moving. If a table, pass the table as the {opts} parameter to |vim.diagnostic.open_float()|. Unless overridden, the float will show diagnostics at the new cursor position (as if "cursor" were passed to the "scope" option). • win_id: (number, default 0) Window ID goto_prev({opts}) *vim.diagnostic.goto_prev()* Move to the previous diagnostic in the current buffer. Parameters: ~ {opts} table See |vim.diagnostic.goto_next()| hide({namespace}, {bufnr}) *vim.diagnostic.hide()* Hide currently displayed diagnostics. This only clears the decorations displayed in the buffer. Diagnostics can be redisplayed with |vim.diagnostic.show()|. To completely remove diagnostics, use |vim.diagnostic.reset()|. To hide diagnostics and prevent them from re-displaying, use |vim.diagnostic.disable()|. Parameters: ~ {namespace} number|nil Diagnostic namespace. When omitted, hide diagnostics from all namespaces. {bufnr} number|nil Buffer number, or 0 for current buffer. When omitted, hide diagnostics in all buffers. *vim.diagnostic.match()* match({str}, {pat}, {groups}, {severity_map}, {defaults}) Parse a diagnostic from a string. For example, consider a line of output from a linter: > WARNING filename:27:3: Variable 'foo' does not exist < This can be parsed into a diagnostic |diagnostic-structure| with: > local s = "WARNING filename:27:3: Variable 'foo' does not exist" local pattern = "^(%w+) %w+:(%d+):(%d+): (.+)$" local groups = {"severity", "lnum", "col", "message"} vim.diagnostic.match(s, pattern, groups, {WARNING = vim.diagnostic.WARN}) < Parameters: ~ {str} string String to parse diagnostics from. {pat} string Lua pattern with capture groups. {groups} table List of fields in a |diagnostic-structure| to associate with captures from {pat}. {severity_map} table A table mapping the severity field from {groups} with an item from |vim.diagnostic.severity|. {defaults} table|nil Table of default values for any fields not listed in {groups}. When omitted, numeric values default to 0 and "severity" defaults to ERROR. Return: ~ diagnostic |diagnostic-structure| or `nil` if {pat} fails to match {str}. open_float({opts}, {...}) *vim.diagnostic.open_float()* Show diagnostics in a floating window. Parameters: ~ {opts} table|nil Configuration table with the same keys as |vim.lsp.util.open_floating_preview()| in addition to the following: • bufnr: (number) Buffer number to show diagnostics from. Defaults to the current buffer. • namespace: (number) Limit diagnostics to the given namespace • scope: (string, default "line") Show diagnostics from the whole buffer ("buffer"), the current cursor line ("line"), or the current cursor position ("cursor"). Shorthand versions are also accepted ("c" for "cursor", "l" for "line", "b" for "buffer"). • pos: (number or table) If {scope} is "line" or "cursor", use this position rather than the cursor position. If a number, interpreted as a line number; otherwise, a (row, col) tuple. • severity_sort: (default false) Sort diagnostics by severity. Overrides the setting from |vim.diagnostic.config()|. • severity: See |diagnostic-severity|. Overrides the setting from |vim.diagnostic.config()|. • header: (string or table) String to use as the header for the floating window. If a table, it is interpreted as a [text, hl_group] tuple. Overrides the setting from |vim.diagnostic.config()|. • source: (boolean or string) Include the diagnostic source in the message. Use "if_many" to only show sources if there is more than one source of diagnostics in the buffer. Otherwise, any truthy value means to always show the diagnostic source. Overrides the setting from |vim.diagnostic.config()|. • format: (function) A function that takes a diagnostic as input and returns a string. The return value is the text used to display the diagnostic. Overrides the setting from |vim.diagnostic.config()|. • prefix: (function, string, or table) Prefix each diagnostic in the floating window. If a function, it must have the signature (diagnostic, i, total) -> (string, string), where {i} is the index of the diagnostic being evaluated and {total} is the total number of diagnostics displayed in the window. The function should return a string which is prepended to each diagnostic in the window as well as an (optional) highlight group which will be used to highlight the prefix. If {prefix} is a table, it is interpreted as a [text, hl_group] tuple as in |nvim_echo()|; otherwise, if {prefix} is a string, it is prepended to each diagnostic in the window with no highlight. Overrides the setting from |vim.diagnostic.config()|. Return: ~ tuple ({float_bufnr}, {win_id}) reset({namespace}, {bufnr}) *vim.diagnostic.reset()* Remove all diagnostics from the given namespace. Unlike |vim.diagnostic.hide()|, this function removes all saved diagnostics. They cannot be redisplayed using |vim.diagnostic.show()|. To simply remove diagnostic decorations in a way that they can be re-displayed, use |vim.diagnostic.hide()|. Parameters: ~ {namespace} number|nil Diagnostic namespace. When omitted, remove diagnostics from all namespaces. {bufnr} number|nil Remove diagnostics for the given buffer. When omitted, diagnostics are removed for all buffers. set({namespace}, {bufnr}, {diagnostics}, {opts}) *vim.diagnostic.set()* Set diagnostics for the given namespace and buffer. Parameters: ~ {namespace} number The diagnostic namespace {bufnr} number Buffer number {diagnostics} table A list of diagnostic items |diagnostic-structure| {opts} table|nil Display options to pass to |vim.diagnostic.show()| setloclist({opts}) *vim.diagnostic.setloclist()* Add buffer diagnostics to the location list. Parameters: ~ {opts} table|nil Configuration table with the following keys: • namespace: (number) Only add diagnostics from the given namespace. • winnr: (number, default 0) Window number to set location list for. • open: (boolean, default true) Open the location list after setting. • title: (string) Title of the location list. Defaults to "Diagnostics". • severity: See |diagnostic-severity|. setqflist({opts}) *vim.diagnostic.setqflist()* Add all diagnostics to the quickfix list. Parameters: ~ {opts} table|nil Configuration table with the following keys: • namespace: (number) Only add diagnostics from the given namespace. • open: (boolean, default true) Open quickfix list after setting. • title: (string) Title of quickfix list. Defaults to "Diagnostics". • severity: See |diagnostic-severity|. *vim.diagnostic.show()* show({namespace}, {bufnr}, {diagnostics}, {opts}) Display diagnostics for the given namespace and buffer. Parameters: ~ {namespace} number|nil Diagnostic namespace. When omitted, show diagnostics from all namespaces. {bufnr} number|nil Buffer number, or 0 for current buffer. When omitted, show diagnostics in all buffers. {diagnostics} table|nil The diagnostics to display. When omitted, use the saved diagnostics for the given namespace and buffer. This can be used to display a list of diagnostics without saving them or to display only a subset of diagnostics. May not be used when {namespace} or {bufnr} is nil. {opts} table|nil Display options. See |vim.diagnostic.config()|. toqflist({diagnostics}) *vim.diagnostic.toqflist()* Convert a list of diagnostics to a list of quickfix items that can be passed to |setqflist()| or |setloclist()|. Parameters: ~ {diagnostics} table List of diagnostics |diagnostic-structure|. Return: ~ array of quickfix list items |setqflist-what| vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: