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How can I make Visual Studio window be highlighted when it is active?

I have difficulties seeing my Visual Studio 2012 window is active. Is there any way I can make the Visual Studio 2012 window behave like a standard window.

Visual Studio 2012 behavior (I can't tell the difference):

Active: visual studio 2012 active window

Inactive: visual studio 2012 inactive window

Standard window behavior (much easier to see when active):

Active: standard window active

Inactive:

standard window inactive

I would like to avoid using the operating system high contrast setting if at all possible.

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steenhulthin Avatar asked Feb 03 '13 18:02

steenhulthin


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1 Answers

As @mandaleeka suggested I ended up using the Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor extension.

But an even better highlighting option in my case is to change the "Main Window -> Caption" -> "Active" -> "Background" color.

Here is my resulting theme:

window bar clear visible in the top of the VS 2012 window

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steenhulthin Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 18:10

steenhulthin