Vim: How to change the current item highlight color when substituting

Question

I have changed my Vim colours so when I do a /search, every match is highlighted in bright yellow. This makes matches much easier to see.

However, when I perform a substitution with the confirm flag like :%s/find/replace/gc all the items are highlighted in yellow, which is fine, but I can't tell which item Vim is asking me to confirm.

How can I highlight the current substitution item in another colour so I can see what needs confirming?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '12 at 19:30

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The highlight group you want is "IncSearch" even if you don't have the the 'incsearch' option enabled—it is also used for the current substitution when confirmation is enabled.

See ":help hl-IncSearch".

answered Apr 13 '12 at 19:30

Heptite

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '16 at 14:46

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When inside vim you can use the command mode:
:highlight IncSearch guibg=green ctermbg=green term=underline

To have it always, put this into your .vimrc:
highlight IncSearch guibg=green ctermbg=green term=underline

answered Apr 20 '16 at 14:46

p1100i

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Vim: How to change the current item highlight color when substituting

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