Sometimes I work with really small terminal windows and need every piece of space available. So I want to hide the vim status line.
I already set laststatus=0 this hides one of the status lines. But there is still another one with the content -- INSERT -- and "filename.ext" 22L 500C.
How can I hide this line?
Add these lines to your .vimrc:
let s:hidden_all = 0
function! ToggleHiddenAll()
if s:hidden_all == 0
let s:hidden_all = 1
set noshowmode
set noruler
set laststatus=0
set noshowcmd
else
let s:hidden_all = 0
set showmode
set ruler
set laststatus=2
set showcmd
endif
endfunction
nnoremap <S-h> :call ToggleHiddenAll()<CR>
Then in normal mode, type Shift + H to hide all, type again to make them visible.
You can change <S-h> to any key you want.
"filename.ext" 22L 500C when I start vim.
Shift + H
-- INSERT -- are not shown anymore, but the line still exists and says "filename.ext" 22L 500C.
set shortmess=F in your vimrc. I recommend reading :help shortmess
If anyone else comes here looking for how to disable the status bar (top one of the 2 bars)
Supposedly set laststatus=0 should work. However I noticed this was not working in my vimrc but would work if set manually for each vim session.
To resolve this issue, I added an autocmd within my .vimrc to override any existing laststatus setting:
# ~/.vimrc
" Hide Status Line
set laststatus=0 " For some reason this doesnt work
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile * set laststatus=0 " This will work instead
The noshowmode setting hides the messages such as --Insert--, --Replace--, --Visual--, etc. from your last line in insert, replace and visual mode.
set noshowmode
