Vim CursorLine color change in insert mode

Question

There is good snippet for changing cursor color:

if &term =~ \"xterm\\\\|rxvt\"
  \" use an orange cursor in insert mode
  let &t_SI = \"\\]12         


        

Answer 1

When using MacVim with 'Lokaltog/vim-powerline' you can setup your normal/visual/insert colors to match the powerline mode color. I find this extremely helpful to know what mode I'm in without reading the powerline, especially on a large screen.

Here is the code I am using, based on @Zarick-Lau's answer.

In my colors/molokai.vim file:

" Visual Mode Orange Background, Black Text
hi Visual          guifg=#000000 guibg=#FD971F

" Default Colors for CursorLine
highlight CursorLine guibg=#3E3D32
highlight Cursor guibg=#A6E22E;

" Change Color when entering Insert Mode
autocmd InsertEnter * highlight  CursorLine guibg=#323D3E
autocmd InsertEnter * highlight  Cursor guibg=#00AAFF;

" Revert Color to default when leaving Insert Mode
autocmd InsertLeave * highlight  CursorLine guibg=#3E3D32
autocmd InsertLeave * highlight  Cursor guibg=#A6E22E;

Here is an example using the molokai original color scheme.

Normal

Visual

Insert

I also find it's helpful to set the OS up to visually select using the same color too. For example, I've changed my highlight color to Orange in OSX, and when I select text, it is now orange instead of blue, same as in VIM.

Example

Here the orange highlight being used in the text-box as I'm writing this Stack Overflow entry. Now all text I select in my OS matches the VIM setup.