Lua API: tab::Selected keeps the order of file selections

[AnirudhG07]

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Please describe the problem you're trying to solve

Currently when you select multiple files, the order of selected file is random. It would be nice to have it ordered.

Would you be willing to contribute this feature?

• Yes, I'll give it a shot

Describe the solution you'd like

I select files, and they get appended in whatever data str you ll use, in order so that while copying contents from it, or renaming it. It comes in the order you select the files.

Additional context

No response

Validations

• I have searched the existing issues/discussions
• The latest nightly build of Yazi doesn't already have this feature

[ionnux]

I need this too.

[AnirudhG07]

Any updates to this?

[Tyarel8]

I'm having the same issue, when using built-in commands like cc to copy paths, it outputs in the order you selected the items but when I tried to make a plugin to copy the paths as urls, the lua api cx.active.selected always returns the files in the same order no matter how I select them.

[sxyazi]

Please try #2244

[AnirudhG07]

So this will automatically order the files I copy from? Or I have to edit something to the plugin for it? This is not mentioned in the PR.

[sxyazi]

`tab::Selected` will keep the order that users have selected

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