Filling the path without ending search. Is it possible ?

[iharkatkavets]

Hello.

I apply fzf next way:
I run a command and enter ** and then <TAB>, for example:

neovim ** <TAB>

fzf successfully list me the files that matches the entered search string. But my path is too long, and I need to find first directory, then second, and then inner, and again and again. But I want to build the path folder by folder. And I want a magic shortcut that apply the path under cursor. Unfortunately I didn't find a shortcut to fill the path under cursor position, so I need to type the whole path, symbol by symbol.

Is there a shortcut/keymap to fill the path under cursor and continuously find the files/folders in the completed path?

Thank you

[iharkatkavets]

For example I selected 2nd item in the search list, but it's not final path, it can go deeper

[LangLangBart]

fzf successfully list me the files that matches the entered search string. But my path is too long, and I need to find first directory, then second, and then inner, and again and again.

Currently, fzf does not provide a way to traverse the file path as you described. Have you considered using plugins?

An exemplary tool is zsh4humans¹. In the GIF below, the filepath is constructed one hierarchy at a time until a file is selected.

Footnotes

1. zsh4humans/fn/z4h-fzf-complete at v5 · romkatv/zsh4humans · GitHub ↩