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securitybreach

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Transparent filemanager

I presently run Pcmanfm under Openbox. I saw this screenshot of KDE 4.1 with a transparent filemanager  http://www.linux.com/var/uploads/Image/ … 142661.png 

Does anyone know what this is or another file manager that supports transparency like this? I know about Xcompmgr and how to make a window transparent but by the looks of it this has a transparent background only. I like to keep my desktop minimal with no panel and mostly transparent console-based applications like weechat centerim, rtorrent, etc so something like this would be cool.

With my setup, Pcmanfm is a little out of place with everything else being ran in a transparent console. So besides midnight commander, does anyone know of a file manager with a transparent background? Preferably something lightweight.

Thanks

Last edited by securitybreach (2008-07-29 17:39:34)

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Megamixman

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Re: Transparent filemanager

I believe that is a plasmoid. It is like a desktop Widget. You can always use transset to make Openbox apply transparency to PcManFm. Unfortunately, this will include the icons as well.

securitybreach

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Re: Transparent filemanager

OK thanks

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