zi interactive mode does not support fuzzy matching like fzf does

[Alessandro-Pang]

When I use zoxide query -i (the zi command), it opens the interactive fzf interface, but fuzzy matching does not seem to work.

For example, when I type something like ows (expecting to match ollama-web-search), it does not match anything in zi.

However, when I run:

zoxide query --list | fzf

fuzzy matching works as expected — ows correctly matches ollama-web-search and similar entries.

I've attached two screenshots below for comparison:

• zi interactive view — fuzzy matching doesn't work

• zoxide query --list | fzf — fuzzy matching works properly

Expected behavior:

I’d expect zi to support true fuzzy matching, or at least provide a way to configure fzf options (e.g. enable/disable --exact).

Environment:

• OS: macOS (Sonoma)
• Shell: zsh
• Terminal: iTerm2
• zoxide version: 0.9.8
• fzf version: 0.65.0

Thank you for building such a great tool! I’d love to see full fuzzy matching support in zi.

[sxu]

I find that the environment variable _ZO_FZF_OPTS environment variable needs to be set in order for zoxide to use fzf in interactive mode, not sure if this is intentional or not, I didn't see any documentation mentioning this.

[cyrusduong]

For those running into this I used the option mentioned above as follows:

export _ZO_FZF_OPTS='--no-sort --bind=ctrl-z:ignore,btab:up,tab:down --cycle --keep-right --height=45% --info=inline --layout=reverse --tabstop=1 --exit-0'

From the source: https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/blob/main/src/cmd/query.rs#L98

Not exactly the same since we can't enable the preview with flags in FZF. But works for me.

[Alessandro-Pang]

I currently choose to add a zx command to my .zshrc file.

I've replicated the interface by referring to the implementation in query.

Of course, specifying an environment variable as described in the previous answer is also possible.

zx() {
  local query="${*}"
  local dir

  dir=$(zoxide query --list --score | \
    fzf --filter="$query" --no-sort | \
    fzf \
      --prompt="zoxide > " \
      --nth=2.. \
      --ansi \
      --height=60% \
      --info=inline \
      --border=rounded \
      --layout=reverse \
      --preview-window=down:40%:wrap \
      --preview='ls -F -C --color=always {2..}' \
	  --bind 'ctrl-z:ignore,btab:up,tab:down,enter:become:echo {2..}' \
      --cycle \
      --keep-right \
      --tabstop=1
  )

  [[ -n "$dir" ]] && cd "$dir"
}