Highlight the whole current line

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What is the best way to highlight the whole current line in Vim? In some IDEs I am able to set some sort of 20% opacity of the line I am editing, this is great to find where I am rather quickly.

score 109 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '12 at 22:30

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To highlight the current line use

:set cursorline

To highlight the current column use

:set cursorcolumn

The visual appearance of this can be modified. Have a look around :help hl-CursorLine or hl-CursorColumn.

answered Jan 05 '12 at 22:30

Benjamin Bannier

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score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '12 at 12:59

See the Vim wiki on this subject for the complete story.

I especially found the following bit handy (when working with more than one window).

autocmd WinEnter * setlocal cursorline
autocmd WinLeave * setlocal nocursorline

Only highlight the current line in the active window.

score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 23 '14 at 18:07

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Shift + V puts you in visual mode, highlighting the entire line.

edited Jun 23 '14 at 18:07

Cristian Ciupitu

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answered Jan 05 '12 at 22:30

Andrew Cowenhoven

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It makes sense. Sorry for the confusion. – Helmut Granda Jan 06 '12 at 19:40
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This enters Vim in Visual Mode though. When you are going to move to another line, the lines in between will be highlighted as well. – Vladislavs Dovgalecs Jun 29 '15 at 23:56

Highlight the whole current line

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