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Omnimaxus

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Registered: 2024-12-02

Posts: 27

Requesting help with Picom and Thunar ...

Hi to everyone.  I did a quick cursory search for this before posting, and couldn't find anything.  So here goes: I have MX Linux XFCE installed, and am using all XFCE defaults (as far as the compositor goes).  But when I was using Picom before, it worked great with everything except for Thunar.  Let me explain real quick.  You see, when I had both fade-in and fade-out transitions enabled, that worked great with every application I had on my PC - again, except for Thunar.  The fade-in transition worked with Thunar, but the fade-out wouldn't happen at all with it.

What happened when I would close Thunar was that the window would disappear without a transition.  Is there any way to fix this?  I have done some research online (with the help of ChatGPT), and it seems like this happens only with Thunar because of a timing and/or compositing issue.  It's a bit frustrating because Picom does work great on XFCE except for with Thunar.  The fade-in works great; no problem.  But the fade-out is problematic.  It makes for an inconsistent UI experience.  Any advice?  Or is this something the XFCE team has to look into?

Thanks.

Last edited by Omnimaxus (2026-05-04 13:47:04)

gogogadget

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From: EU

Registered: 2023-03-19

Posts: 52

Re: Requesting help with Picom and Thunar ...

Hello,

But the fade-out is problematic.

It's not the fade-out, more like any animation you use for closing the window don't work, minimize is fine.
I wonder if Thunar working as server/client might be the cause.

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Omnimaxus

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Registered: 2024-12-02

Posts: 27

Re: Requesting help with Picom and Thunar ...

Hello,

But the fade-out is problematic.

It's not the fade-out, more like any animation you use for closing the window don't work, minimize is fine.
I wonder if Thunar working as server/client might be the cause.

You're right - the minimize button works on Thunar.  But the close button results in an abrupt closure.

Every other application closes with a fade-out.  Not Thunar.  This is a bit frustrating.  There's gotta be a fix.

Last edited by Omnimaxus (2026-05-06 18:11:20)