Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 15:02:03 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making the panel transparent in 2.10 Message-ID: <423C934B.1010002@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <423C91CC.10603@FreeBSD.org> References: <423C7585.9090702@makeworld.com> <423C769E.3060209@FreeBSD.org> <423C7741.7090408@makeworld.com> <423C91CC.10603@FreeBSD.org>
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Adam Weinberger wrote: > Chris wrote: > >> Adam Weinberger wrote: >> >>> Chris wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Is this possible? I mean, the whole panel in Gnome 2.10? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Explain a bit more plz. Do you mean that you want all the applets >>> transparent as well? >>> >>> You know, the best way to get a completely transparent panel is to >>> delete it. >>> >>> # Adam >>> >>> >> >> >> While it's true that would be one way to do it, but I sorta like the >> panel up there. In answer to your question, yes - the whole thing. As it >> is, you can set the transpearancy, but it does not do the complete >> panel. Only parts of it. IE: Where it's labeled Applications Places >> Desktop > > > When a panel is set to be transparent, it passes a signal in that regard > to all the applets in that panel. If an applet recognizes and has > support for transparency, it will set itself to be transparent. The menu > portion of the panel has not been built with transparency support, and I > sincerely doubt it will be. It is designed to stand out against a > background. > > # Adam > > Thanks for the explanation Adam. Just today I moved from KDE to Gnome. So far, without any regrets. So - please don't mind if I ask several basic and silly questions. -- Best regards, Chris In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty. ... but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.
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