MacOS – Different colour for new tabs in iTerm2

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Is there any way to change tab colour for new tabs in iTerm2 (automatically, random colour)?

Best Answer

Create a new python script in the scripts folder, name it new_colored_tab.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import iterm2
import random

def rand_color():
    return random.randint(0,255)

async def main(connection):
    app=await iterm2.async_get_app(connection)
    session=app.current_terminal_window.current_tab.current_session
    window = app.current_window
    if window is not None:
        await window.async_create_tab()
    else:
        print("No current window")

    change = iterm2.LocalWriteOnlyProfile()
    color = iterm2.Color(rand_color(),rand_color(),rand_color())

    change.set_tab_color(color)
    change.set_use_tab_color(True)
    await session.async_set_profile_properties(change)

iterm2.run_until_complete(main)

Every time you want a new tab, go to the Scripts menu and run it.

Option 1:

tell application "iTerm2" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTerm2" to keystroke "h" using command down

Note: Keystroke may be replaced with m if you want iTerm2 to be minimized to the dock with the Genie effect.

Option 2:

tell application "Finder"
set visible of process "iTerm2" to false
end tell

Option 3:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTerm2" to set visible to false

Note: The process name may just be iTerm instead of iTerm2. I opened iTerm on my Mac and then Activity Monitor, and the Process Name that it shows is iTerm. Please change accordingly if it does not work for you.

Links and Resources

Here is a great WikiBooks link that describes exactly what you need.

Please let me know which option works for you so I can edit the question and only include the option that works.

Edit:

If you make the iTerm window the frontmost application (Be careful you don't want to make the AppleScript window the frontmost application), try this script:

tell application "System Events"
    set frontProcess to first process whose frontmost is true
    set visible of frontProcess to false
end tell

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