Vim Smart Visual Search

Searches the text highlighted in visual mode.

Usage

Map the provided <Plug> mappings to your preffered keys. For example, bind * and # to search for currently highlighted text:

xmap * <Plug>(smart-visual-search-*)
xmap # <Plug>(smart-visual-search-#)

Features

Count

Supports {count}* and {count}# to go straight to count-th occurrence.

Visual Mode (v)

Finds exact match of the highlighted text, include spaces and linebreaks.

Visual Line/Block Mode (V/CTRL-V)

Logical OR match any of the selected lines. Strip whitespaces.