Gnome transparency settings

On 11/07/13 17:50, oralfloss wrote:
> So I spent about 20 minutes trying to find how to make the taskbar
> transparent when the answer was obvious the whole time (alt+right
> click the taskbar). However, it seems that it doesn't apply to the
> whole taskbar (see attached image).
>
> The taskbar icons, clock, and open windows still appear with the old
> look.

This might be a limitation with the theme. IIRC Ruben said that the
combination of GTK+ themes, Compiz and transparency didn't work (please
correct me if I'm wrong on this). It seems that the theme is designed to
only use a fixed colour for certain parts, although I imagine the theme
could potentially be modified to use the user-selected colour and
transparency settings instead.

(I have taken a quick look at themes in the past, so I have a basic idea
of how they work. I have only made minor modifications so I'm not an
expert on GTK+ themes.)

Andrew.

It may not be convenient for you, but you can easily modify xfce so that it looks quite similar to the default gnome3 classic of trisquel;
advantage: it supports transparency without problems and probably it uses less resources, but I'm not sure about that.

Yeah, Xfce is far easier to customize and better for that task, though be warned that there's a weird problem where the speakers will stay muted when the headphone jack is unplugged (you'll want to make it so you can see "Headphone" and "Speaker" volume controls in the mixer so you can correct it if it happens; they're invisible by default).

To get Xfce, install the packages "xfce4" and "xfce4-goodies", then the next time you log in, choose "Xfce Session" from the sessions list (instead of "GNOME Classic").