Emacs: Highlight Current Line

By Xah Lee. Date: 2019-11-06. Last updated: 2023-09-04.

Alt+x hl-line-mode to toggle on/off for current buffer.
Alt+x global-hl-line-mode to toggle globally.

emacs hl-line-mode 2021-08-27 — emacs global-hl-line-mode 2021-08-27

Turn on by Default

Put this in your Emacs Init File:

(global-hl-line-mode 1)

Emacs Lines, Column, Cursor Position

Soft-Wrap Lines

Reformat Lines (Hard-Wrap)

Show Line Number, Column Number

Highlight Current Line, Screen Line