I had the same problem in Oneiric running Xfce with a self-chosen combination of window manager theme and 'appearance' theme.
I found a workaround to be: - create ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css - paste the following in: TerminalWindow .notebook tab:active { background-color: #def; } This makes my active tab being a bit lighter than the other tabs. See also /usr/share/themes and look for gtk.css and terminal.css. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762349 Title: Difficult to distinguish which tab is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/762349/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs