Lazyvim change cursor color in insert mode

[xircon]

Trying to setup lazyvim as a pager, any ideas how to change the cursor colour in normal & insert modes? I found:

GitHub - mvllow/modes.nvim: Prismatic line decorations for the adventurous vim...

But cannot work out how to install. Spot the emacs user

[eso]

@xircon I approached this question with almost zero experience.
Create or add to
~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/user.lua

    return {
      {
        	"mvllow/modes.nvim",
            tag = 'v0.2.1',
            config = function()
            require('modes').setup()
            end    
       },
    }

Start nvim and l(ima) C goto line modes.nvim, Install, C again
You should see the plugin among the Loaded ones.
Modify color codes to test it

[xircon]

At work will have a go at home.

[cybro]

return {
  "mvllow/modes.nvim",
  event = "VeryLazy",
  opts = {
    colors = {
      bg = "", -- fallback to Normal highlight group
      copy = "#f5c359",
      delete = "#c75c6a",
      insert = "#78ccc5",
      visual = "#9745be",
    },
    line_opacity = 0.15,
    set_cursor = true,
    set_cursorline = true,
    set_number = true,
    set_signcolumn = true,
    ignore = { "NvimTree", "TelescopePrompt", "!minifiles" },
  },
}

[xircon]

Nope, doesn’t work. I think it may be the terminal (ghostty).

[cybro]

I’ve just tested this in Kitty, Alacritty, and Ghostty, and it works in all of them.
For reference, I’m not using the LazyVim configuration.

[cybro]

I just installed lazyvim.

nano $HOME/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/modes.lua

return {
  "mvllow/modes.nvim",
  event = "VeryLazy",
  opts = {
    colors = {
      bg = "", -- fallback to Normal highlight group
      copy = "#f5c359",
      delete = "#c75c6a",
      insert = "#78ccc5",
      visual = "#9745be",
    },
    line_opacity = 0.15,
    set_cursor = true,
    set_cursorline = true,
    set_number = true,
    set_signcolumn = true,
    ignore = { "NvimTree", "TelescopePrompt", "!minifiles" },
  },
}

I just tested in lazyvim.
It will work now.

Plugins | LazyVim

[eso]

@xircon
I’m still learning LazyVim and suggest watching [typecraft_dev video] from min. 8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbHtl0Pxzj8)

my user.lua

return {
  {
    	"mvllow/modes.nvim",
        tag = 'v0.2.1',
        config = function()
        require('modes').setup()
        end    
   },
   
   {
        "stevearc/oil.nvim",
        -- Optional dependencies
        dependencies = { "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons" },
        config = function()
          require("oil").setup({})
          vim.keymap.set("n", "-", require("oil").open, { desc = "Open parent directory" })
        end,
    },
    
    {
		"lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim",
		config = function()	
		  require("gitsigns").setup()
		end
    },
}

and modes.lua modification at line 108

|--||insert = config.colors.insert or utils.get_bg('ModesInsert', '#78ccc5'),|
|---|---|---|
|||insert = config.colors.insert or utils.get_bg('ModesInsert', '#00ff00'),|

makes insert mode light green