@item default
This face is used for ordinary text that doesn't specify any other face.
@item mode-line
-This face is used for mode lines. By default, it's drawn with shadows
-for a ``raised'' effect on window systems, and drawn as the inverse of
-the default face on non-windowed terminals. @xref{Display Custom}.
+This face is used for the mode line of the currently selected window.
+By default, it's drawn with shadows for a ``raised'' effect on window
+systems, and drawn as the inverse of the default face on non-windowed
+terminals. @xref{Display Custom}.
+@item mode-line-inactive
+Like @code{mode-line}, but used for mode lines of the windows other
+than the selected one (if @code{mode-line-in-non-selected-windows} is
+non-@code{nil}).
@item header-line
Similar to @code{mode-line} for a window's header line. Most modes
don't use the header line, but the Info mode does.
Emacs.mode-line.AttributeBox: off
@end example
+@cindex non-selected windows, mode line appearance
+@vindex mode-line-in-non-selected-windows
+ By default, the mode line of non-selected windows is displayed in a
+different face, called @code{mode-line-inactive}. You can control
+this behavior by customizing the value of the variable
+@code{mode-line-in-non-selected-windows}. If its value is
+non-@code{nil}, non-selected windows are displayed in the
+@code{mode-line-inactive} face. If the value is @code{t}, the
+selected window is displayed in the @code{mode-line} face even when
+you type at the minibuffer prompt. If the value is @code{nil}, all
+mode lines are displayed in the @code{mode-line} face, even when the
+window is not selected. The default is @code{t}.
+
@node Text Display
@section How Text Is Displayed
@cindex characters (in text)