Bug 184990 - JJ: Skip darkening/transparency effects when "Keep above others" is active
Summary: JJ: Skip darkening/transparency effects when "Keep above others" is active
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 99198
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: compositing (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Keywords: junior-jobs
: 191721 202424 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2009-02-20 02:28 UTC by Einar Lielmanis
Modified: 2012-03-11 21:13 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Einar Lielmanis 2009-02-20 02:28:14 UTC
Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

I'm a big fan of Translucency (and, to the lesser extent, Dim Inactive) desktop effects for inactive windows, it looks wonderful. Still there are occurences when some inactive window contents are hurt by transparency — most notably using a windowed video player in a background.

Currently there is no way to ask system not to apply any darkening/translucency effects to a specific window, except by switching off compositioning or effects altogether.

I propose that Translucency:inactive and Dim Inactive effects wouldn't be applied to windows which have "Keep above others" option set: if required, their transparency could be adjusted manually.

Other approach could probably be a (new?) option for special window/application settings.
Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2009-06-28 20:36:10 UTC
*** Bug 191721 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Martin Flöser 2009-12-11 21:22:00 UTC
*** Bug 202424 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2012-03-11 21:13:26 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 99198 ***