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In Sublime Text, how can I increase the difference/contrast of the line highlight color from active file and other open, inactive files?


OSX / Sublime Text 3

In Sublime, I work on several files at a time and have them set up in panes with 2 or more files visible at once. I have my <key>highlight_line</key> turned on and configured to be red (high visibility) in my current color scheme. Among the three files, the red highlighted line is visible (and that's good) but the difference between the active file and the other inactive file(s) is different, but nominal. So, when I return to Sublime from another app, I jump right in and wind up editing the wrong file… often. (not good)

I've looked in the default prefs file for a value that appears relevant to what I'm after but to no avail. Any solutions or ideas are greatly appreciated.


Solution

  • After creating another "help me" post on sublime text forum, it was suggested that the package "inactive panes" could solve my issue. And it does!! While my ultimate solution to this would be leveraging the application itself in some way, this is a great solution until that becomes possible.