From 8571787d70aa9852148420e5684eed138a2dd8da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: siduck <siduck@tutanota.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 17:41:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] add dynamic header padding for dashboard | disable statusline
 in it

---
 lua/core/autocmds.lua         | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 lua/plugins/configs/alpha.lua |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/core/autocmds.lua b/lua/core/autocmds.lua
index b34ca9d..67be8b7 100644
--- a/lua/core/autocmds.lua
+++ b/lua/core/autocmds.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
--- local autocmd = vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd
+local autocmd = vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd
+
+-- Disable statusline in dashboard
+autocmd("FileType", {
+   pattern = "alpha",
+   callback = function()
+      vim.opt.laststatus = 0
+   end,
+})
+
+autocmd("BufUnload", {
+   buffer = 0,
+   callback = function()
+      vim.opt.laststatus = 3
+   end,
+})
 
 -- Uncomment this if you want to open nvim with a dir
 -- autocmd("BufEnter", {
diff --git a/lua/plugins/configs/alpha.lua b/lua/plugins/configs/alpha.lua
index 8a29061..6a57bd6 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/configs/alpha.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/configs/alpha.lua
@@ -74,9 +74,14 @@ options.buttons = {
 
 options = require("core.utils").load_override(options, "goolord/alpha-nvim")
 
+-- dynamic header padding
+local fn = vim.fn
+local marginTopPercent = 0.3
+local headerPadding = fn.max { 2, fn.floor(fn.winheight(0) * marginTopPercent) }
+
 alpha.setup {
    layout = {
-      { type = "padding", val = 9 },
+      { type = "padding", val = headerPadding },
       options.header,
       { type = "padding", val = 2 },
       options.buttons,