How can I change the background color for the active tab in PhpStorm?

Question

I know how to change the file colors in Appearance & Behavior, but how can I change the background color of the active tab? It's probably somewhere in the theme section, but how do I change that?

Answer 1

unfortunately it's not customizable. Please vote for IDEA-126775 to increase its priority and be notified about updates.

Please also check this thread: https://devnet.jetbrains.com/message/5532304#5532304 - you might find the suggestions helpful

Answer 2

The ActiveTabHighlighterPlugin now solves this problem.

It's compatible with: IntelliJ IDEA PhpStorm WebStorm PyCharm RubyMine AppCode CLion Gogland DataGrip Rider Android Studio.