How to switch off Vim's text search mode?

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I just search a text by /text but cannot close the mode to get away the highlight on the words. What command works in that way.

`:noh` will switch the highlighting off. You can map it to something like `` to quickly get rid of it. — Michael Berkowski, Aug 20 '13 at 16:15
I end up typing `/xx` or something quick and stupid that it won't find lol. `:noh` is faster if you need a lot of x's. I like the idea of mapping a key to `:noh`. — lurker, Aug 20 '13 at 16:16
@mbratch `/xx` may clear the hl, but it will be saved in register. should be careful to do something like `:s//bar/g`. — Kent, Aug 20 '13 at 16:19
@Kent, yeah good advice. I'll probably switch over to the key map you suggested anyway, now that I'm aware of it. I guess I was always too lazy or in a hurry to look up the proper command. — lurker, Aug 20 '13 at 16:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 20 '13 at 16:48

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:noh (:nohlsearch) will clear the highlighting from the search result.

I have

nnoremap <silent> <F2>  :noh<cr>

in my vimrc, so that I can just press F2 to clear the highlighting.

if you want to disable highlighting on search, you could just set nohlsearch.

edited Aug 20 '13 at 16:48

Rory O'Kane

answered Aug 20 '13 at 16:14

Kent

As well as having a mapping for `:nohl`, I use the plugin [“unimpaired.vim”](https://github.com/tpope/vim-unimpaired), which lets me press `coh` to easily “change option hlsearch” (toggle highlighting for all future searches). – Rory O'Kane Aug 20 '13 at 16:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '13 at 16:14

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Type in:

:nohl

This removes the previous search highlighting.

answered Aug 20 '13 at 16:14

Grammin

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 20 '13 at 16:24

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I have been using this in my.vimrc so hitting enter removes the highlighting.

nnoremap <CR> :noh<CR><CR>

answered Aug 20 '13 at 16:24

A.E. Drew

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