Bug 394715 - Ability to adjust transparency and blur for desktop widgets
Summary: Ability to adjust transparency and blur for desktop widgets
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.12.5
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Reported: 2018-05-26 15:50 UTC by Isaac A.
Modified: 2021-05-20 15:53 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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A mock up of the transparency adjustment I'd like to see. (190.29 KB, image/png)
2018-05-26 15:50 UTC, Isaac A.
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attachment-25562-0.html (1.53 KB, text/html)
2018-05-28 04:24 UTC, Isaac A.
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attachment-16061-0.html (1.92 KB, text/html)
2018-05-29 01:58 UTC, Isaac A.
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attachment-31988-0.html (1.01 KB, text/html)
2018-06-01 17:05 UTC, Isaac A.
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Description Isaac A. 2018-05-26 15:50:07 UTC
Created attachment 112886 [details]
A mock up of the transparency adjustment I'd like to see.

Could we have the ability to remove the background on Plasma desktop widgets, and possibly allow for blur just like Konsole in the new Plasma dev builds?

I feel like this might make desktop widgets a lot more aesthetically pleasing in certain cases.
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2018-05-27 23:00:46 UTC
If you want to edit the theme, please see the theme editor in plasmasdk.
There's two relevant attributes in the metadata.

I don't consider transparency a special case.
Comment 2 Isaac A. 2018-05-28 04:24:45 UTC
Created attachment 112912 [details]
attachment-25562-0.html

I wasn't really asking for transparency in the theme, but rather an option
to adjust it per desktop widget. Sort of like how you can edit a Konsole
profile without editing the base system theme.

On Sun, May 27, 2018, 7:00 PM David Edmundson <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org>
wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=394715
>
> David Edmundson <kde@davidedmundson.co.uk> changed:
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>              Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
>          Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX
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> --- Comment #1 from David Edmundson <kde@davidedmundson.co.uk> ---
> If you want to edit the theme, please see the theme editor in plasmasdk.
> There's two relevant attributes in the metadata.
>
> I don't consider transparency a special case.
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Comment 3 David Edmundson 2018-05-28 12:15:39 UTC
Please can you explain your specific use case.
Comment 4 Isaac A. 2018-05-29 01:58:04 UTC
Created attachment 112937 [details]
attachment-16061-0.html

Alright, so say I wanted a digital clock widget on my desktop. I drag the
clock widget and it's got this ugly black square behind it (
https://i.imgur.com/fBY8idx.png). That's what I'm looking to adjust the
transparency of and/or blur, not the entire widget.

I could see it looking a lot better for people who are into customizing
their desktop with widgets, sort've like how this clock sits directly on
the wallpaper without a background in this screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/emlcUZb.jpg

It also might look really nice with the new blur effect being implemented
in Plasma 5.13.

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 8:15 AM David Edmundson <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org>
wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=394715
>
> David Edmundson <kde@davidedmundson.co.uk> changed:
>
>            What    |Removed                     |Added
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>          Resolution|WONTFIX                     |---
>              Status|RESOLVED                    |UNCONFIRMED
>
> --- Comment #3 from David Edmundson <kde@davidedmundson.co.uk> ---
> Please can you explain your specific use case.
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Comment 5 Isaac A. 2018-05-29 02:01:08 UTC
It appears the email client I've been using to reply is adding a lot of unnecessary text to my replies. I'll try to refrain from using it in the future to reply to bugreports.
Comment 6 David Edmundson 2018-06-01 12:15:38 UTC
At a plasma API level a widget author can customise if they want any background or not. (for example the notes plasmoid)
Comment 7 Isaac A. 2018-06-01 17:05:44 UTC
Created attachment 113000 [details]
attachment-31988-0.html

So, do you think it'd be possible to add a background toggle for most of
the default widgets? Like the digital clock, calendar, network + resource
monitor, etc.

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 8:15 AM David Edmundson <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org>
wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=394715
>
> --- Comment #6 from David Edmundson <kde@davidedmundson.co.uk> ---
> At a plasma API level a widget author can customise if they want any
> background
> or not. (for example the notes plasmoid)
>
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Comment 8 Nate Graham 2021-01-06 05:30:47 UTC
I've filed a bug report asking for blur specifically: Bug 431205

And we have since added a background toggle to many common widgets. If there are more that you'd like to see implement this feature, please file separate bug reports. thanks!
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2021-05-20 15:53:30 UTC
JFYI we also do now have a background toggle control too. So I guess this is mostly fixed now!