# display-panes-active-colour

Source: https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/catalog/options/display-panes-active-colour/

> Set the colour used by the display-panes command to show the indicator for the active pane.

option tmux3.7c

Set the colour used by the display-panes command to show the indicator for the active pane.

* Scope

  session

* Type

  Colour

* Default

  `red`

* Also spelled

  `display-panes-active-color`

* Set

  [`set-option`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/manual/set-option/) `display-panes-active-colour value`

* Read

  [`show-options`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/manual/show-options/) `display-panes-active-colour`

## Description[#](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/catalog/options/display-panes-active-colour/#description)

Set the colour used by the [`display-panes`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/manual/display-panes/) command to show the indicator for the active pane.

## Releases[#](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/catalog/options/display-panes-active-colour/#releases)

* [tmux 3.7c](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/catalog/options/display-panes-active-colour/) : present
* [tmux 3.2a](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/catalog/options/display-panes-active-colour/) : present

## Source[#](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/catalog/options/display-panes-active-colour/#source)

* Defined in

  [`options-table.c:636`](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/options-table.c#L636)

* C source reference

  [`options_table`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-variable-options_table/)

* CLI Manual

  [Original manual entry](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/manual/full/#options-display-panes-active-colour)

## Used by[#](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/catalog/options/display-panes-active-colour/#used-by)

Library documentation that names this option.

* Rust

  [`options.generated.DISPLAY_PANES_ACTIVE_COLOUR`](https://libtmux.org/en/rs/latest/reference/options-generated-display_panes_active_colour/)

* Go

  [`tmux.GlobalSessionScope.SetDisplayPanesActiveColour`](https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-globalsessionscope-setdisplaypanesactivecolour/), [`tmux.Session.SetDisplayPanesActiveColour`](https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-session-setdisplaypanesactivecolour/), [`tmux.SessionOptionValues.DisplayPanesActiveColour`](https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-sessionoptionvalues-displaypanesactivecolour/)