Vim CursorLine color change in insert mode

Question

There is good snippet for changing cursor color:

if &term =~ \"xterm\\\\|rxvt\"
  \" use an orange cursor in insert mode
  let &t_SI = \"\\]12         


        

Answer 1

I chose to switch CursorLine and Normal in insert mode. First get the values with :hi Normal and :hi CursorLine. Then adjust the following lines:

set cursorline
autocmd InsertEnter * highlight Normal ctermbg=7
autocmd InsertEnter * highlight CursorLine ctermbg=15
autocmd InsertLeave * highlight Normal ctermbg=15
autocmd InsertLeave * highlight CursorLine ctermbg=7

For solarized light, this looks like this. I like the "focus" effect.