From 2096f256f2ba5a3ebe9abf9e242130a04d12df00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Smit Barmase <heysmitbarmase@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:57:10 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] editor: Reduce selection opacity when editor is not focused
 (#40925)

Focus:
<img width="420" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/97b0c7ed-8ad4-400c-9f36-01d8bd9b362d"
/>

Unfocus:
<img width="420" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/19805293-b419-4669-8a93-e9cf41900403"
/>

Release Notes:

- Reduced selection opacity when the editor is out of focus to make
inactive states clearer.
---
 crates/editor/src/element.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/editor/src/element.rs b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
index b5c1fecbea003d15e336738d7e68e1c4ec59f14f..efb0bf9a1e5c8a7704eb776e050bc36b4539a99e 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/element.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
@@ -1422,7 +1422,11 @@ impl EditorElement {
                     layouts.push(layout);
                 }
 
-                let player = editor.current_user_player_color(cx);
+                let mut player = editor.current_user_player_color(cx);
+                if !editor.is_focused(window) {
+                    const UNFOCUS_EDITOR_SELECTION_OPACITY: f32 = 0.5;
+                    player.selection = player.selection.opacity(UNFOCUS_EDITOR_SELECTION_OPACITY);
+                }
                 selections.push((player, layouts));
 
                 if let SelectionDragState::Dragging {