[Q] Is there a way to change navigation to arrow keys (as opposed to Ctrl + J/K)

[TGiles]

When using fzf by itself in the terminal, arrow keys can be used to navigate the interface in addition to the Ctrl + J and K keybinds. I've been looking for a way to restore this behavior in fzf-tab, but I can't figure out the exact configuration to set or where I need to set a keybind for this. I'm relatively new to zsh and oh-my-zsh so might just be something very simple.

I installed fzf-tab via the oh-my-zsh installation steps

Here is a minimum reproducible .zshrc file:

export ZSH="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh"
plugins=(fzf fzf-tab)
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

Here's my configuration for fzf-tab:

# disable sort when completing `git checkout`
zstyle ':completion:*:git-checkout:*' sort false
# set descriptions format to enable group support
# NOTE: don't use escape sequences (like '%F{red}%d%f') here, fzf-tab will ignore them
zstyle ':completion:*:descriptions' format '[%d]'
# set list-colors to enable filename colorizing
zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}
# force zsh not to show completion menu, which allows fzf-tab to capture the unambiguous prefix
zstyle ':completion:*' menu no
# preview directory's content with eza when completing cd
zstyle ':fzf-tab:complete:cd:*' fzf-preview 'eza -1 --color=always $realpath'
# custom fzf flags
# NOTE: fzf-tab does not follow FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS by default
# zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' fzf-flags --color=fg:1,fg+:2 --bind=tab:accept
zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' fzf-flags --color=fg:1,fg+:2
# To make fzf-tab follow FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS.
# NOTE: This may lead to unexpected behavior since some flags break this plugin. See Aloxaf/fzf-tab#455.
zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' use-fzf-default-opts yes
# switch group using `<` and `>`
zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' switch-group '<' '>'
zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' fzf-bindings 'down:down' 'up:up'

I'm running zsh 5.9.

I tried to bind down:down and pass that to fzf-tab, but no luck. I tried to provide the keybind code ^[OA to the fzf-flags --bind but fzf will crash due to an unrecognizable keycode. I'm not sure what else to try at this point 😂

Please let me know if there's any other information or steps that I can provide. Thanks!

[Aloxaf]

Arrow keys should work out out of box. What's your fzf version? Can arrow keys work in fzf?

[TGiles]

Arrow keys should work out out of box.
What's your fzf version?

~ » fzf --version
0.56.3 (add1aec)

I just updated to 0.57.0 (0476a65) and the issue is still present

Can arrow keys work in fzf?

When running fzf from a zsh terminal, the arrow keys work as expected.

I think I'm getting a different error now, still prevents me from using fzf-tab. I'm thinking this new error is due to some configuration of my system:
unsupported key: C:/Program Files/Git flashes very quickly and then disappears whenever I hit Tab when trying to complete any sort of arbitrary string.

Probably something to do with the space in the path if I had to guess. Anything else I should try or information I can get you? Thanks!