Set window transparency in Gnome
Solution 1
There's another extension called Glassy Gnome that works with newer versions of gnome-shell
.
For more details consult the included README
.
Solution 2
You could change window opacity/transparency by changing property _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY
via xprop
command.
Run:
xprop -format _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0x7FFFFFFF
and then click on window to set it to 50% opacity.
-
0x7FFFFFFF
- 50% opacity -
0xFFFFFFFF
- 100% opacity
Set opacity via providing window id (obtained from xwininfo
):
xprop -id 0x3a00006 -format _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0x7FFFFFFF
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I graduated from California State University, Northridge with a degree in Computer Science. I work full time as a front end developer in Los Angeles. I also like working in other arenas and code in golang for personal projects. I like using vim or vscode for my projects. I play tennis and enjoy craft beer, classic rock and watching sports.
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Zachscs almost 2 years
I'd like to make my IDE window partially transparent. I achieved this in Unity using
compiz
as described in the accepted answer to: How to make a window transparent in gnome. However I don't believecompiz
will work for this with gnome unless I'm mistaken. There WAS a gnome extension for this but it has been abandoned and the github repo is gone. Anyone know of a way to achieve this? I'm on ubuntu 17.10 -
Zachscs over 6 yearsThanks I'll try it out when I get home tonight but looks promising!
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lyuboslav kanev about 4 yearsThis allows me to see the windows below, but not the wallpaper. Can it be fixed? Is there a way to only see the wallpaper?