diff --git a/imgui.cpp b/imgui.cpp
index 9dad9b227..8051df70e 100644
--- a/imgui.cpp
+++ b/imgui.cpp
@@ -12219,7 +12219,7 @@ void ImGui::ShowMetricsWindow(bool* opened)
         ImGui::Text("Application average %.3f ms/frame (%.1f FPS)", 1000.0f / ImGui::GetIO().Framerate, ImGui::GetIO().Framerate);
         ImGui::Text("%d vertices, %d triangles", ImGui::GetIO().MetricsRenderVertices, ImGui::GetIO().MetricsRenderIndices / 3);
         ImGui::Text("%d allocations", ImGui::GetIO().MetricsAllocs);
-        static bool show_clip_rects = false;
+        static bool show_clip_rects = true;
         ImGui::Checkbox("Show clipping rectangles when hovering ImDrawList", &show_clip_rects);
         ImGui::Separator();