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Dim column for better focus

#1

I’m not sure if there is a feature like this, but I often find myself wanting to hide a column temporarily. What do you think?

*Very quick mockup

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#2

Didn’t try. https://packagecontrol.io/packages/InactivePanes

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#3

Nice! I did try to install it but it didn’t work, I guess it is a bit too old. But that’s is exactly what I was looking for.

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#4

Inactive panes are already dimmed by default. This feature is supplied by the theme.

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#5

Could you show me how to add/edit this setting?

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#6

Setting is the following:

// If inactive sheets should have their background slightly modified to
// make input focus more obvious.
"inactive_sheet_dimming": true,

But as mentioned, the theme has to support it.

The feature was added in Build 4095.

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#7

ST’s theme engine supports dimming, but it also requires a theme to implement it properly.

The screenshot looks like one of the “ST2 style” themes and I doupt it got updated to support latest features.

"inactive_sheet_dimming" however works with ST’s default theme.

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