editor.statusline.separator not working

[ghost]

Summary

Setting the field has no effect.

With the field set:

Without the field set:

Helix version: 22.12-249-g6929a12f
Terminal: Alacritty or Windows Terminal
Font: Hack Nerd Font or MesloLGS NF
Configuration:

theme = "github_dark"

[editor]
line-number = "relative"
true-color = true
color-modes = true

[editor.statusline]
right = ["diagnostics", "file-type"]
mode.normal = "NORMAL"
mode.insert = "INSERT"
mode.select = "SELECT"
separator = ""

[editor.gutters]
layout = ["line-numbers", "diagnostics" ,"spacer" ,"diff"]

[editor.indent-guides]
render = true

[keys.normal]
esc = ["collapse_selection", "keep_primary_selection"]

Reproduction Steps

Add to config:

[editor.statusline]
separator = ""

reload config

Helix log

~/.cache/helix/helix.log

2023-02-11T01:37:33.745 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.toml` { cannot find binary path }
2023-02-11T01:37:45.013 helix_loader [DEBUG] Located configuration folders: ["/home/dragut/helix/.helix"]
2023-02-11T01:37:45.129 helix_view::clipboard::provider [DEBUG] No native clipboard provider found. Yanking by OSC 52 and pasting will be internal to Helix
2023-02-11T01:37:45.130 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:45.531 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: IdleTimer
2023-02-11T01:37:47.888 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:48.090 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:48.183 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:48.289 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: IdleTimer
2023-02-11T01:37:48.338 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:48.402 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:48.531 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:48.572 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:48.973 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:49.231 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:49.232 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: ConfigEvent(Refresh)
2023-02-11T01:37:49.232 helix_loader [DEBUG] Located configuration folders: ["/home/dragut/helix/.helix"]
2023-02-11T01:37:49.240 helix_view::editor [DEBUG] editor status: Config refreshed
2023-02-11T01:37:49.240 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:49.640 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: IdleTimer
2023-02-11T01:37:49.911 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:50.023 helix_term::commands::typed [DEBUG] quitting...
2023-02-11T01:37:50.023 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:50.179 helix_term::commands::typed [DEBUG] quitting...
2023-02-11T01:37:50.179 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2023-02-11T01:37:50.179 helix_term::job [DEBUG] waiting on jobs...
2023-02-11T01:37:50.179 helix_term::job [DEBUG] waiting on jobs...

Platform

Linux via WSL2 on Windows 11

Terminal Emulator

Alacritty v0.11

Helix Version

22.12-249-g6929a12f

[gabydd]

separator is actually an element https://docs.helix-editor.com/master/configuration.html#editorstatusline-section so you need to add it into the default left config of ["mode", "spinner", "file-name"] to see it

[ghost]

separator is actually an element https://docs.helix-editor.com/master/configuration.html#editorstatusline-section so you need to add it into the default left config of ["mode", "spinner", "file-name"] to see it

Ah. missed that. Thank you.