I can't get Pinning to work

[al3xandru]

Before posting an issue, are there any specific things I could check first related to Pinning not working?

I am running superfile 1.4.0 in tmux in iTerm2 on Sequoia 15.7.1.

thank you

[lazysegtree]

@al3xandru Make sure that you are using the correct hotkey (capital p -> Shift+P) , and spf has permissions to write.

[al3xandru]

I believe something else might be highjacking the Shift+p hotkey. I have added Shift-s through hotkeys.toml and that works as expected. I have not clue how to figure out why Shift+p is not working in iTerm2 when superfile is working. I do suspect it might be something in superfile though.

[lazysegtree]

Could you enable debug logs in the config and check the logs? See if the Shift+P is showing up or not

[lazysegtree]

time=2025-12-02T15:45:30.449+05:30 level=DEBUG msg="model.Update() called" msgType=tea.KeyMsg
time=2025-12-02T15:45:30.449+05:30 level=DEBUG msg=model.handleKeyInput msg=P typestr=runes runes=[80] type=-1 paste=false alt=false
time=2025-12-02T15:45:30.449+05:30 level=DEBUG msg="model.handleKeyInput. model info. " filePanelFocusIndex=0 filePanel.isFocused=true filePanel.panelMode=browserMode typingModal.open=false notifyModel.open=false promptModal.open=false fileModel.renaming=false searchBar.focussed=false helpMenu.open=false firstTextInput=false focusPanel=nonePanelFocus

Sample logs

[al3xandru]

time=2025-12-03T13:47:03.482+02:00 level=DEBUG msg=model.handleKeyInput msg=P typestr=runes runes=[80] type=-1 paste=false alt=false
time=2025-12-03T13:47:03.482+02:00 level=DEBUG msg="model.handleKeyInput. model info. " filePanelFocusIndex=0 filePanel.isFocused=true filePanel.panelMode=browserMode typingModal.open=false notifyModel.open=false promptModal.open=false fileModel.renaming=false searchBar.focussed=false helpMenu.open=false firstTextInput=false focusPanel=nonePanelFocus

which looks identical to the S:

time=2025-12-03T13:48:40.459+02:00 level=DEBUG msg=model.handleKeyInput msg=S typestr=runes runes=[83] type=-1 paste=false alt=false
time=2025-12-03T13:48:40.459+02:00 level=DEBUG msg="model.handleKeyInput. model info. " filePanelFocusIndex=0 filePanel.isFocused=true filePanel.panelMode=browserMode typingModal.open=false notifyModel.open=false promptModal.open=false fileModel.renaming=false searchBar.focussed=false helpMenu.open=false firstTextInput=false focusPanel=nonePanelFocus

Just that S works while P does not.

I have this in the hotkeys.toml: pinned_directory = ['P', 'S', '']

[lazysegtree]

Is there a clash with 'P' in your hotkey.toml? If you bind other keys with 'P', they might get executed first.

If thats not the case, I can create a debug branch, add extra logs around pin operation and then compare your system with mine.

[al3xandru]

That's it!

I have added p for paste_items.
Then changed focus_on_process_bar to P
Time passed, and then I learned about pinning and tried P and run into this.

Thank you very much for the patience to help me figure our my own error.