Bug 431205 - Desktop applets lack the blurred background of panels and panel applets
Summary: Desktop applets lack the blurred background of panels and panel applets
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Desktop Containment (show other bugs)
Version: master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Marco Martin
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Reported: 2021-01-06 03:07 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2021-05-20 15:47 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/e1980bc024ab4df234dd5104a9100f7cd95b43bc
Version Fixed In: 5.23
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Description Nate Graham 2021-01-06 03:07:03 UTC 
Right now applets on the desktop have transparent backgrounds, but they are not blurred like the transparent backgrounds of the panel and panel applets.

They should be, both for reasons of consistency as well as usability: visually busy wallpapers can cause the content of a translucent-but-not-blurred applet to become more difficult to distinguish, especially with Plasma themes featuring very high levels of transparency.
Comment 1 veggero 2021-01-06 08:53:54 UTC 
I talked about this to Marco. I'd also like to blur them, but it's not as easy since they are not considered windows by kwin.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2021-01-06 16:02:34 UTC 
Yeah, I had a feeling there was some technical barrier (because otherwise it would have already been done!).