Any way to go back to the old tab colors?

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Aaron Meurer

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Oct 14, 2025, 2:08:52 PM (yesterday) Oct 14
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I just updated to 3.6.3beta1 and one of the updates is that colored
tabs now only show the color in the outline of the tab if the tab is
not active? Is it possible to go back to the old behavior? Or maybe
this change can be adjusted somehow. I find the outlines a little too
subtle and it's harder for me to differentiate between similar colors
this way.

Aaron Meurer

Chap Harrison

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Oct 14, 2025, 6:19:53 PM (21 hours ago) Oct 14
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I'm running 3.6.4, which I installed around the same time as MacOS 26 "Tahoe", when I noticed the change. I run iTerm with Settings > Appearance > General > Theme > Compact, and MacOS with Settings > Accessibility > DIsplay > Increase Contrast + Reduce Transparency. It looks pretty funky:
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If I turn off Increase Contrast, my tabs change shape and regain their color fill. 
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My guess is that there are unresolved issues either with "Liquid Glass" or with the way iTerm is interacting with LG. 

Are you running Tahoe?

Aaron Meurer

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1:16 PM (2 hours ago) 1:16 PM
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I'm not using increase contrast. I didn't know about the compact theme, though. I'll probably switch to that anyways because it provides more vertical space. 

Aaron Meurer

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