How to unhighlight after searching in evil mode?

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I have a text file opened in Spacemacs with evil mode on. When I search for a term by means of /term [Enter] then found "term"s are highlighed.

How do I remove that highlighting? I tried / [Enter] - that didn't work. The highlighting will stick around even after switching to insert mode.

EFLS · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-20 13:06:42Z

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You can achieve the same as entering :noh with the command evil-ex-nohighlight.

But since you are using spacemacs, it can be even simpler: hit SPC s c to clear highlights.

answered Aug 20 '18 at 13:06

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wasamasa · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-19 16:50:38Z

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Do it just like you would do in Vim (I've checked, / RET doesn't work with :set hlsearch), use :noh.

answered Aug 19 '18 at 16:50

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can I make this permanent by adding it to .spacemacs? – Raffael Aug 19 '18 at 16:58
I don't understand. :noh is a command you execute to undo highlights. The next time you search, you get the results highlighted. Are you looking for something to prevent search highlights? – wasamasa Aug 19 '18 at 18:58
let's say I hoped for something more ergonomic than having to enter :noh after using highlighting. but :noh will do the trick. – Raffael Aug 19 '18 at 19:21
That's fine, I'm asking about your intention. You do understand that a search will highlight the results unless configured otherwise, don't you? – wasamasa Aug 19 '18 at 19:38
Is there a way of having the highlights go away after a few seconds of performing a search? – Patrick Brinich-Langlois Apr 2 '20 at 17:23

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