How to change the color of the selected code (Vim scheme)?

Question

How do I change the color of the selected code in Vim?

There are three selection modes, Visual Line mode or Visual Block mode, and selecting with the mouse).

  hi CursorLine guibg=#DDDDDD gui=none   hi CursorColumn guibg=#EEEEEE gui=none   hi MatchParen guifg=#f6f3e8 guibg=#857b6f gui=none   hi Pmenu   guifg=#f6f3e8 guibg=#DDDDDD gui=none   hi PmenuSel  guifg=#000000 guibg=#DDDDDD gui=none endif  " General colors hi Cursor   guifg=NONE    guibg=#656565 gui=none hi Normal   guifg=#000000 guibg=#FFFFFF gui=none hi NonText   guifg=#808080 guibg=#FFFFFF gui=none hi LineNr   guifg=#857b6f guibg=#FFFFFF gui=none hi StatusLine  guifg=#000000 guibg=#FFFFFF gui=none hi StatusLineNC guifg=#857b6f guibg=#FFFFFF gui=none hi VertSplit  guifg=#444444 guibg=#FFFFFF gui=none hi Folded   guibg=#AAAAAA guifg=#FFFFFF gui=none hi Title  guifg=#000000 guibg=NONE gui=none hi Visual  guifg=#000000 guibg=#FFFFFF gui=none hi SpecialKey guifg=#808080 guibg=#FFFFFF gui=none 

How do I know which line it is?

Answer 1

Selection color for gvim is set by the following line:

hi Visual  guifg=#000000 guibg=#FFFFFF gui=none 

You can use named color values instead of the #nnnnnn RGB codes. Your existing line is set for black foreground and white background, just as you observed.

For example, if you want a light blue background with white foreground:

hi Visual  guifg=White guibg=LightBlue gui=none 

Be sure the color file you are editing is in the vim7x/colors directory so both vim and gvim can find it. Its exact location can vary a bit depending on your OS platform.

Answer 2

How to set the color of the selected code in vi?

I'm using VIM 7.3 on Ubuntu and this does it for me within the editor:

:syntax on  :hi Visual term=reverse cterm=reverse guibg=Grey 

I'm using a colorscheme defined in the /home/youruser/.vim/colors/mycolorscheme.vim file. I set the command there and the changes take effect when vim starts.

syntax on hi Visual term=reverse cterm=reverse guibg=Grey