Vim Visual Star Search

Vim Visual Star Search

Install with vim-plug

Plug 'nelstrom/vim-visual-star-search' " expanding star search from single word to all selection.

This plugin expands the default * behavior of Vim

• By default, when you press star (*) somewhere in the document, Vim will highlight the word under the cursor
• Example: If I press star on name in the following line: def find-my-name(), name will be highlighted in the whole document.
• This plugin expands that by allowing us to visually select the text we want to search for using the * command
• When you add this plugin, you can visually select find-my-name, press * and it will be highlighted everywhere.

Tip:

• One place I use this often is when I have to substitute something. I'll visually select the word, then

  :%s\\change-to-this\gc
• The substitute command will assume whatever was last highlighted to be the word that is to be substituted.

To learn more about the plugin, visit this page