tiny-spark.nvim
A tiny cursor jump animation for Neovim 0.12+. Flashes a brief highlight at the cursor position after large jumps.
Zero config. ~55 lines of Lua.
Features
- Brief flash at cursor position after jumping 5+ lines
- Smooth fade-out animation via
winblend - Configurable threshold, duration, width, and highlight group
- Extremely lightweight — no dependencies, single timer
- Works out of the box — no setup call required
Requirements
- Neovim >= 0.12
- A terminal that supports
winblend(most modern terminals)
Installation
Add to your vim.pack.add() call:
"https://github.com/swaits/tiny-spark.nvim",
Configuration
All options are optional. Call setup() only if you want to customize:
require("tiny-spark").setup({
threshold = 5, -- minimum line distance to trigger
duration = 150, -- fade duration in ms
width = 8, -- flash width in columns
hl = "CurSearch", -- highlight group
})
How it works
On CursorMoved, the plugin compares the current cursor line to the
previous one. If the distance exceeds the threshold, it opens a small
floating window at the cursor position and fades it out by increasing
winblend from 0 to 100 over the configured duration.