How can I make my windows transparent by doing Alt+Mouse Scroll?

Question

Pressing alt then scrolling with the mouse used to give me a transparent window, is there any way I can get that or something similar in Ubuntu 12.4?

Answer 1

Install these pacakges with this commands

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins-extra

This will install the compizconfig-settings-manager, you can find this by searching as ccsm in the dash.

Open the compizconfig-settings-manager by typing ccsm in the dash. In the ccsm's window, under the accessibility section, enable the Opacity, Brightness and Satuaration by placing a tick mark on the corresponding check box.

This should automatically enable the plugin, if it is not, press ALT+F2 and type compiz --replace.

Now you can increase or decrease the transparency of any window by holding the ALT key and scrolling.

Hope this will help.

Note: If Unity seems crashed, don't be bothered. ress CTRL+ALT+Del to bring logout window, and logout from your session. Then login again.