SUMMARY *** Hardware: Thinkpad T14s Gen 3 AMD (Ryzen Pro 6850u) OS: Archlinux Kernel: Linux KDE Plasma, Wayland Latest stable updates installed *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Set task bar to "Task Manager" 2. Set it to be translucent or adaptive 3. Enable "Blur" in settings -> Desktop effects (initially the checkbox had "..." instead of a checkmark) 4. The taskbar will never be transparent, no matter what settings I choose in "blur" OBSERVED RESULT See screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/PyS7A5X.png sudo lspci -k | grep -A 3 -E "(VGA|3D)": pcilib: Error reading /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:08.3/label: Operation not permitted 33:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] (rev d1) Subsystem: Lenovo Device 50b4 Kernel driver in use: amdgpu Kernel modules: amdgpu EXPECTED RESULT Taskbar should become transparent SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I have the same settings on another laptop where everything works fine (Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 1).
The panel has no shadow either. I wonder if desktop effects are not working or something. Do you also see no transparency or no blur in the background of panel pop-ups? If yo hit Meta+D to show the desktop, does it animate?
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > The panel has no shadow either. I wonder if desktop effects are not working > or something. Do you also see no transparency or no blur in the background > of panel pop-ups? If yo hit Meta+D to show the desktop, does it animate? Panel pop ups have no transparency. Meta+D shows the desktop. Minimizing / Moving windows shows transparency. I made a video to show it: https://files.bestmail.ws/Arch/KDE_Transparency.mkv
Have you changed any settings in System Settings > Workspace Behavior > Desktop Effects? The "Highlight changed settings" feature in System Settings will tell you.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > Have you changed any settings in System Settings > Workspace Behavior > > Desktop Effects? The "Highlight changed settings" feature in System Settings > will tell you. The things that are highlighted there: Accessibility: - Zoom (unchecked) Appearance: - Background Contrast (checked) - Blur (checked) with default settings - Sheet (checked) - Translucency (checked) with default settings - Squad (unchecked) Focus: - Dim Screen for Administrator Mode (checked) Peak at Desktop Animation: - Eye on Screen (checked) - Window Aperture (unchecked) Virtual Desktop Switching Animation: - Slide (unchecked) Window Management: - Desktop Grid (unchecked) - Present Windows (unchecked) All other options are not highlighted.(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > Have you changed any settings in System Settings > Workspace Behavior > > Desktop Effects? The "Highlight changed settings" feature in System Settings > will tell you. (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > Have you changed any settings in System Settings > Workspace Behavior > > Desktop Effects? The "Highlight changed settings" feature in System Settings > will tell you. The things that are highlighted there: Accessibility: - Zoom (unchecked) Appearance: - Background Contrast (checked) - Blur (checked) with default settings - Sheet (checked) - Translucency (checked) with default settings - Squad (unchecked) Focus: - Dim Screen for Administrator Mode (checked) Peak at Desktop Animation: - Eye on Screen (checked) - Window Aperture (unchecked) Virtual Desktop Switching Animation: - Slide (unchecked) Window Management: - Desktop Grid (unchecked) - Present Windows (unchecked) All other options are not highlighted.
Btw, out of the whole "plasma" and "plasma-meta" group/package I do not have the following packages installed. Basically because I installed plasma-desktop and then added the additional components I required. List of not installed packages from plasma / plasma-meta: extra/archlinux-appstream-data 20230220-1 18,98 MiB 18,11 MiB extra/bubblewrap 0.8.0-1 0,08 MiB 0,04 MiB extra/flatpak 1:1.15.4-1 6,89 MiB 1,76 MiB extra/gdb 13.1-2 10,91 MiB 4,31 MiB extra/gdb-common 13.1-2 0,92 MiB 0,08 MiB extra/libmalcontent 0.11.1-1 0,20 MiB 0,04 MiB extra/libsoup 2.74.3-1 2,66 MiB 0,45 MiB extra/ostree 2023.2-1 4,36 MiB 0,78 MiB community/plymouth 22.02.122-7 1,88 MiB 0,97 MiB community/python-psutil 5.9.4-1 2,11 MiB 0,36 MiB extra/qt5-webview 5.15.8-1 0,21 MiB 0,05 MiB extra/source-highlight 3.1.9-10 3,18 MiB 0,66 MiB extra/xdg-dbus-proxy 0.1.4-1 0,05 MiB 0,02 MiB extra/breeze-plymouth 5.27.3-1 0,16 MiB 0,09 MiB extra/discover 5.27.3-1 4,72 MiB 1,00 MiB extra/drkonqi 5.27.3-1 2,79 MiB 0,54 MiB extra/flatpak-kcm 5.27.3-1 0,24 MiB 0,07 MiB extra/ksshaskpass 5.27.3-1 0,10 MiB 0,03 MiB extra/kwrited 5.27.3-1 0,05 MiB 0,02 MiB extra/oxygen 5.27.3-1 17,74 MiB 2,91 MiB extra/plasma-sdk 5.27.3-1 1,92 MiB 0,44 MiB extra/plymouth-kcm 5.27.3-3 0,27 MiB 0,07 MiB extra/plasma-browser-integration 5.27.3-1 0,41 MiB 0,12 MiB extra/plasma-vault 5.27.3-1 1,33 MiB 0,30 MiB extra/plasma-welcome 5.27.3-1 1,24 MiB 0,78 MiB extra/plasma-workspace-wallpapers 5.27.3-1 90,73 MiB 89,66 MiB community/python-psutil 5.9.4-1 2,11 MiB 0,36 MiB extra/plasma-meta 5.27-3 0,00 MiB 0,01 MiB Plasma group: https://archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/plasma/ Plasma-meta package: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/plasma-meta/ But I don't think any of those packages are related to the transparency?
Update: I just installed the newest version 5.27.4 but still have the same issue.
Not sure if this helps but: My taskbar windows have little preview thumbnails when hovering over them with the mouse cursor. As soon as the task bar windows "stack" (as in, too many windows in the taskbar so it starts stacking windows of the same group) the preview thumbnail will not work anymore and just be a "gray bar" without any content.
.. or not.. the thumbnails now work fine again when stacking. Must have been a different issue.
Bump.. still not working. Is there any other place I should ask for help?
Are you using Breeze? Can you include a recording where you switch wallpapers whilst in adaptive mode, and where you switch between adaptive, transparent and opaque?
(In reply to veggero from comment #10) > Are you using Breeze? > > Can you include a recording where you switch wallpapers whilst in adaptive > mode, and where you switch between adaptive, transparent and opaque? I am on breeze twilight. Here is the requested video: https://files.bestmail.ws/Arch/KDE_2.mkv Anything else I should record?
(In reply to etfaker from comment #11) > (In reply to veggero from comment #10) > > Are you using Breeze? > > > > Can you include a recording where you switch wallpapers whilst in adaptive > > mode, and where you switch between adaptive, transparent and opaque? > > I am on breeze twilight. > Here is the requested video: https://files.bestmail.ws/Arch/KDE_2.mkv > Anything else I should record? Erm, it looks like the transparency is working as intended! It's a subtle effect, but you can see the colors of the panel changing depending on the wallpaper. If you'd prefer to see more of the wallpaper you can either try to tone down the blur radius in settings, or switch to a more transparent theme.
(In reply to veggero from comment #12) > (In reply to etfaker from comment #11) > > (In reply to veggero from comment #10) > > > Are you using Breeze? > > > > > > Can you include a recording where you switch wallpapers whilst in adaptive > > > mode, and where you switch between adaptive, transparent and opaque? > > > > I am on breeze twilight. > > Here is the requested video: https://files.bestmail.ws/Arch/KDE_2.mkv > > Anything else I should record? > > Erm, it looks like the transparency is working as intended! It's a subtle > effect, but you can see the colors of the panel changing depending on the > wallpaper. > > If you'd prefer to see more of the wallpaper you can either try to tone down > the blur radius in settings, or switch to a more transparent theme. With "Adaptive" the taskbar should become transparent when all windows are minimized (so the desktop is present) and become less transparent when a windows is open. In the transparent mode I should see a bit of my desktop wallpaper but in my video it only shows a different kind of grey color than compared to the non-transparent mode. Could you point me to where exactly I can change the blur radius? How ever, I believe I already tried bumping all "transparency settings" to maximum :P
The "different shade of gray" is because your wallpaper is gray; the blur is very strong, so you only really see the average color, which is gray. And it's quite subtle, so it ends up being "just a different shade of gray". This is by design! We didn't want to overdo transparency. To lower down the blur radius, go into System Settings > Workspace Behaviour > Desktop Effects > Blur > Settings icon. Tone down the strength.
(In reply to veggero from comment #14) > The "different shade of gray" is because your wallpaper is gray; the blur is > very strong, so you only really see the average color, which is gray. And > it's quite subtle, so it ends up being "just a different shade of gray". > This is by design! We didn't want to overdo transparency. > > To lower down the blur radius, go into System Settings > Workspace Behaviour > > Desktop Effects > Blur > Settings icon. Tone down the strength. Maybe we are getting closer to the issue. Setting both slides in blue settings to the lowest doesn't do anything at all to the taskbar (tested this with the taskbar in translucent mode). Putting the sliders to the maximum doesn't change anything again. So it looks like that setting is getting ignored completely?
As far as I also can tell, there is no issue here; your screen recording shows everything working correctly.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #16) > As far as I also can tell, there is no issue here; your screen recording > shows everything working correctly. That is interesting because on my second laptop I can get the taskbar transparent enough to actually see the wallpaper (but blurred) through the taskbar.