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[Feature Request] Option for window transparency #422

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demeralde opened this issue Nov 25, 2020 · 7 comments
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[Feature Request] Option for window transparency #422

demeralde opened this issue Nov 25, 2020 · 7 comments
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@demeralde
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For the entire application's background colours. This would look pretty cool and nice to have as an option.

@Taiko2k
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Taiko2k commented Nov 30, 2020

It is something I have thought about. However on a technical level it would be very hard to implement, largely in part to due to SDL not exposing any way to do this.

@Solarunit
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I think in 2020 (almost 2021) its not very practical and cool anymore. Maybe some cool blur effect instead...

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@demeralde
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I think in 2020 (almost 2021) its not very practical and cool anymore. Maybe some cool blur effect instead...

It doesn't matter whether it's popular or not, it still looks good. And yeah a blur with it would make it look nicer

@Taiko2k
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Taiko2k commented Dec 6, 2020

And yeah a blur with it would make it look nicer

I agree with that point, blurred would look nicer. Though I'm not even sure its possible with most compositors. I know its possible with KDE, though I've never seen it done on GNOME.

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Solarunit commented Dec 6, 2020

I know its possible with KDE

it looks pretty cool in this baby WOGUE video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOlioUWXwYc

though I've never seen it done on GNOME.

another one 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN-cVA_tCR0

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C0rn3j commented Jan 26, 2025

This is possible after a migration to SDL3.

#1332

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Taiko2k commented Jan 27, 2025

@C0rn3j This is still subject to implementation. I intend to add a transparent accents option with along with SDL3 support, but I still have an unsolved technical issue with text rendering that's limiting whole window transparency.

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