Moving through matches with ; removes highlight when ; is not included in g:sneak#target_labels

[anordhoff]

This is a mostly a non-issue, but I decided to open an issue anyway. When using label mode and g:sneak#target_labels does not include ;, we can move forward and backward through matches using ; and ,. However, the first time ; is used to move to the next match, the highlights for matches disappears. The highlights reappear after another ; key press. When moving backwards using ,, highlights remain visible at all times.

1. Results after ste:

2. Moving to next match with ;:

3. Moving to the third match with ;:

Minimal .vimrc (with vim-sneak added to /usr/share/vim/vim91/pack/plugin/start/sneak):

let g:sneak#label = 1
let g:sneak#target_labels = "sftunq/SFGHLTUNRMQZ?0"    " note the removal of ;

$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Feb 04 2026 00:00:00)
Included patches: 1-2128
Modified by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Compiled by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl                 +jumplist            +sodium
+arabic              +keymap              -sound
+autocmd             +lambda              +spell
+autochdir           +langmap             +startuptime
-autoservername      +libcall             +statusline
-balloon_eval        +linebreak           -sun_workshop
+balloon_eval_term   +lispindent          +syntax
-browse              +listcmds            +tabpanel
++builtin_terms      +localmap            +tag_binary
+byte_offset         +lua/dyn             -tag_old_static
+channel             +menu                -tag_any_white
+cindent             +mksession           -tcl
+clientserver        +modify_fname        +termguicolors
-clipboard           +mouse               +terminal
+clipboard_provider  -mouseshape          +terminfo
+cmdline_compl       +mouse_dec           +termresponse
+cmdline_hist        +mouse_gpm           +textobjects
+cmdline_info        -mouse_jsbterm       +textprop
+comments            +mouse_netterm       +timers
+conceal             +mouse_sgr           +title
+cryptv              -mouse_sysmouse      -toolbar
+cscope              +mouse_urxvt         +user_commands
+cursorbind          +mouse_xterm         +vartabs
+cursorshape         +multi_byte          +vertsplit
+dialog_con          +multi_lang          +vim9script
+diff                -mzscheme            +viminfo
+digraphs            +netbeans_intg       +virtualedit
-dnd                 +num64               +visual
-ebcdic              +packages            +visualextra
+emacs_tags          +path_extra          +vreplace
+eval                +perl/dyn            -wayland
+ex_extra            +persistent_undo     -wayland_clipboard
+extra_search        +popupwin            -wayland_focus_steal
-farsi               +postscript          +wildignore
+file_in_path        +printer             +wildmenu
+find_in_path        +profile             +windows
+float               -python              +writebackup
+folding             +python3/dyn-stable  -X11
-footer              +quickfix            +xattr
+fork()              +reltime             -xfontset
+gettext             +rightleft           -xim
-hangul_input        +ruby/dyn            -xpm
+iconv               +scrollbind          -xsmp
+insert_expand       +signs               -xterm_clipboard
+ipv6                +smartindent         -xterm_save
+job                 +socketserver
   system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
 3rd user vimrc file: "~/.config/vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Wno-complain-wrong-lang -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -mtls-dialect=gnu2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -std=c17 -DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=/etc/vimrc -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--build-id=sha1 -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld-errors -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -Wl,--build-id=sha1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-package-notes -L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lm -lselinux -lncurses -lsodium -lacl -lattr -lgpm