Powerline style status bar and cursor styling for Atom vim-mode

atom-vim-mode-style.less

// add or import these into your Atom styles.less

/******************  VIM MODE STATUS BAR ****************************************/

// green
@normal-bg: rgb(105, 238, 103);
// blue
@insert-bg: rgb(7, 193, 242);
// yellowish
@visual-bg: rgb(255, 206, 98);


// change the current cursor-line background color
// based on vim mode
atom-text-editor.is-focused.editor {
  .cursor-line {
    // background: rgba(64, 64, 37, 5);
    background: fadeout(@normal-bg, 80%);
  }
  &.insert-mode {
    .cursor-line {
      background: fadeout(@insert-bg, 90%);
    }
  }
}


// vim mode in the status bar at the bottom
// make it nice and big so you can see it out of the corner of your eye
// without thinking about it.
.status-bar-vim-mode-normal,
.status-bar-vim-mode-insert,
.status-bar-vim-mode-visual {
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  width: 18rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}


.status-bar-vim-mode-normal {
  background: @normal-bg;
  color: rgb(4, 111, 11);
}

.status-bar-vim-mode-insert {
  background: @insert-bg;
  color: white;
}

.status-bar-vim-mode-visual {
  background: @visual-bg;
  color: rgb(168, 117, 5);
}

// change cursor color in normal mode
atom-text-editor.vim-mode.normal-mode.is-focused.editor {
  .cursor {
    background-color: @normal-bg;
  }
}

// visual mode and selected text
atom-text-editor.editor .selection .region {
  background-color: fadeout(@visual-bg, 75%);
}

I just updated the gist to the current markup since Atom has removed the shadow DOM.

However it was still working for me in 1.13.1 - they just upgrade it automatically on startup and post a deprecation warning. I'm not sure why yours isn't working.

Actually maybe I do know - you have to restart atom or Window:reload or they won't upgrade your styles.less. They only do it on startup, not if you just edit it.

check the medium post again.

hey, @andreikoenig If you are using atom vim-mode-plus like me the selectors need to be updated:

.status-bar-vim-mode-plus-normal,
.status-bar-vim-mode-plus-insert,
.status-bar-vim-mode-plus-visual 

Note -plus