TIP: inactive window overlays

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One feature new in v9 is the ability to tint inactive windows, so that it is easier to focus in on the active window.

To enable this all you need to do is set the colour:

• click [Settings] and select 'Style',
• click the 'Inactive window overlay' swatch
• in the 'Select a Colour' window, optionally pick a colour
• set the Alpha value to, say, 64.
• click the tick button

Here's something-else new in v9 - you see the new colour and the old colour in the window: the two big rectangles below the Hex value field.

You can save the colour variation as a new preset (or overwrite your existing one):
-- click the 'Presets' button in the 'Colour settings' panel
-- click [Add] on the left-hand side to add a new folder, named 'iwo', perhaps,
-- click [Add] on the right-hand side to add the colour combo.
or
-- click the 'Presets' button in the 'Colour settings' panel
-- browse to your currently-loaded preset
-- select it,
-- click [Replace] on the right-hand side to replace the colour combo.

Here are a few examples (using a highlight colour, black and blue respectively). I think I prefer to use the same colour as the 'Highlights' colour (that may be because my preferred Styles use a grey background).

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Big pics:
http://i.imgur.com/JE7zEHK.png
http://i.imgur.com/QJquDH8.png
http://i.imgur.com/lou2qgA.png

If you have a fond feeling for the Windows "Stopped responding" appearance, select White and an Alpha value of about 160.