cd to clipboard

[fbbcool]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux Wayland

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

fish

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 26.1.4 (Arch Linux 2026-01-04)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.92.0 (ded5c06c 2025-12-08)

Ya
    Version: 26.1.4 (Arch Linux 2026-01-04)

Config
    Yazi             : /home/misw/.config/yazi/yazi.toml (171 chars)
    Keymap           : /home/misw/.config/yazi/keymap.toml (105 chars)
    Theme            : /home/misw/.config/yazi/theme.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    VFS              : /home/misw/.config/yazi/vfs.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Package          : /home/misw/.config/yazi/package.toml (124 chars)
    Dark/light flavor: "" / ""

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("xterm-ghostty")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : Some("ghostty")
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: Some("1.2.3-arch2")
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Ghostty)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(Ghostty), version: "ghostty 1.2.3-arch2", light: false, csi_16t: (7, 14), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Kgp
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 33, columns: 129, width: 905, height: 472 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("wayland")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : Some("wayland-1")
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":1")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: Some("ab1d80f3d6aebd57a0971b53a1993b1c1dfe0b09_1770273630_672687257")
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL              : Some("/usr/bin/bash")
    EDITOR             : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL             : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE      : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME   : None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND: Some("fd --type f --hidden --follow")

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : tmux 3.6a
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Supported
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 8.0.1 / 8.0.1
    pdftoppm      : 25.12.0
    magick        : 7.1.2-12
    fzf           : 0.67.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.3.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 15.1.0
    chafa         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    zoxide        : 0.9.8
    7zz/7z        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 25.01
    resvg         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.8.1

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: 2.2.1 / 2.2.1
    xclip        : 0.13
    xsel         : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain

Describe the question

Servus,
i want to cd yazi to a path stored externally into the clipboard, in my case wl-clipspace, and bind this task to a key.
so my stupid approach was:

[mgr]
append_keymap = [
	{ on = ["g","s"], run = "cd ya.clipboard()",desc = "to url from clipboard"},
]

as i expected, i'm not able to access ya from a config file.

is there a way?

(btw, yazi is AWESOME!)

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[sxyazi]

Does something like

[mgr]
prepend_keymap = [
  { on = ["g", "s"], run = 'shell -- ya emit cd "$(wl-paste -n)"' },
]

work for you?

It runs the shell command wl-paste -n to get the path from your clipboard then passes it to ya emit cd, which emits the cd command to Yazi via the Ya CLI.

[fbbcool]

YES! the emit thing was the trick i was looking for. amazing work. thanks a lot, your project is awesome!