From d1cea64a0ef38c84d2c315dbeed232ea75caa48e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junegunn Choi <junegunn.c@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 10:13:19 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Allow adaptive height with negative value

Fix #4682
---
 man/man1/fzf.1 | 10 ++++++----
 src/options.go |  7 ++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man1/fzf.1 b/man/man1/fzf.1
index 709e96fb..8a4e8fd9 100644
--- a/man/man1/fzf.1
+++ b/man/man1/fzf.1
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ Use black background
 
 .SS DISPLAY MODE
 .TP
-.BI "\-\-height=" "[~]HEIGHT[%]"
+.BI "\-\-height=" "[~][\-]HEIGHT[%]"
 Display fzf window below the cursor with the given height instead of using
 the full screen.
 
@@ -394,17 +394,19 @@ height minus the given value.
   fzf \-\-height=\-1
 
 When prefixed with \fB~\fR, fzf will automatically determine the height in the
-range according to the input size.
+range according to the input size. You can combine \fB~\fR with a negative
+value.
 
   # Will not take up 100% of the screen
   seq 5 | fzf \-\-height=~100%
 
+  # Adapt to input size, up to terminal height minus 1
+  seq 5 | fzf \-\-height=~\-1
+
 Adaptive height has the following limitations:
 .br
 * Cannot be used with top/bottom margin and padding given in percent size
 .br
-* Negative value is not allowed
-.br
 * It will not find the right size when there are multi-line items
 
 .TP
diff --git a/src/options.go b/src/options.go
index 0ab92f2d..2cf6d2a4 100644
--- a/src/options.go
+++ b/src/options.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Usage: fzf [options]
     --no-bold                Do not use bold text
 
   DISPLAY MODE
-    --height=[~]HEIGHT[%]    Display fzf window below the cursor with the given
+    --height=[~][-]HEIGHT[%] Display fzf window below the cursor with the given
                              height instead of using fullscreen.
                              A negative value is calculated as the terminal height
                              minus the given value.
@@ -2222,9 +2222,6 @@ func parseHeight(str string, index int) (heightSpec, error) {
 		str = str[1:]
 	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(str, "-") {
-		if heightSpec.auto {
-			return heightSpec, errors.New("negative(-) height is not compatible with adaptive(~) height")
-		}
 		heightSpec.inverse = true
 		str = str[1:]
 	}
@@ -3152,7 +3149,7 @@ func parseOptions(index *int, opts *Options, allArgs []string) error {
 			}
 			opts.PreviewWrapSign = &str
 		case "--height":
-			str, err := nextString("height required: [~]HEIGHT[%]")
+			str, err := nextString("height required: [~][-]HEIGHT[%]")
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}