Questions tagged [transparency]
When something is "see-through", it is transparent - an effect commonly applied to desktop windows.
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Is there a theme with a short or transparent title bar?
Is there any theme, under any ubuntu desktop or window manager,
that has the feature illustrated in the image below, where the title bar doesn't occupy the whole width, but is instead as short as the ...
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Can we have a transparent HUD like image/information layer on display?
Sometimes I adore the HUD information or to have a favorite image picture on the front of the display layer (always on top and un-clickable).
That would look like this and help our operation or just ...
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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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How to have termite background transparency without text being affected?
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 with i3 and Compton compositor. Now I installed termite and I really want a transparent background. which I can achieve by adding this in my termite config
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Ubuntu 18.04 fixed color and transparency in the top bar
How can I prevent the Top Bar from changing color and / or transparency?
I mean, when I don't have windows that touch the edge I see it transparent and when instead there is some maximized window, or ...
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How to control what indicator apps run
Recently updated to Ubuntu 20.04 and then discovered that I can change the background of the gnome-panel (I'm a gnome guy and using flashback to have the old gnome2 stuff running, thus gnome-panel). ...
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Transparent Window Title Bars 14.04LTS
I can't figure out how to get transparent window title bars in 14.04
Have tried dconfig editor which has no effect (worked on previous versions)
Any suggestions or step-by-steps massively ...
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Making title bars transparent in Unity isn't working
I've found this way to make title bars in Unity transparent:
Open dconf-editor
Navigate to org.compiz.gwd
Modify metacity-theme-active-opacity and metacity-theme-inactive-opacity
However, ths method ...
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Google Chrome themes are not transparent
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and Google Chrome version 28.0.1500.71 (the latest as of this writing).
There are a lot of themes with transparency in the Chrome Web Store, but they never work on my ...
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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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On i3 wm, gnome-terminal randomly loses transparency and starts showing cursor traces
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 with i3. I have reduced my terminals opacity a bit so the wallpaper is a bit visible through it. Sometimes, seemingly randomly (or at least I haven't figured out what is ...
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GNOME Classic bottom bar transparency
So I am using the GNOME classic shell, I have been able to make the top bar transparent using the Dynamic Panel Transparency in gnome tweaks, but I hate that the bottom bar does not match and is still ...
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How to control opacity of Kubuntu default panel?
I use Kubuntu 18.04 with all recent updates.
My issue is that Kubuntu default panel is always transparent (the one on the screen bottom, with task manager, system tray and application launcher).
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Any software opening a png image in a way that trasparent parts show behind windows?
I need a software that could open a png file which has some transparent parts (alpha channel) in a way that transparent parts are really transparent in the software window (not checkered parts as it ...
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How to make Emacs transparent with i3-wm?
As instructed here I added the following lines to my emacs configuration file:
(set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'alpha '(85 . 50))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(alpha . (85 . 50)))
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How do I change opacity of title bars in Ubuntu 16.04?
I've heard that unity is using it's own window manager so that I can't change the opacity using CompizConfig...
But is there an alternative? I already made the main title bar transparant together ...
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I cannot change the opacity of titlebars in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS!
I've used the dconf-editor and changed the
metacity-theme-active-opacity
metacity-theme-inactive-opacity value but nothing happen.
Can anyone help me with this. Much thanks!
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Cannot Change Launcher Opacity Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I installed both Unity Tweak Tool and Compiz Config Settings Manager to try and make my launcher transparent in Ubuntu 16.04. Adjusting the launcher transparency in both of these programs had no ...
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Fonts on desktop have a full border
I am running 16.04 with Xfce and have a small issue. All my desktop icons have the text label displayed on a coloured background. What I mean is, the text background of the text is not transparent. I ...
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Cairo-dock transparency issues x2go
I installed cairo-dock on lubuntu 16.04. It works well, except that every time the dock shows, instead of having pure transparency around the dock, it wipes a patch out of my windows around the dock; ...
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background tab dissapeared in terminal profile preferences
Recently I tried to solve a problem with evince annotation removal feature
I update my version but this didn't solve the problem and I lost the transparency feature that was really handy to start to ...
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Terminal loses transparency with theme
I'm kinda new to Linux but I'm a fast learner and experienced IT. Anyway, I recently did a dual boot on my system (Windows 10 / Ubuntu) and I'm using gnome as my DE. Everything works very well except ...
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Why does menu transparency mess up my notification area?
I used Unity Tweak Tool to set the menu to be transparent but now my notification area gets all confused after it changes:
As you can see it looks like it's not clearing earlier images from the ...
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A theme that has window colors like "dash transparent blur" on Ubuntu 14.04
I've been looking around for it , it's beautiful in my opinion , i haven't been able to find anything.
Does something like it exist ?
Thanks in advance.
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How to make KDE Homerun opaque?
I have recently had some issues with the ordinary KDE Application Launcher (it froze my plasma for a while...), so I decided to give Homerun a try. Homerun seems really good at first glance, but how ...
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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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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 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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Why are some annotations semi transparent, while others are not
When viewing pdfs using Evince, I have noticed that some Annotations (see picture) are transparent (left one), while others are not (right one).
Why is that?
Is there a settings to tweak to remove ...
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Screen Readability: Overlay transparant layer
I was wondering whether it'd be possible to overlay transparent images over folders, the desktop, browser, etc.
Sort of like an image viewer, just transparent.
This question arose since I'm trying to ...
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How can i modify the opacity only for the task manager in Kubuntu 20.04?
In Kubuntu 20.04 i would like to change the opacity of the task manager. I saw some answers to this problem on Ask Ubuntu but i would like the opacity to be modify only in task manager.
From the ...
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Make any application window title bar transparent in Ubuntu 18.04
How can I make application window bars transparent in Ubuntu 18.04? I've searched online but haven't found anything for this version.
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How to set only a cpu bar to be transparent in Conky?
I need a transparent bar measure to improve my conky theme visual that's being created by me.Can anyone help me to solve this issue sharing a code for me please?Thanks! :)
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Will there be complete windows transparency management in Ubuntu 18.04?
I am a huge fan of Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity Desktop Manager allowing to customize plenty of things with Compiz Config Settings Manager (CCSM), among many many others, I name the windows transparency! :...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Unity solid black panel instead of being transparent
Im having really weird issue going on with unity desktop. As you can see on screenshot my main monitor(on left) is having panel solid black and my secondary monitor(on right) is having properly ...
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Java app's transparent JPanel is garbled when run on Kubuntu
I have a Java application that works perfectly fine on Windows and apparently on Mac as well, but I cannot get it to work on Kubuntu without overlapping, garbled output. I have tried launching the ...
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How to set rules in compton
I have found really different configs of compton in the internets, and I just don't understand which part of them is up to date.
I tried to make compton use those config files (or their mashed up ...
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How to disable transparency when a window is highlighted?
I'm using KDE 5.5.5 and have enabled highlighting windows in task manager settings. The problem is, I have a lot of windows open and when highlighting some windows they are barely readable under a ...
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How to make the search panel non-transparent in 16.04?
In unity-control-center and unity-tweak-tool I did not find this option. MyUnity is not avaliable anymore.
If there is a way to get rid of all panel/window (semi)transparencies in Ubuntu, it would be ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 launcher transparency doesn't work, possible driver issue
I've just installed Ubuntu 14.04. I noticed that the launcher had no transparency, so I looked up the problem and found that Unity Tweak Tool could help. However, this was no use at all, no matter ...
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booted lubuntu 14.04, canot install because installation window is empty or transparent
I booted Lubuntu 14.04 from a live CD on my old G5 PowerPC. All system windows I try to open are kind of transparent and when I move them, they drag the background with them.
So I cannot install ...
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Regarding transparency feature in Gnome desktop environment in ubuntu 14.04
I am not able to make the terminal's background transparent, even though have tried the option of going to EDIT->PROFILE PREFERENCES -> BACKGROUND -> TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND.
Pls help me out.
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Window Tansparency - set for one window only
I'm running Xubuntu 13.10 and have set inactive windows to be transparent. However, is there a way to prevent one window/program (i.e. tvtime) from becoming transparent.
See this screenshot
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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 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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