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 transparency?
4 Answers
There is no way to manage the Dash transparency as yet, though you can change the blur. The Dash colour is affected by your wallpaper though, so you may need to change the wallpaper.
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This has already been there for more than a year. Do we have any news about changing Dash transparency?– lefteravApr 12, 2013 at 12:32
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If you choose the "Static blur" option the the Dash blur is set the 1st time you use the Dash per session.
So if you open the Dash over an appropriate background then that's what you'll get for the rest of the session, what you then open the Dash over won't matter
For a short time in 11.10 the "No Blur"; option used to provide a dark,solid dash, that's fallen by the wayside & no blur is pretty much worthless
Can be adjusted in the unity plugin > experimental settings
in ccsm
If ccsm, (compizconfig-settings-manager) is installed & you wish to go directly to the unity settings then
Alt+F2
, type in about:config
and hit Enter.
It can also be set from terminal, 0=no blur
, 1=static blur
, 2=active blur
(the default
Open a terminal and type the below command
gconftool-2 -s -t integer /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/dash_blur_experimental 1
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Thanks a lot, but actually the option no blu gives a much better result in my opinion.– dagoNov 14, 2011 at 22:40
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1Blurring is nothing to do with transparency, the question was about transparency– AnwarMay 30, 2012 at 4:26
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The gconftool command does not work anymore in 14.04. Can you please update it? Jul 4, 2014 at 7:53
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The gconftool command does not work anymore in 14.04. Can you please update it? – king_julien
- No reason to do so. This question is 2.5 yr.s old & for 11.10. Maybe ask a new question (hint: Dash opacity is controlled by the opacity level of the 'background' color, ie. only can be adjusted when using a custom or black background color– dougJul 4, 2014 at 22:09
I found this one.
Just put in your ~/.xprofile
(make new file if it doesn't exist):
export UNITY_LOW_GFX_MODE=1
It also disables other animations like pop-up blur etc. It works with Ubuntu 13.04, maybe also with previous versions.
Cheers
Not perfect solution, but works likewise.
In 13.10,
- Install
unity tweak tool
. - change
launcher
background setting. - select dark custom color for background.
dash window background also would be affected by that setting.