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When something is "see-through", it is transparent - an effect commonly applied to desktop windows.

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How to make Terminal semi-transparent?

I am running Ubuntu 11.04 with gnome 2.3 and I would like my terminal window to be transparent. The problems is the transparent settings in my terminal just shows the desktop background and not the actual windows that are opened behind the terminal.…
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How can I make my windows transparent by doing Alt+Mouse Scroll?

Pressing and holding Alt + scrolling with the mouse wheel used to give me a transparent window, is there any way I can get that or something similar in Ubuntu 12.04?
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How do I change the transparency level of gnome-terminal?

I want to increase or decrease the transparency of gnome-terminal in Unity.
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How to make KDE Plasma taskbar panel transparent?

I am using KDE Plasma, Currently the taskbar panel is looking like Windows. Can we make it transparent ? If Yes, How ?
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Strange "ghost images" / transparency effect in full-screen videos

A strange problem manifested on my machine recently, and I'm really at a loss when trying to resolve it, as I don't even know how to google this. I was watching Netflix full-screen one fine day, on Firefox v64.0, on my Ubuntu 18.04.1 laptop. At…
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Can I change the Unity Launcher transparency?

Is it possible to change the background opacity of the Unity Launcher? I see you can change the panel opacity, but then the launcher clashes with the panel.
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How to set up transparent background in XFCE terminal?

I can't find the option to make the terminal background transparent :-( Any idea where can it be?
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How can I get transparent window borders / titlebars in GNOME Shell?

There are plenty of GNOME Shell themes with transparent panels, and I might want a transparent window border / titlebar theme to go with it. The closest thing I can think of is Emerald, but that only works with Compiz AFAIK and GNOME Shell only…
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How to change dash transparency?

Depending on the application that is running when I open the dash it is sometimes nearly impossible to read the icons due to the transparency of the dash background. Is there a way to change the transparency?
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How do I disable Dock and Panel transparency?

See the image below. The transparency is a bit much, and makes it difficult to see the Panel icons. How do I disable it? I'm using Ubuntu 17.10.
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Problem in background transparency on Terminal

I rebooted my computer and after some changes with Ubuntu Tweak on my window manager theme, etc., I came with this problem in my Terminal. Before the reboot, I could see the things behind the terminal perfectly, but now the transparency seems to be…
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How to remove transparency in KDE without disabling all desktop effects?

I don't understand the hype for transparency. From a usability standpoint I see no argument whatsoever that transparency should enhance your productivity or improve your workflow. Any element on top of another one is inevitabily more ditracting and…
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How to make windows transparent by default

Is it possible for windows to be transparent by default in Unity 7.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? I used the opacity tool in CompizConfig Settings Manager to set up a keyboard shortcut, but is there a way to have windows be transparent by default?
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Can I set up Nautilus to use transparent background?

I think it'd be nice if Nautilus windows could have semi-transparent backgrounds (same as Gnome terminal can) for files and places lists. Is it possible?
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Overlay translucent image on desktop / above all windows

I want a translucent PNG overlayed on top of my screen (above all windows). I'm using this to mark a visible region while streaming. So far I've figured out that qiv -transparent filename.png will add a mask to the window, but it's a boolean mask.…
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