diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.vim b/.config/nvim/init.vim
index 9433fbe..8e943d7 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -561,6 +561,10 @@ au BufNewFile,BufRead *.conf setfiletype conf
 autocmd BufWritePre * %s/\s\+$//e
 autocmd BufWritepre * %s/\n\+\%$//e
 
+" Source: https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/20077/automatically-highlight-all-occurrences-of-the-selected-text-in-visual-mode
+" highlight the visual selection after pressing enter.
+xnoremap <silent> <cr> "*y:silent! let searchTerm = '\V'.substitute(escape(@*, '\/'), "\n", '\\n', "g") <bar> let @/ = searchTerm <bar> echo '/'.@/ <bar> call histadd("search", searchTerm) <bar> set hls<cr>
+
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 " FZF
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