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Is it possible to change the background opacity of the Unity Launcher? I see you can change the panel opacity, but then the launcher clashes with the panel.

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I added an 11.04 tag since in 10.10 transparency wasn't supported at all. – Jorge Castro Apr 2 '11 at 5:06
...and I took it back off since there are now three Ubuntu releases with their own versions of Unity, and this needed updating for 11.10. Answers for all three should go here now. – WarriorIng64 Oct 21 '11 at 7:08
Possible duplicate: askubuntu.com/q/29553/18612 – WarriorIng64 Dec 13 '11 at 18:02
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You can use unity-df (a patched launcher)

Unity-df gives you options to change launcher's color and transparency AND it lets you place launcher at any place you want it.

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I'm getting this error when I attempt to install it. "Error: Breaks existing package 'unity' that conflict: 'netbook-launcher'. But the '/home/alex/Desktop/unity-df_0.2.47-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb' provides it via: 'indicator-renderer,netbook-launcher'" – Spacecraft Apr 2 '11 at 23:10
@Alaukik Forgot to link your name when replying to you. See my other comment. – Spacecraft Apr 3 '11 at 12:46
@Spacecraft i have not made this you should try and contact artem on twitter (twitter.com/artemeas) – Alaukik Apr 3 '11 at 13:22
@Alaukik Artem told me on twitter that he is not the developer of this package. – Spacecraft Apr 13 '11 at 16:41
The original source is tehnoblog.net/2011/04/… If Google gets the translation right it's a april fool hoax. – Florian Diesch Apr 13 '11 at 18:33
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don't think you can, just the panel.

there is no option to do it in CCSM.

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In 11.10, there's an option to do this in ccsm:

Screenshot of ccsm with launcher opacity setting

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Sorry to bring this question up again, but there must be a file which contains the background of the launcher... and it should be possible to edit this file, enhancing its transparency. Any help is appreciated. There are some files in /usr/share/unity/3 but I don't see the background. I've tried to edit the file "launcher_background_middle.png" in /usr/share/unity/themes but it doesn't change anything.

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This would lead me to think that the panel transparency must be handled by some alpha value somewhere else. – WarriorIng64 Jun 14 '11 at 5:00
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