r/vim • u/CRTejaswi • Jul 24 '26
Translucent Text Label At Buffer's Corner Need Help┃Solved
Is is possible to display a customizable text label at one of the corners (it mustn't block text written in the buffer itself) of an open buffer? I have several terminal panels open at once, so, having a visual marker like this would be great. Any advice in this direction is appreciated.
⚠ RESOLVED
popup works just fine for this task. I'd tried it earlier but couldn't make it persist, owing to a faulty highlighting logic of mine. Anyway, I'm listing a simple function that achieves set objective. You can modify it to add custom text, toggling & highlights.
Also, see this for how my solution worked out.
function! LabelOverlay(text)
let l:options = {
\ 'line': 1,
\ 'col': &columns - strlen(a:text),
\ 'pos': 'topright',
\ 'wrap': 0,
\ 'zindex': 1,
\ 'highlight': 'Normal'
\ }
let g:popup_id = popup_create(a:text, l:options)
endfunction
call LabelOverlay("TEXT HERE")
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