VIM 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.
Vim Solutions
Solution 1 - Vim
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
.
Solution 2 - Vim
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.
Solution 3 - Vim
Shift + V puts you in visual mode, highlighting the entire line.