From: Shane Harper <shane@shaneharper.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:39:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: patch 9.2.0158: Visual highlighting might be incorrect
X-Git-Tag: v9.2.0158^0
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8b009a3bbf31a2dc29e1d9f1759ded0ee290388d;p=thirdparty%2Fvim.git

patch 9.2.0158: Visual highlighting might be incorrect

Problem:  Vim could use the VisualNOS highlight group when not connected
          to an X server.
Solution: Always highlight visual selections with Visual when not
          connected to an X server (Shane Harper)

When Vim is running with X11 support it chooses between the Visual and
VisualNOS highlight groups for a visual selection based on whether it
believes it owns the X selection. According to :help hl-VisualNOS,
VisualNOS should only be used by the X11 GUI or when using the
xterm-clipboard feature, however, prior to this commit Vim could choose
VisualNOS when a clipboard provider was used, even when Vim was not
connected to an X server.

closes: #19659

Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
---

diff --git a/src/drawline.c b/src/drawline.c
index 8880cb9a83..b3f6560a23 100644
--- a/src/drawline.c
+++ b/src/drawline.c
@@ -1462,10 +1462,11 @@ win_line(
 		area_highlighting = TRUE;
 		vi_attr = HL_ATTR(HLF_V);
 #if defined(FEAT_CLIPBOARD) && defined(FEAT_X11)
-		if ((clip_star.available && !clip_star.owned
-						      && clip_isautosel_star())
-			|| (clip_plus.available && !clip_plus.owned
-						     && clip_isautosel_plus()))
+		if (xterm_dpy
+			&& ((clip_star.available && !clip_star.owned
+						    && clip_isautosel_star())
+			    || (clip_plus.available && !clip_plus.owned
+						    && clip_isautosel_plus())))
 		    vi_attr = HL_ATTR(HLF_VNC);
 #endif
 	    }
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
index f4a010635e..361868d86c 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
@@ -1618,6 +1618,40 @@ func Test_visual_hl_with_showbreak()
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
 
+func Test_visual_highlight_when_using_a_clipboard_provider()
+  " The test assumes different screen attributes will be used for Visual and for VisualNOS.
+  CheckFeature clipboard_provider
+  if exists('$DISPLAY')
+     throw 'Skipped: requires non-X11 setup ($DISPLAY must be empty)'
+  endif
+
+  func s:get_attr_for_first_char_in_buf()
+    let pos = screenpos(win_getid(), 1, 1)
+    call assert_true(pos.row > 0 && pos.col > 0)
+    redraw
+    return screenattr(pos.row, pos.col)
+  endfunc
+
+  new +0put='X'
+  call matchadd('Visual', '.')
+  const Visual_attr = s:get_attr_for_first_char_in_buf()
+  call clearmatches()
+
+  normal! V$
+
+  let v:clipproviders['custom'] = {}
+  set clipmethod=custom
+  " The following assert originally failed; VisualNOS, not Visual, was used.
+  call assert_equal(Visual_attr, s:get_attr_for_first_char_in_buf())
+
+  set clipmethod=
+  call assert_equal(Visual_attr, s:get_attr_for_first_char_in_buf())
+
+  unlet v:clipproviders['custom']
+  set clipmethod&
+  bwipe!
+endfunc
+
 func Test_Visual_r_CTRL_C()
   new
   " visual r_cmd
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index dd050e2b31..3874a37784 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    158,
 /**/
     157,
 /**/