I set up iTerm2 colours/backgrounds, however the first tab is always "lighter" (i.e. more transparent) than all the other tabs. When I set transparency in the profiles, I can see every tab except the first one adjusting. Is it some bug or some setting I'm missing?
Iterm2 first tab transparency differs from default
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Yes, you can choose a Tab Style in the preferences, under the "Appearance" pane.
The standard styles "Metal" and "Unified" appear to offer better contrast for the active tab than the other two. From your screenshot, it appears you have selected "Adium" which does indeed have very poor contrast.
Preferences are cached in 10.9. See http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130908042828630. If you edit a plist file directly or replace the plist of an application, the application will keep using the cached version even after you quit and reopen the application.
You can run defaults read com.googlecode.iterm2 or killall cfprefsd to apply the changes:
- Quit iTerm
- Edit the plist
- Run
defaults read com.googlecode.iterm2orkillall cfprefsd - Open iTerm
Changes made with defaults are applied after you just quit and reopen an application like in earlier versions of OS X.
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In my case this was due to HotKey windows was created after pressing hotkey, but after CMD+T new tab was created with Default profile. So you can either set HotKey as default or rework your shortcuts. You can experience with this by clicking right mouse button -> New Window/New Tab and then Default /HotKey Window profile. After you will define what you would expect here it should be easier to configure