Align folder arrow with file icon

[piedrahitapablo]

Hi, I'm trying to align the folder arrow with the file icon, but I can't find a way to do it so I'm wondering if this is possible at all.

This VS Code screenshot shows what I want to achieve:

And this is what I have using nvim-tree:

And these are the settings that I'm using:

tree.setup {
    disable_netrw = true,
    hijack_netrw = true,
    hijack_cursor = true,
    view = {
        side = 'left',
        number = true,
        relativenumber = true,
        width = 30,
        hide_root_folder = true,
    },
    renderer = {
        indent_width = 1,
        indent_markers = {
            enable = true,
            inline_arrows = true,
            icons = {
                corner = "",
                edge = "│",
                item = "",
                bottom = "─",
                none = " ",
            },
        },
        icons = {
            git_placement = "after",
            show = {
                folder = false,
            },
        },
    },
    git = {
        ignore = false,
    },
    filters = {
        dotfiles = false,
    },
    diagnostics = {
        enable = true,
        show_on_dirs = true,
    },
    modified = {
        enable = true,
    }
}

Thanks!

[gegoune]

This is all down to your terminal and how it displays glyphs as well as your font and glyphs it has. Unfortunately there is nothing that nvim-tree can do here.

[gegoune]

Ah, apologies, I misunderstood what you were asking for, I assumed horizontal alignment of icons themselves.

Not sure if what you are asking for is currently achievable, would have to go through various options, but it definitely should be made possible if currently isn't.

[piedrahitapablo]

no, no problem, I didn't explain very well. Thanks for your answers, I'll wait to see if someone knows if it's possible right now or easily added to the codebase without breaking other things.

I'm just learning neovim and lua, but happy to make a PR if someone points me in the right direction.

[alex-courtis]

Try this:

  renderer = {
    indent_markers = {
      enable = true,
    },
    icons = {
      show = {
        folder_arrow = false,
      },
      glyphs = {
        folder = {
		  default = "",
		  open = "",
        },
      },
    },
  },

[piedrahitapablo]

Thanks @alex-courtis, it worked like a charm! I created a new comment with the answer and tagged you, let me know if you want to create the comment yourself and I can delete it

[alex-courtis]

I'd be grateful if you added this Tip to the wiki

[piedrahitapablo]

Answer by @alex-courtis:

Try this:

  renderer = {
    indent_markers = {
      enable = true,
    },
    icons = {
      show = {
        folder_arrow = false,
      },
      glyphs = {
        folder = {
		  default = "",
		  open = "",
        },
      },
    },
  },