Vim command line color setting

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Is there a way to set different colors for the command line color and the "Normal" text color in vim. When I use

:hi Normal guifg=orange

the command line and the normal text color become orange. I would like the command line at the bottom of the gui to be a different color however.

I guess this line is called the cmdline. So its statusline and below it is cmdline. Correct me if im wrong. And I was trying to post this as a feature request on www.vim.org. No such option. — john-jones
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Yuki Ito · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-02 08:12:58Z

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Nowadays NeoVim has the feature. MsgArea color group. e.g.

:hi MsgArea guifg=#03ff13

answered Nov 2, 2020 at 8:12

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Diego Ulloa Over a year ago

this works in neovim!!

Rook · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-04 01:52:40Z

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No, not that I know of.

Not without messing with Vim's source.

The command line is under Normal highlighting group.

answered Aug 4, 2012 at 1:52

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killistan · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-02 05:07:08Z

This can be done with autocommands:

hi Normal=white guifg=white
au CmdLineEnter * hi Normal ctermfg=cyan guifg=cyan
au CmdLineLeave * hi Normal ctermfg=white guifg=white

Surprisingly to me, this only affects the CmdLine, not everything else.

I had expected all the normal text to change color immediately when entering the CmdLine. Without the CmdLineLeave, the change to the normal text everywhere happens, but only after getting out of the command line; which explains why it does what we want.

Note that I am using vim from a terminal, so I am using ctermfg instead of guifg; but I anticipate that it will work the same way with a gui version of vim.

You may also want to highlight the ModeMsg.

svlasov · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-23 11:38:21Z

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That can be done via new wincolor option that was introduced in Vim 8.2:

set wincolor=NormalAlt
autocmd WinEnter set wincolor=NormalAlt
hi Normal       guifg=#CED1CF       guibg=#000000       gui=NONE
hi NormalAlt    guifg=#CED1CF       guibg=#1B1D21       gui=NONE

answered Oct 23, 2020 at 11:38

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