zle

Manage Zsh Line Editor widgets. tldr-pages

On several platforms

Several platforms

Manage Zsh Line Editor widgets. Note: Some operations require ZLE to be active (typically inside a user-defined widget).

list user-defined widgets

list all widgets, including built-in ones

zle -laIdentify

Create a New user-defined widget (function defaults to same name as widget)

zle -N widget_name optional_shell_function_nameIdentify

Delete a widget

zle -D widget_nameIdentify

Create an Alias of a widget

zle -A original_widget alias_nameIdentify

Invoke a widget from inside another widget function (requires active ZLE)

zle widget_nameIdentify

Push text into ZLE's input queue as if it were typed (requires active ZLE)

zle -U "text"Identify