From 0410c40ac1139e23979e8a235a5677ea52acadb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prad Nukala <prad@sonr.io>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:01:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(flash): add search-style flash jump with regex pattern

---
 lua/plugins/flash.lua | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/plugins/flash.lua b/lua/plugins/flash.lua
index 82eb91f..85e7466 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/flash.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/flash.lua
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ return {
   opts = {
     modes = {
       char = {
-        -- normal-mode `f` is the Vimium-style word jump below, so flash's
-        -- char mode must not rebind it; F/t/T/;/, stay enhanced
-        keys = { "F", "t", "T", ";", "," },
+        -- normal-mode `f` is the Vimium-style word jump and `F` is the
+        -- search-style jump below, so flash's char mode must not rebind
+        -- them; t/T/;/, stay enhanced
+        keys = { "t", "T", ";", "," },
       },
     },
   },
@@ -28,6 +29,21 @@ return {
       end,
       desc = "Jump to word (Vimium-style)",
     },
+    {
+      "F",
+      mode = "n",
+      function()
+        -- Search-style flash: type a regex pattern (incremental, like
+        -- incsearch) and labels appear on every match. The pattern is
+        -- pushed to search history and the `/` register, so `n`/`N`
+        -- keep working after the jump.
+        require("flash").jump {
+          search = { mode = "search", incremental = true },
+          jump = { history = true, register = true, nohlsearch = true },
+        }
+      end,
+      desc = "Flash search",
+    },
     { "s", mode = { "n", "x", "o" }, function() require("flash").jump() end, desc = "Flash" },
     { "S", mode = { "n", "x", "o" }, function() require("flash").treesitter() end, desc = "Flash Treesitter" },
     { "r", mode = "o", function() require("flash").remote() end, desc = "Remote Flash" },