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jakfish

Member

Registered: 2019-12-23

Posts: 85

Make cpugraph-plugin Background Transparent

Running 32-bit MX Linux 23/xfce4-panel ver 4.14.1 on a Sony Vaio VGN-P588E, I'm able to generate--via ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css--transparent icon backgrounds for all my plug-ins (including genmons) except for the cpu-graph-plugin.

Though the cpu-graph background menu allows for user-chosen hex codes, I can't get it transparent. This is AI's most recent attempt, ignored by the plug-in:

XFCETaskWidget, cpugraph {
  background-color: transparent;
}

I've also tried:

#xfce4-cpugraph-plugin {
  background-color: transparent;
}

and a variety of others.

Any other edit suggestions? Thanks.

Last edited by jakfish (2026-06-29 21:32:42)

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 988

Re: Make cpugraph-plugin Background Transparent

I think version 4.14 used gtk2.0 so the css would not work.

I know on the 4.20 version you can just right click on  the plugin, select properties, background. Choose transparent.

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jakfish

Member

Registered: 2019-12-23

Posts: 85

Re: Make cpugraph-plugin Background Transparent

Ah. That would make sense. Any chance some kind of edit in ~/gtk-2.0/gtkrc might produce transparency?

(I know MX Linux 23 started using gtk3.0 as a default, but don't know if gtkrc can still be a factor)