Set the active tmux tab color

Question

Is it possible to change the background of the active (current) tmux tab?

I'm using tmux 1.9 on Ubuntu 15.04.

$ tmux -V
tmux 1.9

I tried to do:

set-option -g pane-active-border-fg red

But the result was not changed:

I expected the 3-bash* to have a red background.

@jasonwryan I don't want to change the status bar foreground color but to make the current tab display a different background color. — Ionică Bizău, Jun 17 '15 at 8:01

cuonglm · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-17 08:02:40Z

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You haven't set window active background color, you only set active panel border, try:

set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg red

answered Jun 17 '15 at 8:02

cuonglm

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Still the same -- i.imgur.com/3AdyVZc.png – Ionică Bizău Jun 17 '15 at 8:06
Yes, I saved ~/.tmux.conf and started tmux in a new terminal. – Ionică Bizău Jun 17 '15 at 8:12
xterm-256color – Ionică Bizău Jun 17 '15 at 8:19
Confirming that after restarting my machine this works! Thanks a lot! – Ionică Bizău Jun 18 '15 at 6:32
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Also, for those wondering, you can set the foreground with set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg 'white' – laurent Nov 9 '17 at 11:36

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Anudeep Samaiya · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-10 05:03:19Z

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In version 2.9 You should change this options to something like:

# Active window title color
setw -g window-status-current-style fg=black,bg=white

There's an argument with a decent explanation here: https://github.com/tmux/tmux/issues/1689

answered May 10 at 5:03

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