Formatting Slint files via lsp

[mdkcore0]

After successfully configured slint-lsp in neovim (it was easy!), and reading about slint-format, I found this entry on the documentation:

If you have slint-lsp configured in your editor, you should be able to format .slint files via your editor as well.

But I can't find any command to trigger it in my editor (like the :RustFmt for rust files). Is it documented somewhere?

Many thanks!

[antis81]

It depends on the editor you are using. If you want to format the file(s) manually this can be done from the commandline.

slint-lsp format --help

[mdkcore0]

Yeah, I know about the slint-lsp command, just wondering if it was possible inside nvim, thanks!

[gistrec]

Use Neovim’s built-in LSP formatting command:

:lua vim.lsp.buf.format()

That should call slint-lsp formatting for the current .slint buffer, assuming the language server is attached

You can check that with:

:LspInfo

If you want a shorter command similar to :RustFmt, you can define one yourself:

:command SlintFmt lua vim.lsp.buf.format()

Then run:

:SlintFmt