modes.nvim

Prismatic line decorations for the adventurous vim user, an experimental version of mvllow/modes.nvim

Usage

use({
	'mandynoto/modes.nvim',
	config = function()
		require('modes').setup()
	end
})

Options

require('modes').setup({
	colors = {
		change = '#008080',
		copy   = "#f5c359",
		delete = "#c75c6a",
		insert = "#78ccc5",
		visual = "#9745be",
	},

	-- Set opacity for cursorline and number background
	line_opacity = 0.15,

	-- Enable cursor highlights
	set_cursor = true,

	-- Enable cursorline initially, and disable cursorline for inactive windows
	-- or ignored filetypes
	set_cursorline = true,

	-- Enable line number highlights to match cursorline
	set_number = true,

	-- Disable modes highlights in specified filetypes
	-- Please PR commonly ignored filetypes
	ignore_filetypes = { 'NvimTree', 'TelescopePrompt' }
})

Themes

Highlight group	Default value
ModesChange	guibg=#008080
ModesCopy	guibg=#f5c359
ModesDelete	guibg=#c75c6a
ModesInsert	guibg=#78ccc5
ModesVisual	guibg=#9745be

Known issues

• Some Which Key presets conflict with this plugin. For example, d and y operators will not apply highlights if operators = true because Which Key takes priority

Workaround:

require('which-key').setup({
	plugins = {
		presets = {
			operators = false,
		},
	},
})

• Some nvim-surround presets will not trigger initial modes. For example, typing and entering d will not change cursor color because ds takes priorty for deleting a surround in normal mode. A fix is to change nvim-surround mappings by prefacing them with leader key so to not start with any of the modes in normal mode like: c, d, and y.

Workaround:

require('nvim-surround').setup({
    move_cursor = false,
    keymaps = {
      insert = "<C-g>s",
      insert_line = "<C-g>S",
      normal = "<Leader>s",
      normal_cur = "<Leader>ss",
      normal_line = "<Leader>ads",
      normal_cur_line = "<Leader>adhs",
      visual = "S",
      visual_line = "gS",
      delete = "<Leader>sd",
      change = "<Leader>sc",
    },
)}