Bug 97768

Summary:	transparency in knewsticker background
Product:	[Unmaintained] knewsticker	Reporter:	Matt Cahill <m-cahill>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Frerich Raabe <raabe>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	ana
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	it looks like a hole on the desktop note the knewsticker.. close but no pretty cigar :/

Description Matt Cahill 2005-01-24 05:49:49 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.1)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

Considering how polished the UI of KDE is, I'm surprised that an app such as knewsticker is unable to have a transparent background.  Eye-candy?  Yes.  But still...kinda sucks that it doesn't offer transparency, for something that's supposed to be a seamless module.

Comment 1 Damir Perisa 2005-03-21 18:46:10 UTC

i cannot agree more! (using kde 3.4.0)

Comment 2 Damir Perisa 2005-03-21 18:49:12 UTC

Created attachment 10248 [details]
it looks like a hole on the desktop

Comment 3 Riku Voipio 2005-03-26 19:43:38 UTC

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=257136

Also reported to debian bugzilla

Comment 4 Mathew Hennessy 2005-04-14 17:52:15 UTC

Created attachment 10634 [details]
note the knewsticker..  close but no pretty cigar :/

Comment 5 Daniel Aleksandersen 2007-03-06 21:11:46 UTC

It is indeed weird that KNewsTicker does not support using transparent background in the applet.

Twenty votes for this feature.

Comment 6 Daniel Aleksandersen 2007-03-06 21:14:18 UTC

I am using KNewsTicker on a stand-alone panel, ticking news on the top of my screen. The ticker panel would look much better with a little transparency, and it would not feel so space intensive.

Comment 7 Günter Haus 2007-11-19 13:22:22 UTC

*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***

Comment 8 FiNeX 2011-12-01 19:29:22 UTC

knewsticker is no longer maintained. I'm sorry.