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Asked: June 18, 20262026-06-18T07:43:34+00:00 2026-06-18T07:43:34+00:00

I have difficulties seeing my Visual Studio 2012 window is active. Is there any

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I have difficulties seeing my Visual Studio 2012 window is active. Is there any way I can make the Visual Studio 2012 window behave like a standard window.

Visual Studio 2012 behavior (I can’t tell the difference):

Active:
visual studio 2012 active window

Inactive:
visual studio 2012 inactive window

Standard window behavior (much easier to see when active):

Active:
standard window active

Inactive:

standard window inactive

I would like to avoid using the operating system high contrast setting if at all possible.

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    2026-06-18T07:43:35+00:00Added an answer on June 18, 2026 at 7:43 am

    As @mandaleeka suggested I ended up using the Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor extension.

    But an even better highlighting option in my case is to change the “Main Window -> Caption” -> “Active” -> “Background” color.

    Here is my resulting theme:

    window bar clear visible in the top of the VS 2012 window

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