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by stronglikedan 3346 days ago
And let's not forget the ridiculous need to install third-party software just to be able to tell which window has focus by the color of its title bar.

EDIT: I guess they fixed that. I didn't follow up after I installed some third-party software a while back. I guess it wasn't third-party either, but messing with the themes [0]. I've been chugging along in blissful ignorance ever since. My bad.

[0]https://www.howtogeek.com/222831/how-to-get-colored-window-t...

2 comments

> And let's not forget the ridiculous need to install third-party software just to be able to tell which window has focus by the color of its title bar.

They added back the "active window titlebar color" feature in the 2nd Windows 10 update in late 2015: https://www.howtogeek.com/232176/whats-new-in-windows-10s-fi...

I don't understand what you're saying. I haven't installed third-party software. My focused windows have bright blue accent colour for the title bar, my unfocused windows have white title bars. I have turned off "automatically pick an accent colour from my background"

I prefer the styling available in older windows versions, but my title bars have different colours if they're focused or unfocused.