nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim

Preview in float changes position of floating neo-tree

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#514 opened on Sep 13, 2022

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Description

Love this feature. Just wanted to raise a bug where the calling window (e.g. side = right) doesn't get restored on revert_preview (become side = left).

Originally posted by @axieax in https://github.com/nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim/issues/502#issuecomment-1244785594

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Research direction
Investigate the preview float window positioning logic in neo tree, specifically how the side parameter is handled and why it changes after revert preview.
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lua
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