With over 2.94 billion users, Chrome is among the most popular browsers in the world. A lot of things are behind its success, including its simplicity, straightforward user interface, security features, and more. Plus, it lets you personalize your browsing experience with extensions, apps, and themes. One of its most popular customization options is the ability to choose Chrome’s theme: you get to adjust the browser’s interface based on your mood and preferences. This browser’s themes are easily accessible in the Chrome Web Store.
Chrome does offer a generous selection of various themes for users to pick from. However, most of these themes won’t help you distinguish the active tabs from the rest of the background’s open tabs. If you are looking for ways to highlight the active tab in Chrome, you are in the right place. In this post, we will give you several options for how to do that.
How to Change the Active Tab Color in Chrome for Windows 10?
Are you interested in highlighting an active tab in Chrome and don’t particularly care about the aesthetics of your chosen theme? If so, you can go with Chrome’s black & white theme — it is the simplest way to highlight the active tab from the background tab.
There are two main ways in which you can highlight themes using a black & white theme:
- You can highlight the active tab in Chrome using Chrome theme.
- You can highlight the active tab in Chrome using custom themes.
Below, we will go over both of these options in detail and tell you what steps to take.
How to Highlight the Active Tab in Chrome Using Chrome Theme?
The Black & White Theme comes with a dark theme user interface and features a black shade on the tab page and the tab bar. The active tab is highlighted in white color and is thus distinguished from the rest of the open tabs.
Installing the Black & White Theme is the same as installing any other extensions in Chrome. Here’s what you will need to do to add the Black & White theme to your Chrome user interface:
- Open your Chrome browser.
- Go to the Chrome Web Store.
- Search for the Black & White theme in the search bar.
- Click the Add to Chrome button to install the theme.
Once the theme is installed, the interface of your browser will be changed automatically. You will see the new tab page with black color with the active tab highlighted. If you ever want to uninstall the theme, proceed as follows:
- Click the three-dot icon in the top right corner of Chrome to go to Menu.
- Select Settings from the menu and click Appearance.
- To uninstall the theme, find it and click the Reset to Default button.
Once this is done, your original theme will be restored.
If you are not a fan of the Black & White Theme, you can find many other dark contrast themes in the Chrome Web Store. They can also be used to highlight the active tab from the background tabs.
How to Highlight the Active Tab in Chrome Using Custom Themes?
You can also use a custom theme and use bright or light colors to highlight the active tab. There are lots of free apps online that you can use to make custom themes for Google Chrome. Most of these apps are straightforward in use. All you need to do is download the extension for your Chrome browser and follow the instructions in the app. Note that in most cases you will need to choose an image around which your theme will be based. You will then be able to make further changes to the theme: including adding new colors and highlighting the active tab.
Once you are ready with your custom-made theme, the app you are working in will prompt you how to upload it as an extension for Chrome. Then, proceed as follows:
- In your Chrome browser, go to the extension page.
- Enable Developer Mode.
- Drag and drop the theme file you have created onto the extension page.
- Chrome will send you a warning telling you that malicious extensions can harm your computer. To download your theme, click Keep.
And there you have it — you can now use your new theme on Google Chrome and enjoy all the benefits that come with it in full.
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