Questions tagged [transparency]
When something is "see-through", it is transparent - an effect commonly applied to desktop windows.
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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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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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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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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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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 nothing....
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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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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 set ...
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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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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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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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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 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 sheet....
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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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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 can I make my windows transparent by doing Alt+Mouse Scroll?
Pressing and holding Alt + scrolling with the mouse wheel used to give me a transparent window, is there any way I can get that or something similar in Ubuntu 12.04?
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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 bottom....
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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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Is it possible to have window transparency in Mutter/Gnome Shell? [duplicate]
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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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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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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revert CCSM transparency
It seems that I accidentally set my CCSM window's transparency to 0. Now I can't see my CCSM because the transparency is 0.
How to revert this? thanks
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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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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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Shortcuts and transparency in Kubuntu Oneiric
Is there a way to set in Kubuntu Oneiric keyboard shortcuts to:
Show the desktop (used to be called "toggle showing desktop" in old versions of Kubuntu but now seems to be gone from the preferences).
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Making Gtk.Window Transparent?
Here's my code and I simply cannot figure out why my top level window doesn't become transparent.
xwininfo says that windows has 32 Bit depth. I am running Ubuntu 11.10 and if I call .set_opacity(.5) ...
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Is there a way to make the top bar in chrome transparent?
I have my top panel transparent. It looks nice, except for when I browse the internet, the black bar along the top of chrome, which looks pretty against the non-transparent panel, sticks out like a ...
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How to make a window transparent by clicking a program's title bar?
In an earlier version of Ubuntu with Compiz I'm pretty sure there was a useful setting to enable seeing what's behind the current window by clicking and holding the title bar, which then changed the ...
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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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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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Is it possible to keep the Window Buttons and Title opaque and the border transparent?
The answer might be as simple no, but using Ubuntu Tweak I made the borders of my windows transparent as shown here:
However, the window buttons and window title are also transparent, making them ...
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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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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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How to make terminal windows half-transparent in Unity 2d?
That's it. I want to have terminal windows to be (half-) transparent in Unity 2d without wasting too much resources.
This question has arisen after an update from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10, after which ...
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How to set up transparent background in XFCE terminal?
I can't find the option to make the terminal background transparent :-( Any idea where can it be?
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How to remove transparency in KDE without disabling all desktop effects?
I don't understand the hype for transparency. From a usability standpoint I see no argument whatsoever that transparency should enhance your productivity or improve your workflow. Any element on top ...
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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 ...
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How do I change the transparency level of gnome-terminal?
I want to increase or decrease the transparency of gnome-terminal in Unity.
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I want to make every window as transparent with font as opaque (as gnome terminal capabality) [closed]
I want to make every window ]transparent with opaque text.
I have done some search on the internet and the answer I got is:
Open Compiz Config Settings Manager.
Click on Opacity, Brightness and ...
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Is there a way to set Unity 3d's dock/launcher to be completely opaque like Unity 2d's? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I change the Unity Launcher transparency?
Unity 3d icons and launcher:
Unity 2d icons and launcher:
In unity 2d, the icons looks darker than in 3d. In 3d, the icons ...
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How to enhance the transparency of the Unity 3D launcher?
Where is the background of the Unity (3D) launcher located? I would like to enhance the transparency of the launcher to make it fit better with light themes (such as Radiance). The actual transparency ...
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Error when installing patched Unity launcher
I'm getting the following error when I try to install "unity-df", which is a patched launcher for Unity that allows you to further customize the launcher.
Error: Breaks existing package 'unity' that ...
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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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Transparency background wrong on Dual-screen
Using compiz with transparency behind windows and borders on a dual-screen system; all works fine, but the background that shows through with any transparency done by compiz is wrong.
It appears to ...
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Is there a way to set transparency of windows in GNOME?
Sometimes ago I 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 coding.
I ...