iTerm2: Stopping the inactive pane from dimming

Question

I'm using irssi in one pane and nicklist.pl in the other, and whenever I'm in the irssi pane, the nicklist pane is dimmed:

How do I stop the inactive pane from dimming?

score 164 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '14 at 11:44

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Found it! There is a setting in Settings -> Appearance -> Dim inactive split panes. I would have quite liked to be able to set it for just the two profiles, but it doesn't matter that much.

answered Jan 21 '14 at 11:44

callumacrae

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This "feature" was so annoying – Mehdi LAMRANI Dec 11 '19 at 08:43

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 04 '19 at 10:26

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On newer versions of iTerm2 (Build 3.3.2+ for me), unchecking the following setting solved this:

Preferences(⌘,) -> Appearance -> Dimming

Then uncheck the first option:

"Dim inactive split panes"

answered Sep 04 '19 at 10:26

Stefan Collier

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Have changed the accepted answer to this one instead of my one :) – callumacrae Jul 27 '20 at 13:54
I have had an irrational annoyance, perhaps somewhat anxious feeling, when using split panes because of this feature being enabled. Thank you! – John-Paul Ensign Oct 16 '21 at 11:47

iTerm2: Stopping the inactive pane from dimming

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