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_abraxas

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Registered: 2010-11-23

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gtk-window-decorator transparency / opacity

hi there,

since I replaced emerald with gtk-window-decorator, things work better now. But I have no clue, why I can't turn off the titlebar transparency for inactive windows. No transparency only works for focused windows, but not for unfocused. I already checked my  Compiz settings for trailfocus, add helper, opacity, but they're all deactivated. Plus, I checked the Settings for gtk-window-decorator with gconf-editor: I changed /apps/gwd/metacity_theme_opacity to 1 (which should be the key), but it just doesn't help.

Any hints or ideas? Am I overlooking something?

Thanks!

Last edited by _abraxas (2014-04-28 07:44:31)

Rexilion

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Registered: 2013-12-23

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Re: gtk-window-decorator transparency / opacity

Maybe /apps/gwd/metacity_theme_opacity should be 100?

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_abraxas

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Registered: 2010-11-23

Posts: 43

Re: gtk-window-decorator transparency / opacity

Actually, changing that value does nothing in my case.  And if I try to force it, I get the following error:

Wert konnte nicht gesetzt werden. Fehler war:
GDBus.Error:org.gnome.GConf.Defaults.NotPrivileged: Authorization is required

Maybe that's the problem? How to solve that?

Rexilion

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Registered: 2013-12-23

Posts: 784

Re: gtk-window-decorator transparency / opacity

Maybe that is just a safeguard against malicious users (me) suggesting you to use illegal values .

That is not it I'm afraid.

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_abraxas

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Registered: 2010-11-23

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Re: gtk-window-decorator transparency / opacity

I can set it to whatever I want and nothing changes. Pretty strange, because I can set the other values such as fonts etc.

_abraxas

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Registered: 2010-11-23

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Re: gtk-window-decorator transparency / opacity

starting with

gtk-window-decorator --opacity 1 --active-opacity 1

doesn't help either :-/

Last edited by _abraxas (2014-04-28 08:37:42)

_abraxas

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Registered: 2010-11-23

Posts: 43

Re: gtk-window-decorator transparency / opacity

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
        <entry name="blur_type" mtime="1398675420" type="string">
                <stringvalue>none</stringvalue>
        </entry>
        <entry name="metacity_theme_active_shade_opacity" mtime="1398675720" type="bool" value="false"/>
        <entry name="metacity_theme_shade_opacity" mtime="1398675722" type="bool" value="false"/>
        <entry name="metacity_theme_active_opacity" mtime="1398675337" type="float" value="1"/>
        <entry name="metacity_theme_opacity" mtime="1398675329" type="float" value="1"/>
        <entry name="mouse_wheel_action" mtime="1398673745" type="string">
                <stringvalue>shade</stringvalue>
        </entry>
</gconf>

even though I created ~/.config/gconf/apps/gwd/%gconf.xml myself, nothing changes. Except mouse_wheel_action.

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Registered: 2013-04-10

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Re: gtk-window-decorator transparency / opacity

This could be caused by gtk-3.12.1, see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180489