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Idea #19263: Transparent Windows (Windows 7) would be very useful!

Written by gw7714 the 16 Apr 09 at 21:11. Related project: Compiz. Status: New
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In Windows 7, if you hover over a minimized window in the bar, all windows but that one are made transparent.

This I think is one of the handiest WM features I have ever seen in any OS.
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Solution #1: Include this feature in the Window Manager
Written by gw7714 the 16 Apr 09 at 21:11.
It would be nice if this feature could be not too graphics intensive, just a fade to outlines, maybe a little cooler if you selected higher effects.
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Solution #2: Leave things as they are now
Written by vexorian the 12 May 09 at 16:35.
This is already possible by configuring compiz. Including it in the default would be extremely annoying, please don't do it.
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Solution #3: Enable the compiz setting by default for "Extra" mode
Written by Epistaxis the 13 May 09 at 19:00.
Compiz already does something similar called Opacify (except you mouse over the window itself, not its counterpart on the bar), but because it's not enabled by default, you have to install CompizConfig and find the right setting.

I agree this is a very useful feature, so let's enable it by default when Visual Effects are set to "Extra" in System->Preferences->Appearance.

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Darwin Survivor wrote on the 17 Apr 09 at 15:46
Isn't this already possible using compiz?

Dizzle7677 wrote on the 17 Apr 09 at 15:55
It's a setting in Compiz by using the settings-manager. Transparency the windows to your hearts content. :)

Haku wrote on the 17 Apr 09 at 16:36
The idea is little different than Opacity function in Compiz do. It's about hovering windows at the Gnome Panel, not hovering windows themselves, but it could be very easy implemented I think.

jeypeyy wrote on the 17 Apr 09 at 16:45
"This I think is one of the handiest WM features I have ever seen in any OS."

Uhm, have you ever used Ubuntu and compiz? xD

sanketmedhi wrote on the 22 Apr 09 at 11:52
This is already implemented. Compiz.


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