[opensuse-kde] Transparent Panel
Hi, How I make a panel transparent in the desktop? -- Regards, Lívio Cipriano -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
Søndag den 1. januar 2012 13:37:18 skrev Lívio Cipriano:
How I make a panel transparent in the desktop?
You need compositing supported and enabled on your system (systemsettings -> desktop effects). And you need a transparent plasma theme (systemsettings -> workspace appearance -> desktop theme). The level of transparency is "hardcoded" in the plasma theme. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/01/12 12:56, Martin Schlander wrote:
Søndag den 1. januar 2012 13:37:18 skrev Lívio Cipriano:
How I make a panel transparent in the desktop? You need compositing supported and enabled on your system (systemsettings -> desktop effects).
And you need a transparent plasma theme (systemsettings -> workspace appearance -> desktop theme).
The level of transparency is "hardcoded" in the plasma theme. Martin is correct
Which is unfortunate because in the kde3 days, we had transparency without the need for effects. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
On 01 January 2012 14:58:12 Carl Fletcher wrote:
Which is unfortunate because in the kde3 days, we had transparency without the need for effects.
I agree. -- Regards, Lívio Cipriano -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
On Sunday, January 01, 2012 02:58:12 PM Carl Fletcher wrote:
Which is unfortunate because in the kde3 days, we had transparency without the need for effects.
It was most likely using the same mechanism as effects, employing graphic card capabilities, as opposed to software rendering using main CPU, so it was effect :) -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
On 2012/01/01 17:50 (GMT-0500) Rajko M. composed:
Carl Fletcher wrote:
in the kde3 days, we had transparency without the need for effects.
It was most likely using the same mechanism as effects, employing graphic card capabilities, as opposed to software rendering using main CPU, so it was effect :)
The difference is it _isn't_ tied to theming or anything else apparent. On my 24/7 11.4, Kicker settings _has_ a checkbox for transparency under appearance -> panel background, which does something even though I have bling turned off everywhere I could find a way to do so. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 14:58:12 schrieb Carl Fletcher:
Which is unfortunate because in the kde3 days, we had transparency without the need for effects.
Are you sure it was real transparency and not just the faked one which uses the desktop background picture and does not change if you move a window behind the panel? Also, since you can mix and match plasma themes, you can use whatever theme you like and use the panel style from a transparent one. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/01/12 09:39, Sven Burmeister wrote:
Which is unfortunate because in the kde3 days, we had transparency without the need for effects. Are you sure it was real transparency and not just the faked one which uses
Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 14:58:12 schrieb Carl Fletcher: the desktop background picture and does not change if you move a window behind the panel?
Also, since you can mix and match plasma themes, you can use whatever theme you like and use the panel style from a transparent one.
Sven Sven Honestly. KDE3 is so history. I really can't say how transparency was applied. Gnome 2 had/s a similar feature. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
Am Montag, 2. Januar 2012, 11:51:41 schrieb Carl Fletcher:
On 02/01/12 09:39, Sven Burmeister wrote:
Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 14:58:12 schrieb Carl Fletcher:
Which is unfortunate because in the kde3 days, we had transparency without the need for effects.
Are you sure it was real transparency and not just the faked one which uses the desktop background picture and does not change if you move a window behind the panel?
Also, since you can mix and match plasma themes, you can use whatever theme you like and use the panel style from a transparent one.
Honestly. KDE3 is so history. I really can't say how transparency was applied.
Then you should not claim you had transparency in those days with KDE3 – unless you want to compare apples to oranges. As Todd wrote – there was no transparency but just some background picture used for kicker, i.e. some ugly hack. It would have been unfortunate if such a hack would have been ported to KDE4. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Sven Burmeister
Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 14:58:12 schrieb Carl Fletcher:
Which is unfortunate because in the kde3 days, we had transparency without the need for effects.
Are you sure it was real transparency and not just the faked one which uses the desktop background picture and does not change if you move a window behind the panel?
This is exactly what happened. This never worked all that well, was ugly to implement, hard to maintain, doesn't work with dynamic or animated backgrounds, and led to tons of bug reports. So developers decided to drop it for KDE 4. -Todd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
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