Disable Selection Highlighting in Oh-My-Zsh
Have you ever noticed that every time you click something in your terminal, the line or block where you clicked gets highlighted? This can be annoying, especially if you're working in a terminal all day. In this article, we'll show you how to disable this highlighting in Oh-My-Zsh.
What is Oh-My-Zsh?
Oh-My-Zsh is an open-source framework for managing the Zsh configuration. It comes with many plugins, themes, and other features that make it easier to customize your terminal. By default, Oh-My-Zsh enables selection highlighting, which can be annoying for some users.
How to Disable Selection Highlighting
To disable selection highlighting in Oh-My-Zsh, you need to edit your .zshrc file. Here are the steps:
- Open your terminal and type
nano ~/.zshrcto open the.zshrcfile in the Nano text editor. - Find the line that starts with
ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES. - Add
selectionto the list of styles to disable, like this:ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES=(bracket pair matcher bold block comment selection) # turn off selection highlighting - Save the file and exit the text editor.
- Close the terminal and open a new one to apply the changes.
- Oh-My-Zsh is a framework for managing the Zsh configuration.
- By default, Oh-My-Zsh enables selection highlighting in the terminal.
- To disable selection highlighting, edit the
.zshrcfile and addselectionto the list of styles to disable. - Save the file, exit the text editor, and close the terminal to apply the changes.
References
// Example code block
function disableSelectionHighlighting() {
ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES=(bracket pair matcher bold block comment) # turn off selection highlighting
}