Can it be highlighted, when cursor under a word?

[Hecatoncheir]

It would be better for vim mode. Is it possible to do that?

[cortopy]

+1

I think this would be great and would bring Atom closer to expected behaviour in IDEs. Could there be an option to highlight on click or double click?

[davesnx]

+1

[richrace]

Could you please given me an example?

[davesnx]

The possibility of change the event that fire the highlight. (right now: double-click) Can be possible use one-click or simple mouse over. Example, vim.

[richrace]

As I don't use Vim, is this the correct behaviour?

In Vim:

• I use command :set hlsearch
• I have a line this is te|st, test test (where | is my cursor)
• I press * (by default) and all tree test then become highlighted.

And then within Atom, the binding (*) would be changeable via the user's keymap file. Note: Using * or # wouldn't move the cursor.

[donaldpipowitch]

It would be great, if this would work for a simple click, not just double click.

[yakiang]

+1 for this

[toxu]

I don't know if it is a good idea to register a cursor move event. I change the code slightly then it will highlight the word under the cursor. This also works for mouse one click.

[jasonmadigan]

Yeah, would be nice if it highlighted on a single click - something I've grown used to in sublime

[pvorona]

@toxu can you share this?

[vadim-on-github]

This is a much needed setting. Proposed look using radio selection buttons:

Highlight behavior:
- On word selection
- On single-clicking a word
- Both

[michaelkonecny]

+1

[nsa]

Any updates on this issue?