itchyny / lightline.vim

A light and configurable statusline/tabline plugin for Vim

Hey there, I'm itchyny

I love open-source software. I love Vim, Go, Rust, and jq.

• Vim plugins (lightline.vim, calendar.vim, vim-cursorword, vim-parenmatch, vim-gitbranch, vim-qfedit)
• Go cli tools and packages (gojq, bed, gojo, json2yaml, mmv, fillin, rexdep, maze, timefmt-go, rassemble-go, base58-go, volume-go, maketen-go)
• Rust cli tools and libraries (uptime-rs, mackerel-client-rs, mackerel-plugin-rs, mackerel-plugin-uptime, mackerel-plugin-loadavg, pihex-rs, log2hex-rs)

I'm looking for GitHub sponsors.

lightline.vim's Issues

sourcing $MYVIMRC causes lots of errors

:so $MYVIMRC

String concatenation function with g:lightline.subseparator.left

How integrate undotree statusline into lightline

Hello,

I'm trying to add in the statusline of an undotree window the specific statusline generated by the plugin "undotree"

Below what I currently tried in a function :

 \ &ft == 'undotree' ? (exists('*t:undotree.GetStatusLine') ? '%{t:undotree.GetStatusLine()}' : fname) :

For reference is it's how airline has done it (https://github.com/bling/vim-airline/blob/master/autoload/airline/extensions/undotree.vim)

How to show buffer number with filename?

How do I make lightline display buffer number together with filename e.g. 3:filename.txt in both active and inactive windows?

solarized color scheme shows wrongly

I'm using solarized_dark, but it shows wrongly like shown above.

MacVim not displaying

The following is a screenshot of 2 vims. one in front is MacVim and terminal vim in back. Lightline shows well in terminal vim but it doesn't show in MacVim.

Is there anything I can do about it?

Thanks in advance.

In my .vimrc

"""""""""" for itchyne/lightline"""""""""
if !has('gui_running')
set t_Co=256
endif
set laststatus=2

let g:Powerline_symbols = 'fancy'
let g:lightline = {
\ 'colorscheme': 'wombat',
\ 'component': {
\ 'readonly': '%{&readonly?"":""}',
\ },
\ 'separator': { 'left': '', 'right': '' },
\ 'subseparator': { 'left': '', 'right': '' }
\ }

Solarized colorscheme incorrectly set up depending on terminal

If using iTerm2 and have solarized terminal colors set up properly, many of the intended dark-green shades show as grey.

A quickfix is to use the 16color palette instead of the 256color one.

i.e.

let s:base03 = [ '#002b36', 8 ]
let s:base02 = [ '#073642', 0 ]
let s:base01 = [ '#586e75', 10 ]
let s:base00 = [ '#657b83', 11  ]

I really like that the colorscheme system is extensible, would you support having colorschemes linked in a wiki page or something?

Lightline only appear when :vsp

Normal vim window:
http://cl.ly/image/1n0w2u3t0F0R

With :vsp lightline appear:
http://cl.ly/image/2t2A0U0b373U

Someone has an idea about this problem?

support for tabline

4th argument for gettabwinvar() requires 7.3.831 or later

Vim 7.3.547 on Debian (wheezy)

Error detected while processing function lightline#onetab..lightline#tab#modified:
line    2:
E118: Too many arguments for function: gettabwinvar

Performance issues, functions are called too often

After installing lightline.vim and adding some configuration, my vim started lagging. Using profiling I got two logs. During the time the profiler was on, I only typed one sentence and then I undid it. As you can see below, some lightline functions were called 25 or 50 times.

---

Without lightline.vim

FUNCTIONS SORTED ON TOTAL TIME

count	total (s)	self (s)	function
30	0.007931		127_Highlight_Matching_Pair()
28	0.003997		176_PreviewCSSColorInLine()
2	0.000672	0.000262	eclim#util#ShowCurrentError()
2	0.000410		eclim#util#GetLineError()
1	0.000043		89_SetDefaultCompletionType()

FUNCTIONS SORTED ON SELF TIME

count	total (s)	self (s)	function
30		0.007931	127_Highlight_Matching_Pair()
28		0.003997	176_PreviewCSSColorInLine()
2		0.000410	eclim#util#GetLineError()
2	0.000672	0.000262	eclim#util#ShowCurrentError()
1		0.000043	89_SetDefaultCompletionType()

---

With lightline.vim

FUNCTIONS SORTED ON TOTAL TIME

count	total (s)	self (s)	function
50	0.029874	0.001043	MyFugitive()
50	0.028831	0.002655	fugitive#head()
50	0.021346	0.005445	64_repo_head()
25	0.018098		lightline#link()
50	0.009825	0.008881	64_repo_head_ref()
100	0.008955		64_repo()
50	0.005292	0.002083	MyFilename()
17	0.004239		128_Highlight_Matching_Pair()
4	0.002694		fugitive#reload_status()
50	0.001951		64_sub()
15	0.001934		181_PreviewCSSColorInLine()
78	0.001799		MyModified()
50	0.001410		MyReadonly()
50	0.000944		64_repo_dir()
2	0.000694	0.000262	eclim#util#ShowCurrentError()
25	0.000483		lightline#mode()
2	0.000432		eclim#util#GetLineError()
4	0.000296		144_UpdateNERDTree()
2	0.000055		lightline#update_once()
1	0.000043		89_SetDefaultCompletionType()

FUNCTIONS SORTED ON SELF TIME

count	total (s)	self (s)	function
25		0.018098	lightline#link()
100		0.008955	64_repo()
50	0.009825	0.008881	64_repo_head_ref()
50	0.021346	0.005445	64_repo_head()
17		0.004239	128_Highlight_Matching_Pair()
4		0.002694	fugitive#reload_status()
50	0.028831	0.002655	fugitive#head()
50	0.005292	0.002083	MyFilename()
50		0.001951	64_sub()
15		0.001934	181_PreviewCSSColorInLine()
78		0.001799	MyModified()
50		0.001410	MyReadonly()
50	0.029874	0.001043	MyFugitive()
50		0.000944	64_repo_dir()
25		0.000483	lightline#mode()
2		0.000432	eclim#util#GetLineError()
4		0.000296	144_UpdateNERDTree()
2	0.000694	0.000262	eclim#util#ShowCurrentError()
2		0.000055	lightline#update_once()
1		0.000043	89_SetDefaultCompletionType()

Add a disable variable or 8 color compatible scheme?

Hello,
I think this status bar is very good. However, I am on archlinux and the colorschemes do not work well on the TTY console. Would it be possible to add a variable that allows me to disable lightline when using vim in the TTY console or, perhaps, add an 8 color compatible colorscheme?

Thanks!

Vim lightline disables the gVim splash screen. Removing lightline brings it back again.

Hi,

Thanks for writing Lightline.

Noticed one issue. If Lightline is installed, the gVim intro splash screen that shows up the version name etc does not show.

If Lightline is removed, it comes back.

I am on gVim Version 7.4 (32 bit) on 64 bit Windows.

document for creating own colorscheme (which is of course stable API)

the color of the middle section is too low-contrasted

Account proof

It's me. http://www.reddit.com/user/itchyny

fix typos

英語ドキュメントには :set spell がオススメです。

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 94cf3be..869fe78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ MIT License
 ## Configuration tutorial
 In default, the statusline looks like:
 ![lightline.vim - tutorial](https://raw.github.com/itchyny/lightline.vim/master/image/tutorial/1.png)
-If you want a wombat colorscheme, add the folowing setting to your .vimrc (or \_vimrc in Windows):
+If you want a wombat colorscheme, add the following setting to your .vimrc (or \_vimrc in Windows):
 ```vim
   let g:lightline = {
         \ 'colorscheme': 'wombat',
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Hurrah! Cool!


 Now, you look into a help file to find the marks annoying.
-Help files are read-only and no-modifiable? We know, of cource!
+Help files are read-only and no-modifiable? We know, of course!
 ![lightline.vim - tutorial](https://raw.github.com/itchyny/lightline.vim/master/image/tutorial/8.png)
 OK, so you again edit your .vimrc.
 ```vim
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Define your own filename component. It has priority over the component lightline
 ![lightline.vim - tutorial](https://raw.github.com/itchyny/lightline.vim/master/image/tutorial/13.png)
 Looks nice.

-Of cource, you can name your component as you wish.
+Of course, you can name your component as you wish.
 ```vim
   let g:lightline = {
         \ 'active': {

substitute % in return values of expanded component

Always insert mode in a specific plugin (like CtrlP)

An option to prevent status line on preview windows

Hi!

It would be great to have an option for disable powerline in preview windows. And perhaps in certain user defined ones too. I'd love to have at least sth like here in vim-airline:

https://github.com/bling/vim-airline/blob/master/doc/airline.txt#L106

What do you think?

Regards

szw

Performance promise

Number of lines

• plugin/lightline.vim under 100 lines
• autoload/lightline.vim under 300 lines

Loading time (with my MBA)

• sourcing plugin/lightline.vim under 0.3ms
• sourcing autoload/lightline.vim under 1ms

vim-bufferline integration

How would I go about integrating vim-bufferline to my statusline, somewhat similar to what is done in vim-airline?

I found a part about statusline integration, but not really sure how to do this for lightline so it updates when needed etc.

It doesn't have to change the background if selected and all that jazz, but being able to change the frontground and/or background color of the chosen buffer would definitely be a bonus.

I'd like to note that I like idea with lightline where usage of other plugins should be defined by the user instead letting the plugin do the "magic" or "hiding" it all in the plugin as is done in (vim-)powerline and airline. However adding things like the bufferline seems to be a bit tricky unless you're quite comfortable in vimscript.

too many components cause E541

question about readme

hey, i see you're having fun writing a statusline plugin :-)

i just had a question about a particular line in your readme:

vim-airline is a nice plugin, but not configurable.

i'd like to know why you think that vim-airline is not configurable, because i don't think this is true.

thanks.

component with error highlight

Something like

'component_type': {
  'syntastic': 'error'
},
'component_function': {
  'syntastic': 'SyntasticStatuslineFlag'
},

palette.normal.error = ...
palette.inactive.error = ...

tagging version 1.0 and debut in vim.org

Tabs

Just opened my Vim and saw them. You are the best in the world and I can't thank you enough.

Full path to a file if there's another tab with the same filename

For example I have two tabs opened: a/models.py and b/models.py. My conf currently shows only filename of the file opened in that tab. I would like to see path in this case because filenames are the same and otherwise I can't know in which file I am. Maybe a full path is an overkill, but 1st directory that differs would be just awesome! Any thoughts on this, on implementation?

Here's my current conf:

"
" Lightline next.
"

let g:lightline = {
      \ 'colorscheme': 'wombat',
      \ 'active': {
      \   'left': [ [ 'mode', 'paste' ], [ 'fugitive', 'filename' ], ['ctrlpmark', 'tagbar'] ],
      \   'right': [ [ 'syntastic', 'lineinfo' ], ['percent'], [ 'fileformat', 'fileencoding', 'filetype' ] ]
      \ },
      \ 'component_function': {
      \   'fugitive': 'MyFugitive',
      \   'filename': 'MyFilename',
      \   'fileformat': 'MyFileformat',
      \   'filetype': 'MyFiletype',
      \   'fileencoding': 'MyFileencoding',
      \   'mode': 'MyMode',
      \   'ctrlpmark': 'CtrlPMark',
      \ },
      \ 'component_expand': {
      \   'syntastic': 'SyntasticStatuslineFlag',
      \ },
      \ 'component_type': {
      \   'syntastic': 'error',
      \ },
      \ 'separator': { 'left': '⮀', 'right': '⮂' },
      \ 'subseparator': { 'left': '⮁', 'right': '⮃' },
      \ 'component': {
      \   'tagbar': '%{tagbar#currenttag("[%s]", "", "f")}',
      \ },
      \ }

function! MyModified()
  return &ft =~ 'help\|vimfiler\|gundo' ? '' : &modified ? '+' : &modifiable
         \ ? '' : '-'
endfunction

function! MyReadonly()
  return &ft !~? 'help\|vimfiler\|gundo' && &ro ? '<U+2B64>' : ''
endfunction

function! MyFilename()
  let fname = expand('%:t')
  return fname == 'ControlP' ? g:lightline.ctrlp_item :
        \ fname == '__Tagbar__' ? g:lightline.fname :
        \ fname =~ '__Gundo\|NERD_tree' ? '' :
        \ &ft == 'vimfiler' ? vimfiler#get_status_string() :
        \ &ft == 'unite' ? unite#get_status_string() :
        \ &ft == 'vimshell' ? vimshell#get_status_string() :
        \ ('' != MyReadonly() ? MyReadonly() . ' ' : '') .
        \ ('' != fname ? fname : '[No Name]') .
        \ ('' != MyModified() ? ' ' . MyModified() : '')
endfunction

function! MyFugitive()
  try
    if expand('%:t') !~? 'Tagbar\|Gundo\|NERD' && &ft !~? 'vimfiler' && exists('*fugitive#head')
      let mark = '⭠ '
      let _ = fugitive#head()
      return strlen(_) ? mark._ : ''
    endif
  catch
  endtry
  return ''
endfunction

function! MyFileformat()
  return winwidth(0) > 70 ? &fileformat : ''
endfunction

function! MyFiletype()
  return winwidth(0) > 70 ? (strlen(&filetype) ? &filetype : 'no ft') : ''
endfunction

function! MyFileencoding()
  return winwidth(0) > 70 ? (strlen(&fenc) ? &fenc : &enc) : ''
endfunction

function! MyMode()
  let fname = expand('%:t')
  return fname == '__Tagbar__' ? 'Tagbar' :
        \ fname == 'ControlP' ? 'CtrlP' :
        \ fname == '__Gundo__' ? 'Gundo' :
        \ fname == '__Gundo_Preview__' ? 'Gundo Preview' :
        \ fname =~ 'NERD_tree' ? 'NERDTree' :
        \ &ft == 'unite' ? 'Unite' :
        \ &ft == 'vimfiler' ? 'VimFiler' :
        \ &ft == 'vimshell' ? 'VimShell' :
        \ winwidth(0) > 60 ? lightline#mode() : ''
endfunction

function! CtrlPMark()
  if expand('%:t') =~ 'ControlP'
    call lightline#link('iR'[g:lightline.ctrlp_regex])
    return lightline#concatenate([g:lightline.ctrlp_prev, g:lightline.ctrlp_item
          \ , g:lightline.ctrlp_next], 0)
  else
    return ''
  endif
endfunction

let g:ctrlp_status_func = {
  \ 'main': 'CtrlPStatusFunc_1',
  \ 'prog': 'CtrlPStatusFunc_2',
  \ }

function! CtrlPStatusFunc_1(focus, byfname, regex, prev, item, next, marked)
  let g:lightline.ctrlp_regex = a:regex
  let g:lightline.ctrlp_prev = a:prev
  let g:lightline.ctrlp_item = a:item
  let g:lightline.ctrlp_next = a:next
  return lightline#statusline(0)
endfunction

function! CtrlPStatusFunc_2(str)
  return lightline#statusline(0)
endfunction

let g:tagbar_status_func = 'TagbarStatusFunc'

function! TagbarStatusFunc(current, sort, fname, ...) abort
    let g:lightline.fname = a:fname
  return lightline#statusline(0)
endfunction

augroup AutoSyntastic
  autocmd!
  autocmd BufWritePost * call s:syntastic()
augroup END
function! s:syntastic()
  SyntasticCheck
  call lightline#update()
endfunction

let g:unite_force_overwrite_statusline = 0
let g:vimfiler_force_overwrite_statusline = 0
let g:vimshell_force_overwrite_statusline = 0

lightline covers :commands on vertical splits

When I perform a vertical split, lightline covers the line where I wrote the commands, so I can't see them, in the picture you can see some white pixels below lightline, those are some letters from the command I want to run.

This picture was taken from gvim.

Show in what method and class I'm in

It would be really cool if I could see in what method and class I'm in. It could use Ctags.

What do you think? :)

Support for CtrlP

Do you have a solution for plugins like CtrlP or Tagbar that seem to overwrite the statusline when activated? I'm sure there is a way, can you point me in the right direction?

Component group collapsing

How to better highlight selected filter in CtrlP?

The filters in the CtrlP status line (with the "Power users" configuration) aren't highlighted; the middle filter is the active one, but I think it would be nice if, like the native CtrlP appearance, the middle filter were also highlighted.

How would I do this with lightline? The configuration options are a bit cryptic to me I have to admit.

Thanks.

How to disable/enable lightline.vim programmatically.

Colors don't work with sessions

I have a simple configuration in my vimrc to work with sessions:

function! LoadSession()
    if argc() == 0
        silent source Session.vim
    end
endfunction

au VimLeave * mksession!
au VimEnter * call LoadSession()

When a session is loaded, the colors of lightline just dissapear.

tabline is disabled while using vimshell

Using C-c in vimshell disables the tabline of lightline.
Probably lightline#tabline and lightline#onetab are called too often.

To reproduce:

tabnew
:VimShell
sleep 10<CR>
<C-c>

Issues caused when a more than tab is open

I have been using lightline for a few days and observed the following quirks in the latest version:

• When multiple tabs are open visual mode is disabled. I cannot or -v to select lines in any of the windows.
• When multiple tabs are open the screen blinks a lot while scrolling. It's very hard on the eyes and makes it difficult to work with splits.

Corner cases

1. colorscheme wombat
2. so $MYVIMRC
3. Gdiff, wincmd h, quit
4. let g:lightline = { 'colorscheme': 'wombat' }, unlet g:lightline

E121: Undefined variable: v:key

Error detected while processing function lightline#update..lightline#statusline..51_line..51_subseparator:
line 2:
E121: Undefined variable: v:key

Plus color in powerline coloroscheme

Hi,

I've found a small annoyance in the default (powerline) colorscheme. When you edit the current buffer the '+' sign is gray, while in the original vim-powerline is red, and much more visible.

Can you please make it red like in the original theme?

Unable to display special characters in patch font

Having downloaded and installed the patched inconsolata font for powerline and updated the lightline settings to use the special characters, I cannot get them to display in the statusline. The characters do display correctly in the separator settings, they do display correctly in Word and the Special Character app but just not in the status line. There they are display as inverted question marks (see image below). I am working on Win7 with gvim (portable; but that should be irrelevant I think).

My .vimrc section that covers lightline and color schemes:

let g:lightline = {
    \ 'colorscheme': 'solarized',
        \ 'active': {
        \   'left': [ [ 'mode', 'paste' ],
        \             [ 'readonly', 'filename', 'modified' ] ]
        \ },
    \ 'component': {
        \   'readonly': '%{&filetype=="help"?"":&readonly?"":""}',
        \   'modified': '%{&filetype=="help"?"":&modified?"+":&modifiable?"":"-"}'
    \ },
    \ 'component_visible_condition': {
        \   'readonly': '(&filetype!="help"&& &readonly)',
        \   'modified': '(&filetype!="help"&&(&modified||!&modifiable))'
        \ },
    \ 'separator': { 'left': '', 'right': '' },
    \ 'subseparator': { 'left': '', 'right': '' }
    \ }

set background=dark
"color ps_color
colorscheme solarized
let g:solarized_italic=0
let g:solarized_bold=0

Screenshot:

I would appreciate any help!

Add option for disabling tabline

Looking for a way to turn off the new tabline styling while still keeping the statusline styling.

solarized colorscheme partially not working

Hi,
I try to use lightline with solarized in vim. vim also uses solarized and runs in urxvt with solarized colors set in .Xresources (as recommended).
the colors for the current mode seem to be correct but the rest looks more like the wombat colorscheme.

Is it possible to change the "PASTE" color in the colorscheme?

I was using the jellybeans colorscheme for a while and looks awesome, but when I toggle "paste", it blends with the "mode". It surely would be better if it could be another color.

Reading the docs, it seems that the closer thing is to do what the "Problem 12" states, but I don't know... maybe since "paste" it's some sort of "mode", maybe it could be manage from the colorscheme?

API to get lightline theme

I'm interested in an API for getting the current color palette of lightline. I'd like to use it for my tmuxline extension (and maybe prompt extension), so tmux can use lightline's colors (screenshot below).

I did a quick prototype of function lightline#palette() here https://github.com/edkolev/lightline.vim/commit/7b1c53a98736ad364e15138638fcc7c8f3489d62 which is used in tmuxline here edkolev/tmuxline.vim@1ec997f

BTW alternatively lightline's palette could be kept in a global g: variable

Would you be interested in adding such functionality to lightline?

tomorrow:

landscape:

Can't configure lightline.vim

I use Janus and I've just copied your config from README to my vimrc.after. However, my statusline looks the same, as if the config wasn't loaded.

Changing colorscheme on the fly

I have a shortcut for toggling Tomorrow and Tomorrow Night for my vim colorschemes. Wondering if there is any way to switch lightline color schemes in the middle of running vim.

I tried: let g:lightline.colorscheme = 'Tomorrow'

But it didn't work as 'Tomorrow Night' had been set when vim started...

component type

let g:lightline = {
  \ 'active': {
  \   'right':  [ [ 'lineinfo', 'syntastic' ], ['percent'], [ 'fileformat', 'fileencoding', 'filetype'] ],
  \ },
  \ 'component_function': {
  \   'syntastic': 'SyntasticStatuslineFlag',
  \ },
  \ 'component_type': {
  \   'syntastic': 'error'
  \ }
  \ }

Option to disabled automatic color conversion

I’m creating a custom colorscheme for Lightline in my vim colorscheme file

Thereby, I fill in hex numbers when I’m in (m|g)vim and cterm color numbers when I’m on the terminal. Lightline seems to convert the tuples [hexfg, hexbg] to [hexfg, hexbg, ctermfg, ctermbg] which breaks when the #hexfg|bg colors are already cterm color numbers.

It would be nice If I could disable that automatic conversion so that Lightline just uses the color values that I fill into the colorscheme.

lightline changed NERDTree setting

when I open NERDTree in left side, the statusline is replaced by lightline, but I want just a buffer name, how can I set fir this.
And the width of my NERDTree buffer is changed by lightline, which makes it more wider.
I don't know it's an issue or just my setting(BUT I only use your lightline-powerful for setting lightline)