add theme toggler (#245)

lua/chadrc.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 local M = {
     ui = {
         theme = "onedark",
+        fav_themes = {"onedark", "gruvchad"}, -- for theme toggle
+        theme_toggler = false,
         hidden_statusline = {
             -- these are filetypes, not pattern matched
             "NvimTree",
@@ -24,9 +26,9 @@ local M = {
         smartindent = true,
         mapleader = " ",
         autosave = false,
-        enable_insertNav = true -- navigation within insertmode
+        enable_insertNav = true -- navigation in insertmode
     },
-    -- enable / disable plugins (true for disable)
+    -- enable and disable plugins (true for disable)
     plugin_status = {
         -- UI
         nvim_bufferline = false,
@@ -116,7 +118,8 @@ local M = {
         misc = {
             esc_Termmode = "jk",
             copywhole_file = "<C-a>",
-            toggle_linenr = "<leader>n"
+            toggle_linenr = "<leader>n",
+            theme_toggle = "<leader>x"
         }
     }
 }

lua/mappings.lua

@@ -160,4 +160,11 @@ if check_insertNav == true then
     map("i", m.prev_line, "<Down>", opt)
 end
 
+local theme_toggler = require("chadrc").ui.theme_toggler
+
+if theme_toggler == true then
+    local m = user_map.misc.theme_toggle
+
+    map("n", m, ":lua require('utils').toggle_theme(require('chadrc').ui.fav_themes)<CR>", opt)
+end
 return M

lua/telescope/_extensions/themes.lua

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ M.theme_switcher = function(opts)
             end
 
             if reload_theme(final_theme) then
+                vim.g.current_nvchad_theme = final_theme
                 if change then
                     -- ask for confirmation to set as default theme
                     local ans = string.lower(vim.fn.input("Set " .. new_theme .. " as default theme ? [y/N] ")) == "y"
@@ -119,8 +120,11 @@ M.theme_switcher = function(opts)
                     else
                         -- will be used in restoring nvchad theme var
                         final_theme = current_theme
+                        vim.g.current_nvchad_theme = final_theme
                     end
                 end
+                -- open a buffer and close it to reload the statusline
+                vim.cmd("new|bwipeout")
             else
                 final_theme = current_theme
             end
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ M.theme_switcher = function(opts)
         -- launch the telescope picker
         picker:find()
     else
-        print("No themes found in " .. themes_folder)
+        print("No themes found in " .. vim.fn.stdpath("config") .. "/lua/themes")
     end
 end
 

lua/theme.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 local chad_theme = require("chadrc").ui.theme
 
 vim.g.nvchad_theme = chad_theme
+-- this stores the current set theme, if later theme switcher is used but not set to default
+vim.g.current_nvchad_theme = chad_theme
+
 local present, base16 = pcall(require, "base16")
 
 if present then

lua/utils.lua

@@ -184,4 +184,22 @@ M.reload_theme = function(theme_name)
     return true
 end
 
+-- toggle between 2 themes
+-- argument should be a table with 2 theme names
+M.toggle_theme = function(themes)
+    local current_theme = vim.g.current_nvchad_theme or vim.g.nvchad_theme
+    for _, name in ipairs(themes) do
+        if name ~= current_theme then
+            if require("utils").reload_theme(name) then
+                -- open a buffer and close it to reload the statusline
+                vim.cmd("new|bwipeout")
+                vim.g.current_nvchad_theme = name
+                if M.change_theme(vim.g.nvchad_theme, name) then
+                    vim.g.nvchad_theme = name
+                end
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
+
 return M