Feature request - highlight current match differently to other matches

[pmcRTR]

There is a discussion here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7198579/highlight-current-search-result-in-vim

And there is this plugin (mentioned in the discussion): https://github.com/timakro/vim-searchant

However, installing that plugin breaks incsearch (mapping for n, N etc. stop working)

Is there any way to highlight the current match (the match that is currently under the cursor) differently to all the other matches in the buffer and have the current match move when the cursor moves with n, N - can this functionality be added directly to incsearch?

[pmcRTR]

Would be nice to do /[text][press enter] and then be able to use n / N and have the highlight follow but I just realised that I could get similar functionality to this from incsearch by searching and then using the tab key to jump to matches - that way the highlight for the current match follows the cursor. That's OK for my needs :)

[MarcelRobitaille]

I would love this feature. Can we get this revisited?

[pmcRTR]

I would still like this feature especially as I realised just now that the workaround I mentioned when I closed this one doesn't seem to work anymore :(

Any chance my original feature request could be implemented?

[benwoodward]

@pmcRTR I know this is ~3yrs too late(!) but I just ran into this issue and this was the workaround I used:

" Disable Searchant highlight when incsearch.vim highlights also disable
autocmd CursorMoved * call SearchantStop()
function SearchantStop()
  :execute "normal \<Plug>SearchantStop"
endfunction

Not sure if that solves the problem you were describing though.