[SOLVED] Unable to disable transpareny in xfce4-notes 1.8.1

ineuw · 2019-12-15 13:50:42

Below are the contents of my /home/ineuw/.config/xfce4 files. Whatever I tried, to get rid of the transparency, didn't work. What am I am doing wrong? Please help.

I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.2.

xfce4-notes.gtkrc

gtk_color_scheme = "notes_fg_color:#6acc639cee1d\nnotes_bg_color:#000000000000\nnotes_base_color:#6acc639cee1d\nnotes_text_color:#000000000000\nnotes_selected_bg_color:#2953268b5c24\nnotes_selected_fg_color:#6acc639cee1d"
include "/usr/share/xfce4-notes-plugin/gtk-2.0/notes.gtkrc"

xfce4-notes.rc

[Notes]
PosX=618
PosY=242
Width=807
Height=380
TabsOrder=Notes;Notes 2;Notes 3;Notes 4;
LastTab=1
Above=false
Sticky=true
Transparency=0
Visible=false

Last edited by ineuw (2020-09-11 20:12:55)

ToZ · 2019-12-15 15:11:18

Setting "Transparency=0" in xfce4-notes.rc should work. Make sure you restart the xfce4-notes program/process for it to take effect (or log out and back in again).

ineuw · 2019-12-16 02:25:51

ToZ, thanks for the reply, but nothing works. It is still transparent. Logged out and in, as well as rebooted. It's also interesting that it has no 'Quit' control, and the app hasn't been updated since 2015. It's a pity because I like it's simplicity. sad

ToZ · 2019-12-16 03:07:50

I'm not that familiar with Cinnamon. Does it have some functionality that makes windows transparent? Perhaps it is overriding the built-in feature.

MrEen · 2019-12-16 04:34:00

I think I know what might be wrong.

According to this bug report, the Transparency=0 setting works for xfce4-notes, but not for xfce4-notes-plugin.

ineuw, are you sure you installed xfce4-notes, and not xfce4-notes-plugin?

I've installed xfce4-notes and confirmed the xfce4-notes.rc fix does work on Mint Xfce 19.3. Just tested the plugin, and indeed the .rc file has no effect. I tried creating a xfce4-notes-plugin.rc file but that didn't work either.

ineuw · 2019-12-16 04:56:59

It definitely says 1.8.1 xfce4-notes on the 'About notes', but Preferences title says say 'Notes' and under it 'configure the plugin'.

ToZ · 2019-12-16 05:10:40

MrEen wrote:

According to this bug report, the Transparency=0 setting works for xfce4-notes, but not for xfce4-notes-plugin.

Interesting catch. It looks like if you add the plugin to the panel via the Add Items method, then the rc file that is used is the one located in the ~/.config/xfce4/panel directory. Setting Transparency=0 there will work then.

Note: you need to quit the panel (xfce4-panel -q), change the transparency value and then restart the panel. Or make the change when not logged in.

alcornoqui · 2019-12-16 13:21:45

To add just one thing, I use a dedicated keyboard shortcut to disable transparency temporarily per window. Just assign your desired key combination (in Settings > Keyboard > Application shortcuts) to this command:

xprop -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY_LOCKED 32c -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY_LOCKED 1

The mouse cursor will turn into a crosshair, and the next window you click on will become opaque for the time running. I use it mainly for video or paired windows situations.

(I gather that you'd prefer to make it permanent for the notes app, but that seems solved per ToZ's last post, I just thought it's an interesting related fact.)

Sources: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=9121 & https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=29984

ineuw · 2019-12-16 17:14:29

I really appreciate everyone's input but the posted info is unclear.

The first time 'xfce4-notes' was installed through the terminal, and checked Synaptic. Only the notes app was installed without the plugin. The "~/.config/xfce4" folder contained the two .rc files (listed in the first post) and .xml files. The transparency = 0 setting in the xfce4-notes.rc didn't work. So, I purged xfce4-notes completely, to start from the beginning.

This time I only installed the xfce4-notes-plugin, but this also installed xfce4-notes. Now, there is no "~/.config/xfce4/panel" folder and the "xfce4-notes.rc" (which has the transparency setting) doesn't exist. These are the current folders and and files.

ineuw@lm192dt:~/.config/xfce4$ ls -R -la

-rw-rw-r-- 1 ineuw ineuw 281 Dec 16 11:38 xfce4-notes.gtkrc
drwxr-xr-x 3 ineuw ineuw 4096 Dec 16 10:36 xfconf

./xfconf:
drwx------ 2 ineuw ineuw 4096 Dec 16 10:37 xfce-perchannel-xml

./xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml:
-rw-r--r-- 1 ineuw ineuw 404 Dec 16 10:37 xfce4-panel.xml

ineuw · 2019-12-20 06:42:38

Updating Linux Mint to 19.3 fixed the issue.

ineuw · 2020-09-11 20:11:31

This problem in Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.0 and resolved it by uninstalling xfce4-notes and the plugin, moved the $ ~/.config/xfce4 folder and reinstalled the app from the Software Manager without the plugin. Before opening the app, checked for the newly created xfce4 folder, and placed the xfce4-notes.rc file with content from above. When the note was opened, the transparency was gone.

The problem with 'xfce4-notes.rc' that at times the app creates this file, but long after installation.

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#1 2019-12-15 13:50:42

[SOLVED] Unable to disable transpareny in xfce4-notes 1.8.1

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