[vim/vim] 'Search' highlight has lower priority than 'Visual' (#8134)

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Sergey Vlasov

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Apr 21, 2021, 7:56:33 AM4/21/21
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Describe the bug
When doing visual selection over search results, highlight of search results disappear.

To Reproduce
Detailed steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Run vim -g -u NONE +'set hlsearch'
  2. Open some text file and search for something. Results will be highlighted with yellow.
  3. Start selecting the lines that contain the search results.
  4. Search highlight is overruled by Visual.

Expected behavior
Search highlight is not overruled by Visual.

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Environment (please complete the following information):

  • Vim 8.2.2650
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04
  • Terminal: GUI

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Bram Moolenaar

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Apr 21, 2021, 8:52:34 AM4/21/21
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It is correct that the Visual highlighting has higher priority, since it's temporarily while search highlighting stays around. It would also be difficult to see the Visual area if there are many search matches (e.g. whole lines).
However, I notice that the highlight is overruled, while it could be combined. You could make Search highlight bold, then it would still be visible.

Bram Moolenaar

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Apr 21, 2021, 9:12:32 AM4/21/21
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Closed #8134 via 2d5f385.

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