Comment 1 Igor 2016-09-15 11:59:13 CEST

Works for me with this commit: https://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/commit/?id=971c86c5664d3db498552987595839c3fc89fca0
It's not in 0.6.92; can you apply the patch and try it?

(In reply to Igor from comment #1)
> Works for me with this commit:
> https://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/commit/
> ?id=971c86c5664d3db498552987595839c3fc89fca0
> It's not in 0.6.92; can you apply the patch and try it?

Unfortunately that's made no difference for me. I've attached a screenshot showing 2 tabs - the hidden tab has a while loop outputting to console...

Created attachment 6840 
screenshot of terminal

Comment 4 Igor 2016-09-15 12:36:51 CEST

The following scenario works in Fedora 25 Gnome session for me:
running `for i in $( ls ); do echo $i && sleep 1; done` in an inactive tab makes its label red.

When running a patched terminal, don't you have other instances of xfce4-terminal running? If yes, you either need to first close them, or to run the binary you've built in the following manner: `./termina/xfce4-terminal --disable-server`.

Doesn't work for me either (Ubuntu Xenial, Unity). [Works with the gtk2 version.]

(For the record, I have VTE from git (current master HEAD, will be released as 0.46.0 next week), the rest is stock Ubuntu.)

Comment 7 Igor 2016-09-15 21:24:41 CEST

(In reply to Egmont Koblinger from comment #5)
> Doesn't work for me either (Ubuntu Xenial, Unity). [Works with the gtk2
> version.]

That is veeery weird.
I haven't tried it under Unity (will try to check to tomorrow) but the indication works for me under Cinnamon, Xfce, and Gnome.

Please verify your settings: inactivity timeout should be > 0, and active tab color should differ from the default tab label color.

Prefs -> Appearance -> Reset tab activity incicator after 2 seconds
Prefs -> Colors -> Tab activity color is dark red

Comment 9 Igor 2016-09-15 21:45:18 CEST

(In reply to Egmont Koblinger from comment #8)
> Prefs -> Appearance -> Reset tab activity incicator after 2 seconds
> Prefs -> Colors -> Tab activity color is dark red

Right, these are default values.

Can you do me a favor and perform some debugging?
Please insert the following string in the beginning of terminal_screen_vte_window_contents_changed() function (before "if (screen->tab_label == NULL"):
  printf("screen=%p state=%x\n", screen, gtk_widget_get_state_flags (screen->terminal));
and post the output here. Thanks!

I'm sorry, I had a build from about a week ago. With the latest git correctly becomes red (apart from its background being transparent, as mentioned in bug 12845).

Comment 11 Igor 2016-09-15 22:10:57 CEST

(In reply to Egmont Koblinger from comment #10)
> I'm sorry, I had a build from about a week ago. With the latest git
> correctly becomes red (apart from its background being transparent, as
> mentioned in bug 12845).

Ok, thanks.
Does not this change fix menubar transparency for you? https://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/commit/?id=e1d6fd3d497508e293240ce2d9835db42aa7cc5f

Not in Ambiance/Radiance. In Adwaita it's okay. I guess we should continue this discussion at the other bug :)

Comment 13 Igor 2016-09-15 22:17:43 CEST

Okay, I'm closing this one as fixed.