when something is "see-through", it is transparent - an effect commonly applied to desktop windows
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13.04 graphics problem
All of a sudden, the graphics aren't working on my Ubuntu 13.04 64bit. I ran sudo apt-get upgrade yesterday, and now the launcher and dash transparency don't work. What's odd is that the notifications ...
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I wanna set transparency on my background in python [migrated]
Here's the code of my app
from lib.HTMLWindow import HTMLWindow
from gi.repository import Gtk
class MyWindow(HTMLWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(MyWindow, self).__init__(442, 442)
...
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Is it possible to have window transparency in Mutter/Gnome Shell?
I really like the transparency effects in compiz with GNOME2 and wanted to know if there was any way (I'm assuming without using compizconfig) to have some kind of transparency in the windows. Is ...
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Is there a way to make menus/panel transparent only when no applications are visible (on desktop only)?
Is there a way in ccsm, etc to make the panel and its menus transparent only on the desktop view (e.g. no applications open, or all of them are minimized)?
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How to change the glassy look in GTK3 theme?
I am wondering how can I change the glass color (transparency) in GTK3? For example, if one hits the hot-spot corner (top-left) and you go to the applications display, there is a layer of glassy ...
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gnome classic transparent panel
Nearly 2013 and it's forced me to find new os (my current - 10.04 lts).
Testing 12.04. Unfortunately, unity is overly simple. Unity Launcher is not customizable.
I can not even move launcher to ...
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Is there transparency of windows in GNOME?
Sometimes ago I had used KDE 3.5 I think, and really liked the transparency option for windows, which gave all my text editor a really killer look and feel, really nice/ethereal environment for ...
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How can I customize the terminal window (in ccsm maybe) of this particular “filename.desktop” file
This filename.desktop does nothing else but to run a python script in a terminal window (this connects to the Internet - keep alive thread).
Since this is a quite commonly used window, I'd like its ...
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Gnome Terminal transparency broken in 13.04 in Parallels VM
I just upgraded to 13.04 from 12.10 in a 64-bit Parallels VM, and the semi-transparent terminal windows I configured for Gnome Terminal are now totally opaque.
I'm setting transparency via Edit -> ...
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The problem of displaying main menu transparency Ubuntu 13.04
When i push the button of main menu Ubuntu 13.04 i`m crying because:
before pushing
after pushing
What kind of problem is that? Hardware? Or software?
Before Ubuntu 13 there was ubuntu 12.10 ...
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Dash transparency doesn't look right
Well, I don't know what words to express this problem but here's the picture..
as you can see, there is a problem with the background opacity of unity...
how to solve this?? I'm using the april 21 ...
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Enable transparency in GNOME Activities Overview
Instead of having a tranparent background like this:
...my GNOME Activities Overview is having a solid black background. How can I get the transparency?
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Unity panel gnome 3
I'm looking for solution how to change the unity panel (the panel on the top of the screen) to look more like in gnome 3. And I do not mean only transparency or font.
I was able to ad transparency, so ...
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How can I get transparent window borders / titlebars in GNOME Shell?
There are plenty of GNOME Shell themes with transparent panels, and I might want a transparent window border / titlebar theme to go with it. The closest thing I can think of is Emerald, but that only ...
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Switch back to pseudo-transparency?
First off, I realize that what I'm hoping to get is not the expected behavior.
On my older desktop, I have the following set up: Ubuntu 10.04. Xfce running (installed after the fact). I use the ...
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Panel transparency and animations in Unity 2D?
I've used the Ubuntu 2D tweak tool to enable compositing, but I've yet to find any way to make the top panel transparent. Is there any way that I can do this, or at the very least have it auto-hide ...
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Conky shows a black background until I press CTRL+H in Nautilus, then it becomes transparent
This shouldn't be a repost, I have looked through every article I can imagine is relevant, but nobody seems to have the same problem I do. First off, this is my first question ever, so I'm sorry if I ...
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GNOME Terminal Transparency with GNOME Classic (no effects)
In the terminal preferences there is an option to make it transparent.
Now, in GNOME Classic with no effects (I think there is no Compiz), this option still exists. However, it is not true ...
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Making windows transparent in 12.10 with Gallium 0.4 on AMD CEDAR
I'm trying to make my gvim window partially transparent. I've tried ccsm and transset, but neither work with the open source video drivers for AMD. Both methods do work with the proprietary drivers.
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How to make Terminal semi-transparent?
I am running Ubuntu 11.04 with gnome 2.3 and I would like my terminal window to be transparent.
The problems is the transparent settings in my terminal just shows the desktop background and not the ...
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Conky transparency not working
I've recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 and since then conky has been acting up. This is what it looks after a while (specially if I use the option 'Show desktop' by draggin the mouse to a corner, as ...
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Can I set up Nautilus to use transparent background?
I think it'd be nice if Nautilus windows could have semi-transparent backgrounds (same as Gnome terminal can) for files and places lists. Is it possible?
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Can Wayland have network transparency implemented as a plugin?
To my understanding there's no reason why a Wayland plugin can't hide the app in the local machine, forward it's windows to a remote machine, and feed the app input from the remote machine. Am I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 transparent menubar
Is it possible set transparent color to the part of the window displayed on the image below?
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Terminator transparency not showing other opened windows but only wallpaper
Terminator transparency not working after upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10. At zero slider it is becoming completely black and at max slider its showing wallpaper background rather than background ...
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Is there a way to have translucent desktop icon label backgrounds in Unity?
This is my first post here, and I'm still new to Unity. I did a quick search and took a brief look at the suggested questions while posting this, and I can't seem to find an answer.
I've been using ...
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How do I make the Unity launcher completely transparent?
Before anyone jumps the gun and votes to close this, I am not asking how to make it "see-through", which you can adjust in CCSM by setting the Opacity to 0%.
I'm asking the following: How can you ...
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How to change dash transparency?
Depending on the application that is running when I open the dash it is sometimes nearly impossible to read the icons due to the transparency of the dash background. Is there a way to change the ...
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graphics problem: transparency with flash [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix Flash issues?
A few days ago, i tried to install the latest Nvidia drivers by manually downloading it from nvidia.com and install it. Installing went fine, ...
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Unable to make Window transparent in Ubuntu 12.10
I have recently upgraded from ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 12.10 (x64).
I used to have transparent window tittle bar using gconf-editor -> apps -> gwd.
But in 12.10 editing the value isn't doing ...
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How to use LightDM Greeter Menu Bar as Standard Menu Bar within a User Session
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Acer Chromebook. I have a greeter installed by default. This thing looks sweet. Transparency on the menu bar. Nice visual effects. My question is: Can I use the ...
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Which lightweight Terminal Emulators supports Transparency?
I know that gnome-terminal and the kde terminal both support transparency, but I'm looking for something lighter on resources than those. What other xterminal emulators support transparency?
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how do i set the transparency of say the firefox window title in ubuntu 12.10?
How would I go about setting the transparency of the window bar of each window in ubuntu 12.10. I have tried using compiz config, any ideas? Apologies for noobism.
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How do I get a transparent page/screen in Firefox?
So, everytime I open a new tab (about:newtab) or just a white screen (about:blank).
It would be better, Firefox displays my desktop instead (or what's 'behind' firefox) to work more efficient.
I ...
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How to edit nautilus side menu transparency and font color?
I've been trying to customize my Ubuntu 12.04 Unity desktop.
I am describing what I've done until now to make it easier to understand what is my practical question. Please don't refer to it as too ...
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Can I change the Unity Launcher transparency?
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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Ubuntu 12.10 transparent window title bar [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I adjust the transparency of the top panel?
I would like to set transparency to window title bar in Ubuntu 12.10.
I used settings in gconf-editor->apps->gwd and ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Dash transparency problem
I have just upgraded my Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 and there is following problem.
When I press super button to show Unity Dash I get wrong background image behind the dash box. Especially I can see part ...
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How can I make the Indicator backgrounds transparent in the gnome-panel?
I've searched everywhere to solve this problem and cannot for the life of me find an answer.
I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04 with the Gnome classic session. I am trying to make the background of my ...
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Apply transparency only to some windows with FluxBox
I'm new to Fluxbox, I've adopted it this week end. (I only knew Kde, Gnome, and Unity lately).
Is there a possibility to apply transparency only to windows that match a criteria ?
for example a ...
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C# Mono.Cairo example to make an EventBox transparent
I need to create an image with transparency placed on top of another image, inside a regular Gtk# window. The first image should be able to respond to mouse clicks.
The simple way would usually be to ...
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How do I make the panel transparent in GNOME Classic mode?
Hi I don't know to make the top panel in Gnome classic transparent, I tried to right click then properties then change the transparency there but the indicator applet menu complete stays in the ...
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How can I make my windows transparent by doing Alt+Mouse Scroll?
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?
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Looking for a decent looking, battery-oriented desktop environment, with transparent panel
I have Ubuntu running on my laptop, and (especially since my laptop specs are a tad bit higher than budget machines) I need to optimize Ubuntu as much as possible to maximize my battery life.
I've ...
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How do I make the top panel transparent in Unity?
I'm using a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 using Unity.
I'm a newbie to Ubuntu and whilst researching various how-to's, I have seen screenshots where Ubuntu has the bar at the top of the screen shown ...
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How do I set Terminal as part of my wallpaper?
I have spent the last few days wiping my laptop (too much "experimenting") and getting up to date with 11.10. In the process, I came across conky which I'm now playing with, and along with conky I saw ...
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Can't disable active window's transparency | Hover effect not working
I'm having a problem right now with my window frames' opacity settings.
For some reason the active window very often (but not always) has a half-transparent title bar. This is really distracting but ...
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How do I get transparent windows to show all windows beneath them?
The kind of transparency I'm seeing in Ubuntu 11.10 is it will show the desktop wallpaper. This is not what I want.
When I first installed Ultimate Edition, transparent windows would show the window ...
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Looking for a linux equivalent to Trans Lucy
Trans Lucy for the Mac, allows you to watch video in a semi transparent window, superimposed on top of your other windows.
You can continue to work, as all clicks on the area covered by Trans Lucy ...
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Terminal transparency (urxvt) , Imagemagick, and X11 root window problem
I use Ubuntu Natty, urxvt (with 256 colours), and Imagemagick (display -window root [...]) to set the root window to a picture. When I use the transparancy (-tr) option on urxvt, I get the Ubuntu X ...
