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u9009

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[SOLVED] How to change window opacity by mouse wheel or shortcut ?

I tried some advice here (https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2228495),
but it doesn't work. I want window opacity be changed on mouse wheel or on shortcut pressed (like in KDE).

Last edited by u9009 (2018-05-08 22:42:42)

alcornoqui

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Re: [SOLVED] How to change window opacity by mouse wheel or shortcut ?

https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=11086

ToZ

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Re: [SOLVED] How to change window opacity by mouse wheel or shortcut ?

And if you're looking for a keyboard shortcut to toggle the transparency off and on, create a keyboard shortcut for the following command:

bash -c "[[ $(xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/frame_opacity) -gt 0 ]] && xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/frame_opacity -s 0 || xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/frame_opacity -s 100"

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alcornoqui

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Re: [SOLVED] How to change window opacity by mouse wheel or shortcut ?

Though I think it'd be cooler if we could make it with just one command/shortcut, making it a toggle... Try:

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/zoom_desktop -T

alcornoqui

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Re: [SOLVED] How to change window opacity by mouse wheel or shortcut ?

Oops, hi ToZ! Should've previewed

u9009

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Re: [SOLVED] How to change window opacity by mouse wheel or shortcut ?

Thanks Member, works great !
alcornoqui thanks, that works also.
Moderator - not what I meat, I wanted the whole window to be transparent, not just titlebar, anyway thanks for attention.

Last edited by u9009 (2018-05-08 21:45:55)

alcornoqui

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Re: [SOLVED] How to change window opacity by mouse wheel or shortcut ?

LOL

great!

ToZ

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Re: [SOLVED] How to change window opacity by mouse wheel or shortcut ?

Moderator - not what I meat, I wanted the whole window to be transparent, not just titlebar, anyway thanks for attention.

In that case, if you have access to transset-df (look in your distro's repositories) you can use this shortcut command:

transset-df -at 0.15

...the last number is a float to indicate the transparency level from 0.0 (transparent) to 1.0 (opaque) of the currently active window.

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KBar

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Re: [SOLVED] How to change window opacity by mouse wheel or shortcut ?

For anyone interested, Xfwm4 has a built-in property, which allows you to change window opacity on demand by scrolling a title bar horizontally.

It can be enabled via editing the themerc file of your current Xfwm4 theme, or by setting it in the Settings Editor. The property is horiz_scroll_opacity. Set it to true to enable it.

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