Adding a new file via Nerdtree shows no icon

[DougBeney]

• Version: NVIM v0.2.2
• DevIcons: 0.9.3
• Terminal (Gnome-Terminal)
• Linux
• Problem: I open up nerdtree. Press m and then press a to create a new file. I name the file and it shows up in the tree.

The problem is that the icon does not show. However, this issue corrects itself if I press R in NerdTree to refresh.

[ryanoasis]

Thanks for the report! 👍 Looks like this no longer works though it did before

Ref: #33, #153

[der-flo]

I can confirm this bug with e. g. MacVim 8.1 and ea5bbf0 (somewhat 0.10.0).

[jamespharvey20]

This also happens to me every time I go up a directory (.. (up a dir)) to the directory I came from. There's a 4 second delay, as my updatetime is a default of 4 seconds. Both in vim 8.1 and nvim nightly. Significantly lowering updatetime is a workaround.

[vinchi777]

Still getting this issue
NVIM: v0.3.4
Devicons: 0.11.0
NerdTree: 5.0.0
Problem: I open up nerdtree. Press m and then press a to create a new file. I name the file and it shows up in the tree.

[ryanoasis]

Thanks for the reports, I know it has been a while

[ghost]

Hey guys, any solution on this one? Still having this problem.

[BaksiLi]

Hey guys, any solution on this one? Still having this problem.

Roll back to an older version of NERDTree 🤔

[her]

@BaksiLi do you know a commit where the expected behavior is restored? 🙏

[ngpong]

Hey guy, Is there any solution to fix this? I still have this problem here

[realestninja]

@ngpong don't think so. It has become a habit for me to hit R to reload nerdtree after adding a file since reloading fixes the missing icon.

[ryanoasis]

I wonder if there have been changes to how nerdtree does the refresh. We may be relying on deprecated internal methods to refresh the icons 😟

[sarahkittyy]

Wrote myself a hacky fix since this bugged me on a personal level. If you go into ~/.config/nvim/plugins/vim-devicons/plugin/webdevicons.vim, (or wherever your plugins are located), head over to line 402-404, where you'll see:

if !empty(&l:buftype)
  return
endif

I commented that out, and it initially seems to have solved the problem :D
Somehow !empty(&l:buftype) is always true while inside the NERDTree buffer- causing it to fire whenever your cursor is in the NERDTree buffer and you make a new file :D

Note: I use a low updatetime, and it seems to only update the icon on that interval. So if it takes a while for the icon to refresh with this fix, lower your updatetime.

[jarodevs]

Wrote myself a hacky fix since this bugged me on a personal level. If you go into ~/.config/nvim/plugins/vim-devicons/plugin/webdevicons.vim, (or wherever your plugins are located), head over to line 402-404, where you'll see:

if !empty(&l:buftype)
  return
endif

I commented that out, and it initially seems to have solved the problem :D
Somehow !empty(&l:buftype) is always true while inside the NERDTree buffer- causing it to fire whenever your cursor is in the NERDTree buffer and you make a new file :D

Note: I use a low updatetime, and it seems to only update the icon on that interval. So if it takes a while for the icon to refresh with this fix, lower your updatetime.

This worked for me. I am trying to figure out why this condition is never unvalidated

[inzeets]

Opened PR fixing this in NERDTree repository: preservim/nerdtree#1438