{"version":"2.1.275","anchor":"text-renderer-gains-a-monochrome-prop-that-strips-color","canonical_anchor":"text-renderer-gains-a-monochrome-prop-that-strips-color","heading":"Your message dims while it's waiting for a response","tier":"use","area":"Terminal Rendering","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.275\/e\/text-renderer-gains-a-monochrome-prop-that-strips-color","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.275","markdown":"### Your message dims while it's waiting for a response\n\nA message you sent now renders dimmed and colorless while Claude is still working on it, distinguishing it from settled messages\n\n**What**\n\nThe text-rendering component underlying Claude Code's terminal output gained a `monochrome` prop that, when set, strips out color so text renders as plain\/dim\/italic only, with no ANSI color codes.\n\n- The \"You\" message row (what you typed) now tracks an `awaitingModel` state, derived from the message ID, which is true while a response is still in flight or the message is queued.\n\n- While `awaitingModel` is true, the label and body of your message render in a subtle\/inactive color using this monochrome mode, in both the brief and normal transcript layouts.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis gives a visual cue that distinguishes a message you just sent (still being processed) from earlier messages that have already been fully handled, without needing to read timestamps or scroll state.\n\n- Area: Terminal Rendering\n- Names: `monochrome`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}