Bug 466483

Summary:	Feature Request: Ability to Toggle Transparency Active Window
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Douglas Roberts <doug.roberts09>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kdedev, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Douglas Roberts 2023-02-26 18:03:46 UTC

My wishlist item  for KDE already has a similar feature you can configure:  The ability to control transparency via the mouse wheel.  This is so close to what I want, it seems doable.   I just want to be able to toggle transparency  with a hot key.   This would be a mouse independent feature.

I can toggle transparency of an active window now by using the simple xcompmgr compositor and its companion utility transset-df using the command 

transset-df -t -p


Using a simple bash script, I toggle transparency of an active window on my "Netflix" lappy which uses only a touchpad and no mouse.   

This is a very handy feature to check on something happening underneath a full screen running.  Or even to quickly check the desktop clock will watching a movie full screen.

Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-06-17 22:00:05 UTC

Since this can be done via command line, it seems it should be do-able to add a keybind for it