Feat: Default filetype icon

[sanjapm]

Requested feature

Option to set default filetype icon which is displayed if the opened file has no filetype icon

Motivation

Ensures consistency, all files get icons.

[florianAriasu]

Hi! Assuming you use this plugin: nvim-web-devicons so to handle file icons, you will need to add a default icon configuration setup, for instance:

require('nvim-web-devicons').setup({
  override = {},
  default = true,  -- Enable default icon fallback
  default_icon = {
    icon = "📄",  -- Replace with any icon you like
    color = "#6d8086",  -- Icon color (optional)
    cterm_color = "65",  -- Terminal color code (optional)
    name = "Default"
  }
})

[sanjapm]

I'm using Lazyvim, which uses mini.icons to handle file icons. I tried using the below configuration, but it did not work.

return {
  "echasnovski/mini.icons",
  opts = {
    default = { file = { glyph = "" } },
  },
}

[florianAriasu]

Try this:

return {
  "echasnovski/mini.icons",
  opts = function(_, opts)
    opts.default = {
      file = { glyph = " " },
    }
  end,
}

lmk if it worked!

[sanjapm]

It did not work unfortunately :(. Do you think I should open an issue in the mini.icons or LazyVim repo instead?

[florianAriasu]

Yes, you could try this as well!

[sanjapm]

Thanks for your help Ariasu! I'll keep this issue open until I get a fix.