Visual indication of focused/active window for GUI **and** terminal?
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[deleted] · 2022-12-17 18:32

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MitchellMarquez42 · 2022-12-17 19:21

I use `airline-themes` as my modeline and it just werks

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a_kurth · 2022-12-17 19:44

You might try [dimmer](https://github.com/gonewest818/dimmer.el),
which works fine for me.

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[deleted] · 2022-12-18 16:05

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fuzzbomb23 · 2022-12-18 16:40

Here are some things you could try.

You can use a distinctive colour difference for the mode line, by
customizing the `mode-line` and `mode-line-inactive` faces. Some
themes do this; for example the built-in Leuven theme. I myself use
the Modus Vivendi theme, which has an option to use an accent on the
active window modeline.

Use the `global-hl-line-mode` to highlight the current line, but only
in the current window.

Use the Pulsar package, to flash the current line whenever you change
window. A downside is that it's just a momentary indicator. The
previous two approaches are persistent.

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a_kurth · 2022-12-18 17:13

For me it does; tested with alacritty and xfce4-terminal.

If by "terminal" you mean the linux console (tty), then of course it
doesn’t.

Also, please make sure to use different buffers in the two windows,
because dimmer is buffer-centric.

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[deleted] · 2022-12-18 21:31

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[deleted] · 2022-12-18 21:32

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