have most of it working

src/app.rs

@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ pub fn build() -> App<'static, 'static> {
                 .multiple(true)
                 .number_of_values(1)
                 .require_delimiter(true)
-                .possible_values(&["permission", "user", "group", "size", "date", "name"])
-                .default_value("permission,user,group,size,date,name")
+                .possible_values(&["filetype","permission", "user", "group", "size", "date", "name", "namewithsymlink"])
+                .default_value("filetype,permission,user,group,size,date,namewithsymlink")
                 .help("Specify the blocks that will be displayed and in what order"),
         )
         .arg(

src/display.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct PaddingRules {
     size: (usize, usize),
     date: usize,
     name: usize,
+    name_with_symlink: usize,
 }
 
 pub fn one_line(metas: Vec<Meta>, flags: &Flags, colors: &Colors, icons: &Icons) -> String {
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ fn inner_display_one_line(
             size: detect_size_lengths(&metas, &flags),
             date: detect_date_length(&metas, &flags),
             name: detect_name_length(&metas, &icons),
+            name_with_symlink: detect_name_with_symlink_length(&metas, &icons)
         })
     }
 
@@ -281,10 +283,8 @@ fn get_long_output(
     let mut strings: Vec<ANSIString> = Vec::new();
     for block in flags.blocks.iter() {
         match block {
-            Block::Permission => {
-                strings.push(meta.file_type.render(colors));
-                strings.push(meta.permissions.render(colors));
-            }
+            Block::FileType => strings.push(meta.file_type.render(colors)),
+            Block::Permission => strings.push(meta.permissions.render(colors)),
             Block::User => strings.push(meta.owner.render_user(colors, padding_rules.user)),
             Block::Group => strings.push(meta.owner.render_group(colors, padding_rules.group)),
             Block::Size => strings.push(meta.size.render(
@@ -294,8 +294,9 @@ fn get_long_output(
                 &flags,
             )),
             Block::Date => strings.push(meta.date.render(colors, padding_rules.date, &flags)),
-            Block::Name => {
-                strings.push(meta.name.render(colors, icons, Some(padding_rules.name)));
+            Block::Name => strings.push(meta.name.render(colors, icons, Some(padding_rules.name))),
+            Block::NameWithSymlink => {
+                strings.push(meta.name.render(colors, icons, None));
                 strings.push(meta.indicator.render(&flags));
                 strings.push(meta.symlink.render(colors));
             }
@@ -391,6 +392,7 @@ fn detect_size_lengths(metas: &[Meta], flags: &Flags) -> (usize, usize) {
 
     (max_value_length, max_unit_size)
 }
+
 fn detect_name_length(metas: &[Meta], icons: &Icons) -> usize {
     let mut max_value_length: usize = 0;
 
@@ -403,6 +405,22 @@ fn detect_name_length(metas: &[Meta], icons: &Icons) -> usize {
     max_value_length
 }
 
+fn detect_name_with_symlink_length(metas: &[Meta], icons: &Icons) -> usize {
+    let mut max_value_length: usize = 0;
+
+    for meta in metas {
+        let mut len = meta.name.name_string(&icons).len();
+        if let Some(syml) = meta.symlink.symlink_string() {
+            len += syml.len();
+        }
+        if len > max_value_length {
+            max_value_length = len;
+        }
+    }
+
+    max_value_length
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;

src/flags.rs

@@ -156,24 +156,26 @@ impl Default for Flags {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Block {
-    // Type,
+    FileType,
     Permission,
     User,
     Group,
     Size,
     Date,
     Name,
+    NameWithSymlink,
 }
 impl<'a> From<&'a str> for Block {
     fn from(block: &'a str) -> Self {
         match block {
-            // "type" => Block::Type,
+            "filetype" => Block::FileType,
             "permission" => Block::Permission,
             "user" => Block::User,
             "group" => Block::Group,
             "size" => Block::Size,
             "date" => Block::Date,
             "name" => Block::Name,
+            "namewithsymlink" => Block::NameWithSymlink,
             _ => panic!("invalid \"time\" flag: {}", block),
         }
     }

src/meta/symlink.rs

@@ -43,8 +43,16 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a Path> for SymLink {
 }
 
 impl SymLink {
-    pub fn render(&self, colors: &Colors) -> ColoredString {
+    pub fn symlink_string(&self) -> Option<String> {
         if let Some(ref target) = self.target {
+            Some(target.to_string())
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn render(&self, colors: &Colors) -> ColoredString {
+        if let Some(target_string) = self.symlink_string() {
             let elem = if self.valid {
                 &Elem::SymLink
             } else {
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ impl SymLink {
 
             let strings: &[ColoredString] = &[
                 ColoredString::from(" \u{21d2} "), // ⇒
-                colors.colorize(target.to_string(), elem),
+                colors.colorize(target_string, elem),
             ];
 
             let res = ANSIStrings(strings).to_string();