How to hide cursor line when focus in on other window in vim

Question

In my vimrc file i have this option set cursorline. I want to hide this line if that window is not in focus . Is there an option in vim to do that? See this

Answer 1

Essentially, it's just the following autocmds:

augroup CursorLine
    au!
    au VimEnter * setlocal cursorline
    au WinEnter * setlocal cursorline
    au BufWinEnter * setlocal cursorline
    au WinLeave * setlocal nocursorline
augroup END

But occasionally, you may want to define exceptions (i.e. permanently on or off) for certain windows. That's where my CursorLineCurrentWindow plugin may be helpful.

Answer 2

It sounds like you want the cursorline on when entering a vim buffer and off when leaving it. These commands in the vimrc file will achieve this:

autocmd BufEnter * set cursorline
autocmd BufLeave * set nocursorline