Don't highlight TSError in insert mode

[khaveesh]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Since treesitter highlights all errors even while typing an incomplete expression, it is very irritating. Previously, it was suggested to link TSError to the Normal hlgroup, so that the errors are never highlighted.

Describe the solution you'd like
But a better solution for those who want to be informed about syntax/parsing errors in their code, would be to highlight these errors but just not in insert mode. In a nutshell, I want TSError linked to Normal when in insert mode and Error otherwise.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Alternatives is to put up with the constant annoyance when typing or to completely silence the error highlighting. Both are IMO inferior options.

Additional context
Previous discussions on this topic that I found were: #78 & #119.

[stsewd]

I think you can achieve this with an auto command, maybe? :h InsertEnter and :h InsertLeave

[khaveesh]

@stsewd That works, but still would prefer an option to toggle that behaviour built into the plugin. Closing for now.

[theHamsta]

@khaveesh nvim-treesitter does not define TSError. Maybe you color theme defines it?

[tompreston]

That works, but still would prefer an option to toggle that behaviour built into the plugin. Closing for now.

@khaveesh what did you do? I have the same problem

@theHamsta I use Tango Light in iterm2 on macOS, I wonder if this can be changed there? Looking at the nord-vim fix, it looks like this is a feature of the colour theme itself. So I'd need to turn it off somehow

Edit: this comment helped 🎉 It's a bit out of date though. I added this to my vim config to turn off error highlighting:

-- Turn off error highlighting, because it highlights in insert mode
vim.treesitter.highlighter.hl_map.error = nil

[theHamsta]

@tompreston the mapping of captures is now handled by upstream nvim. Unmap the @error highlighting group. Errors are highlighted with @error . Your colorscheme probably links @error to something.

[clason]

...which upstream Neovim deliberately doesn't do, so this is a colorscheme issue.

[rodhash]

Is this working, @tompreston ?

-- Turn off error highlighting, because it highlights in insert mode
vim.treesitter.highlighter.hl_map.error = nil

It seems it can't find hl_map when I add to my config.

ps:

I tried Unmapping @error as mentioned above, helped a little bit but somehow it still changes the color a little so I was trying the snippet above

I also tried couple different colorschemes but I still get weird colors while in insert mode

Anyway this is the error I get:

E5113: Error while calling lua chunk: ~/.config/nvim/lua/plug/treesitter.lua:111: attempt to index field 'TSHighlighter' (
a nil value)