[SOLVED] how to make the terminal more or less transparent ?

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#1 Post by **calixtus06** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:08 pm

Hello, I'm french and I discover MX.

I've got XFCE desktop and sometimes I would like to see through the terminal to apply a command line .

Thanks

Nico

#2 Post by **masterpeace** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:19 pm

go to mx tools > tweak > compositor tab > compositor dropdown menu choose compton > apply

add compton to "session and startup" in application autostart from whisker menu

then you will have to set the opacity / transparency in the terminal's preference .

#3 Post by **manyroads** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:40 pm

Be aware different terminals may or may not allow transparency.

#4 Post by **ChrisUK** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:07 pm

You don't have to use Compton - Xfwm compositor works fine. Just right click the xfce terminal window and select Appearance tab... as below:

#5 Post by **manyroads** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:01 pm

ChrisUK wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:07 pm You don't have to use Compton - Xfwm compositor works fine. Just right click the xfce terminal window and select Appearance tab... as below:

Just to piggy back on Chris' comment, actually any compositor will do the trick even old timey ones like xcompmgr.

#6 Post by **calixtus06** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:13 pm

masterpeace wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:19 pm go to mx tools > tweak > compositor tab > compositor dropdown menu choose compton > apply

add compton to "session and startup" in application autostart from whisker menu

then you will have to set the opacity / transparency in the terminal's preference .

I can't translate "tweak" but I 've already the compositor dropdown

#7 Post by **handy** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:04 pm

Terminator has the option in Preferences > Profiles > Background

Not that I've ever used the option.

#8 Post by **calixtus06** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:10 am

It doesn't work . I've got a error message :

I imagine that my windows manager is conky ? How can I set it up to get my terminal transparent ?

#9 Post by **JayM** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:51 am

Run MX Tools/MX Tweak, enable the Compton compositor (it seems to have fewer issues than the Xfwm one) and click the big wide Apply button. Then right=click anywhere in the Xfce terminal, click Preferences, click the Appearance tab, and drag the Opacity slider to your desired setting. I can't say about Terminator as I don't use it, but that's how you do it for the standard Xfce terminal.

(BTW your window manager is Xfwm. Conky is the desktop clock thing.)

#10 Post by **calixtus06** » Fri Sep 20, 2019 5:06 am

it works !! thanks !! "tweak" means "refine" and that's why I didn't understand the messages upper

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