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jmak

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Registered: 2008-12-21

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Question regarding e18 shelf translucency

HI,

I've just updated enlightenment to the latest version (e-18) today. Superb.

The other day, I downloaded snow linux-enlightenment live cd. It came out with a very nice semi-transparent shelf effect. In the shelf setting, style tab there is translucency option, which is missing from my system.

Does anyone know how to enable or implement the shelf transparency effect in e-18?

Thanks.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: Question regarding e18 shelf translucency

All I can find about a snow linux enlightenment release is E17. Did E17 have this and E18 doesn't? I haven't run E17 for a long time.

Unless you're talking about Engage, which does have nice transparency options.

Last edited by Scimmia (2014-01-17 20:00:35)

jmak

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Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 453

Re: Question regarding e18 shelf translucency

All I can find about a snow linux enlightenment release is E17. Did E17 have this and E18 doesn't? I haven't run E17 for a long time.

Unless you're talking about Engage, which does have nice transparency options.

I didn't have this translucency option available on my e17 system and now, I don't have on e18 either. Here are the screenshots what I mean.
Snow linux comes with e17.

http://imageshack.com/a/img36/6427/c5eu.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img30/2180/z86s.jpg

89c51

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Registered: 2012-06-05

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Re: Question regarding e18 shelf translucency

Could be related to the theme they use. If you can extract the theme they use -and if it works with e18- you might be able to get it.

jmak

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Registered: 2008-12-21

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Re: Question regarding e18 shelf translucency

Could be related to the theme they use. If you can extract the theme they use -and if it works with e18- you might be able to get it.

If this effect is theme related that's fine. I use all dark themes, I don't like this light one anyway. I thought that this option was part of the main settings and can be enabled or implemented with any theme.

Scimmia

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Re: Question regarding e18 shelf translucency

Well that's definitely not engage, but I've never seen that option before, so I have no idea.

metak

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Registered: 2009-09-27

Posts: 199

Re: Question regarding e18 shelf translucency

I think 89c51 is right. When I used enlightenment awhile ago (-git from aur and stable from official packages) I played around with creating my own theme.
To get that effect you would have to edit 'shelf.edc' file and change that 'base' part at the top of the file and then rebuild the theme with 'edje_cc'.

You can't adjust transparency with slider like you can with engage module.

Last edited by metak (2014-01-18 17:33:13)