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geg

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Registered: 2015-09-27

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How can I get a transparent background with dmenu?

How can I make the background of dmenu to be transparent? The dmenu transparency patch makes the whole thing transparent. I want the background to be transparent, but not the text.

Rasi

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Re: How can I get a transparent background with dmenu?

By using rofi instead of dmenu.

from the manpage:

COLORS
       Rofi  has an experimental mode for a 'nicer' transparency. The idea is to make the background of the win‐
       dow transparent, leaving the text opaque. There are 2 requirements for this feature: 1. Your Xserver sup‐
       ports  TrueColor,  2. You are running a composite manager. If this is satisfied you can use the following
       format for colors:

           argb:FF444444

       The first two fields specify the alpha level. This determines the amount of transparency. (00 everything,
       FF nothing). The other fields represent the actual color, in hex.

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geg

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From: SF Bay Area

Registered: 2015-09-27

Posts: 14

Re: How can I get a transparent background with dmenu?

Thanks, but for some reason it doesn't show up when I try to run it in dmenu mode.
Edit: Nevermind

Last edited by geg (2015-09-30 04:43:06)