From 70486dda84d1841379272e44a0560d3ee9b3291c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomas Mirchev <contact@tomastm.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:02:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] create highlight group for filename in finder grep

---
 lua/modules/theme.lua  |  1 +
 lua/plugins/finder.lua | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/modules/theme.lua b/lua/modules/theme.lua
index ff1d501..3778ef1 100644
--- a/lua/modules/theme.lua
+++ b/lua/modules/theme.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ function M.load_theme()
     highlights = function(c, tool)
       c.bg_float = tool(152)
       return {
+        FinderPath = { fg = c.muted },
         Whitespace = { fg = c.outline_light },
         ModeMsg = { fg = c.yellow, bg = c.none, bold = true },
         WinSeparator = { fg = c.outline, bg = c.base },
diff --git a/lua/plugins/finder.lua b/lua/plugins/finder.lua
index c10c1be..29ea847 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/finder.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/finder.lua
@@ -245,10 +245,29 @@ local function render()
   vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(S.buf_res, 0, -1, false, view)
   vim.api.nvim_buf_clear_namespace(S.buf_res, S.ns, 0, -1)
 
-  -- match highlights
+  -- highlight groups
   vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, 'FinderMatch', { link = 'Search', default = true })
+  vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, 'FinderPath', { fg = '#888888', default = true })
+
   for i = 1, #view do
     local idx = S.scroll + i
+    local line = view[i]
+
+    -- In grep mode, highlight the "file:line:col:" prefix in gray
+    if S.mode == 'grep' and line then
+      local prefix_end = line:find('^.-:%d+:%d+:')
+      if prefix_end then
+        local _, epos = line:find('^.-:%d+:%d+:')
+        if epos then
+          pcall(vim.api.nvim_buf_set_extmark, S.buf_res, S.ns, i - 1, 0, {
+            end_col = epos,
+            hl_group = 'FinderPath',
+          })
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    -- match highlights (query matches in orange)
     local spans = S.positions[idx]
     if spans then
       for _, se in ipairs(spans) do