iTerm2 more contrast to active tab

Question

Is there a way using iTerm2 to give the active tab more contrast compared to the rest of the tabs?

showing active tab

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 16 '12 at 14:07

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Yes, you can choose a Tab Style in the preferences, under the "Appearance" pane.

The standard styles "Metal" and "Unified" appear to offer better contrast for the active tab than the other two. From your screenshot, it appears you have selected "Adium" which does indeed have very poor contrast.

iTerm2 Preferences

answered Apr 16 '12 at 14:07

Gerry

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I just found this. Adium was set for me by default, I never picked it. Feel stupid for not finding it myself earlier :) – dstarh Apr 17 '12 at 13:25

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 05 '22 at 13:57

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One workaround I found is to set the tab color to a pale and greyish color e.g. 47736b in Profile->Colors->Tab Color and have Light High Contrast theme active. The active tab will have a light bright color.

answered Jul 05 '22 at 13:57

kuzdogan

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 24 '23 at 21:16

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I found that the setting Advanced → Tab → "How prominent .. outline around selected tab .." set to largest (3) makes the selected tab most obvious.

edited Jan 24 '23 at 21:16

Allan

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answered Jan 24 '23 at 21:10

KFL

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iTerm2 more contrast to active tab

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