The :nohlsearch
command will remove the search highlights. You could map this to a key if you use it frequently.
How to clean Vimperator search highlights
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01-07-2022 - |
Question
In Vimperator, press / and do a search. If there are matches, all will be highlighted.
My question is how to clean these highlights in a decent way.
My current approach is to press / again, and type in a random string like "abcdefgh", enter, and press Esc to clean the red warning in command window.
Solution 2
OTHER TIPS
Type the following to quickly clear highlighted text
:noh
or you can toggle it highlight with
:set hls!
Remaping is awesome and you should do it!
To add to the answers above:
You can remap some of the keys to handle this automatically for you.
e.g. put this to your ~/.vimperatorrc
" adjust search to enable highlight when searching and disable when escape is pressed
noremap n :set hlsearch<return>n
noremap <esc> :noh<return><esc>
Explanation:
noremap
- remaps a key sequence without remaping keys.
n
key to remap.
:set hlsearch<return>n
function we want remap to perform in this case enable highlighting.
This will set highlight on when you click n
(for the next search result) and turn it off when you click escape. You can also use /
instead of n
if you want highlight on when you start search instantly.