Open the path under cursor in a floating terminal

[sadtab]

Is this a question? No
Please start a new Q&A discussion instead of raising a feature request.

Can this functionality be implemented utilising API?
nvim-tree exposes extensive API (see :h nvim-tree-api). Can it be used to achieve your goal? Is there a missing API that would make it possible? probably, maybe, I don't know
Given stable status of nvim-tree it's preferred to add new API than new functionality.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It happens very usual I need to do file operations (tar, untar, etc) on a file, it will be useful if I can open a floating terminal after bnavigatong on my file in the tree inside vim, its actullay adding a new layer on top of nvim from the nvimtree gateway

Describe the solution you'd like
A clear and concise description of what you want to happen. Title says it all, open the path under cursor in a floating terminal, something like system open, but open in a floating terminal instead

Describe alternatives you've considered
A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. Terminal in a new tab, split, v split etc

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[alex-courtis]

Right now you can use . to execute a vim or shell command on the node e.g.

. on foo
type !cat
:!cat foo is executed

That follows prior art from plugins such as fugitive, showing the more-able output.

[alex-courtis]

It would be very possible to open a floating terminal at the path with an on_attach mapping something like:

  vim.keymap.set("n", "Z", function()
    local node = api.tree.get_node_under_cursor()
    local path = vim.fn.fnamemodify(node.absolute_path, ":p:h")
    print("do something with " .. path)
  end, opts("do something with"))

Please do share the recipe for whatever you come up with.