Searching with ripgrep should highlight the matches in the previewer.

[coolCucumber-cat]

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 25.5.31 (20446544 2025-06-05)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-pc-windows-msvc (windows-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.87.0 (17067e9a 2025-05-09)

Ya
    Version: 25.5.31 (20446544 2025-06-05)

Emulator
    TERM                : None
    TERM_PROGRAM        : None
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Microsoft)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(Microsoft), light: false, csi_16t: (10, 20), force_16t: true }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Sixel
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 51, columns: 209, width: 0, height: 0 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : None
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : None
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL           : None
    EDITOR          : None
    VISUAL          : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE   : Some("C:\\Users\\<user>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Git\\usr\\bin\\file.exe")
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: Some("C:\\Users\\<user>\\.config\\yazi")
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: None

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

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : program not found
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : program not found

Dependencies
    file          : 5.44
    ueberzugpp    : program not found
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: program not found / program not found
    pdftoppm      : program not found
    magick        : program not found
    fzf           : 0.65.1
    fd/fdfind     : 10.2.0 / program not found
    rg            : 15.1.0
    chafa         : program not found
    zoxide        : program not found
    7zz/7z        : program not found / program not found
    resvg         : program not found
    jq            : program not found

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: program not found / program not found
    xclip        : program not found
    xsel         : program not found

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

Please describe the problem you're trying to solve

When you use ripgrep/rg to search in files it just shows you matching files but not what is matching. I'm not sure if this is a bug but I have the same problem on Linux and Windows so I'm assuming it just isn't implemented. But not having it makes the feature useless unless it's a really short file.

Would you be willing to contribute this feature?

• Yes, I'll give it a shot

Describe the solution you'd like

• Maybe the background colour of the matching files can be red to indicate a match.
• There should also be keybindings to go to the next/previous match.

Other potential improvements:

• show number of matches in file and which one you are on i.e. "7 of 10".
• (out of scope) open the file in the code editor and jump to the position of the current match. i.e. VSCode allows you to open a file at a certain position like "code --goto folder/folder2/file.txt:161:10

Additional context

I want to help make this feature, I just might need a little guidance on how to best approach it, but I think I can do it alone.

Checklist

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