optionally highlight the focused pane

.tmux.conf

@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ run 'cut -c3- ~/.tmux.conf | sh -s apply_configuration'
 #       tmux_conf_theme_display_panes_colour=${tmux_conf_theme_display_panes_colour:-colour39}                # light blue
 #       tmux set -g display-panes-active-colour $tmux_conf_theme_display_panes_active_colour \; set -g display-panes-colour $tmux_conf_theme_display_panes_colour
 #
+#       tmux_conf_theme_highlight_focused_pane=${tmux_conf_theme_highlight_focused_pane:-disabled}
+#       tmux_conf_theme_focused_pane_fg=${tmux_conf_theme_focused_pane_fg:-default}   # default
+#       tmux_conf_theme_focused_pane_bg=${tmux_conf_theme_focused_pane_bg:-colour23}  # dark blue/green
+#       highlight_focused_pane_enabled=$( ([ x"$tmux_conf_theme_highlight_focused_pane" = x"enabled" ] || [ -z "$tmux_conf_theme_highlight_focused_pane" ]) && echo "true" || echo "false" )
+#       if [ x"$highlight_focused_pane_enabled" = x"true" ] ; then
+#         tmux setw -g window-active-style "fg=$tmux_conf_theme_focused_pane_fg,bg=$tmux_conf_theme_focused_pane_bg"
+#       else
+#         tmux setw -g window-active-style default
+#       fi
+#
 #       # messages
 #       tmux_conf_theme_message_fg=${tmux_conf_theme_message_fg:-colour16}  # black
 #       tmux_conf_theme_message_bg=${tmux_conf_theme_message_bg:-colour226} # yellow

.tmux.conf.local

@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ tmux_conf_theme_hostname=enabled
 #tmux_conf_theme_hostname=disabled
 #tmux_conf_theme_hostname=ssh
 
+# highlight focuse pane, possible values are:
+#   - enabled
+#   - disabled
+tmux_conf_theme_highlight_focused_pane=disabled
+#tmux_conf_theme_highlight_focused_pane=enabled
+
 # should new windows retain current path, possible values are:
 #   - true
 #   - false
@@ -83,7 +89,9 @@ tmux_conf_new_windows_retain_current_path=false
 tmux_conf_new_panes_retain_current_path=true
 #tmux_conf_new_panes_retain_current_path=false
 
-# prompt for session name when creating a new session
+# prompt for session name when creating a new session, possible values are:
+#   - true
+#   - false
 tmux_conf_new_session_prompt=false
 #tmux_conf_new_session_prompt=true
 

README.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Features
  - mouse mode toggle with `<prefix> m`
  - automatic usage of `reattach-to-user-namespace` if available
  - laptop battery status
+ - optional highlight of focused pane (tmux `2.1`+)
  - configurable new windows and panes behavior (optionally retain current path)
  - [Facebook PathPicker][] integration if available
  - [Urlview][] integration if available
@@ -241,6 +242,18 @@ The possible values for `tmux_conf_theme_username` and
 When you set `tmux_conf_theme_username` or `tmux_conf_theme_hostname` to `ssh`,
 information is displayed only if you're inside an SSH session.
 
+### Configuring highlighting of the focused pane
+
+To highlight the focused pane, edit the `~/.tmux.conf.local` file (`<prefix> e`)
+and adjust the `tmux_conf_theme_highlight_focused_pane` variable:
+
+    tmux_conf_theme_highlight_focused_pane=enabled
+
+The possible values for `tmux_conf_theme_highlight_focused_pane` variable are
+`disabled` (default) or `enabled`.
+
+This feature is only available from tmux `2.1`.
+
 ### Configuring new windows and new panes creation
 
 To configure whether creating new windows and new panes retains the current