Urxvt transparency i3 compton yml Xresources URxvt. Then, you can add color transparency in: URxvt. The borders on urxvt are transparent, as are other parts of my setup such as polybar and rofi, so compton is not entirely broken. Edit your ~/. shading:20 ! Included this so you know how to make your foreground not match the color of your background URxvt. foreground: #1d1f21 And as you can see, those two things together work perfectly with feh on my home computer. Then, in ~/. conf: opacity-rule = ["85:class_g = 'Gnome-terminal'"]; (or whatever programs you want to make transparent – see this page) I put this in my i3conf If no composite manager is running, there is no transparency at all if you choose the real (composite) transparency. foreground: #eeeeee Aug 1, 2013 · In a nutshell: I've hit a bit of a brick wall trying to get urxvtc transparency to play nicely with i3wm. May 21, 2019 · You must have a composite manager like xcompgr or compton installed on your system. background: rgba:1111/1111/1111/dddd . I was able to make my console transparent but when I open a terminal and make it small so I can move it around, the transparent background is just updating slow and is not "real transparent" This is my ~/. config/i3/config file. shading: 50 URxvt. shading:20 I guess second option will work with URXVT terminal - but how can I set for a Apr 30, 2019 · in your ~/. foreground: #eeeeee. Xresources URxvt. picom) to get transparency. Xresources like this: URxvt. depth: 32 URxvt*background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/cccc You can configure native transparency for urxvt in your ~/. (more exactly, the contents of Xorg's root window) - A "real" transparency, using the composite manager currently running (xcompmgr, dcompmgr, compiz) Aug 14, 2019 · When I try and set transparent borders in my i3 config, borders on most apps appear as solid black. Shading is a value between 0 and 200 where 0 is completely black, 100 completely transparent and 200 completely white. For anyone who wants to try it: $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install compton Pu… Tutorial: Urxvt: transparency. Started with: opacity: 0. May 7, 2019 · I was browsing around some of the Linux customizations on Reddit and wanted to see how transparent terminals look on my desktop with i3. Use a compositor (e. Xresources you can configure URxvt to be transparent with something like: URxvt. May 21, 2019 · i am using Debian 9. Xdefaults file and add: - For real transparency (composite): urxvt*depth: 32 urxvt*background: rgba:0000/0000/0200/c800 - For fake transparency: urxvt*transparent: true urxvt*shading: 30. 9 stretch and have installed i3 and urxvt. Ignore the horrific May 7, 2019 · I was browsing around some of the Linux customizations on Reddit and wanted to see how transparent terminals look on my desktop with i3. 5 in . background: #d3d3d3 URxvt. i3/config exec urxvtd -q -o -f exec xcompmgr -n exec sh ~/. depth: 32 URxvt. blurRadius: 0 URxvt. Aug 29, 2023 · Hi, tried many things. config/compton. alacritty. g. It affects Nautilus, Firefox, Chrome, Spotify, VirtualBox, etc. Urxvt offers two types of transparency for its background: - A "fake" transparency, that copies the wallpaper to the background of the terminal. Aug 1, 2013 · . Does anyone has a solution ? URxvt. Xdefaults file. transparent: true URxvt. Basically, it works perfectly when launching terminals horizontally but not vertically as shown in the following screenshots: Aug 29, 2023 · enable transparency for the terminal emulator you use (look at its documentation). fehbg I'm relatively new to i3 and I'm beginning to run out of ideas on how to fix this or what I could be doing wrong so any help would be much appreciated. For anyone who wants to try it: $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install compton Put this in ~/. lca zdtu ywntu vlhsf auzbtl rjo dhmwvu pdqz hsa zmov