Re: inactive-mode-line face?

[Kim F. Storm]

"Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden> writes:

> > > | This isn't a bug, but a feature request: I would like to be able to set
> > > | different colors for the modeline of the active Emacs window as opposed 
> > > to
> > > | the modelines of other, inactive windows.  This would be one more visual
> > > | cue that would immediately tell me which buffer has the focus.
> 
> I like it, and users keep asking for it on gnu.emacs.help.
> 
> If this is coded, I think we should have a special face for the mode
> line of the selected window, not just a color.

I just added a new mode-line-inactive face for non-selected windows.

> 
> Also, there could be complications with code that switches windows
> temporarily (I'm not sure we want the active mode line to follow
> that).

I haven't seen such problems, so don't hesitate to tell me if you find
any!

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk