Gnome shell 3.2 setups

**BigCityCat** · October 26th, 2011

Here is mine.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-21180749.png

**Copper Bezel** · October 26th, 2011

I'll bite: does anyone know if, and if so, how, GTK3 and Clutter can handle rgba or other transparency in menus? I've been playing with a LiveCD, and usability-wise, it's a step up from what I'm using now, but I really, really like transparent menus.

I don't mean the Shell menus, by the way, which are rgba-toting CSS objects - I mean specifically the application menus from right-click or the menu bar.

**23dornot23d** · October 26th, 2011

This one is with Clarity icons - I still seem to need need a few more .......

**cbowman57** · October 26th, 2011

Originally Posted by Copper Bezel

I'll bite: does anyone know if, and if so, how, GTK3 and Clutter can handle rgba or other transparency in menus? I've been playing with a LiveCD, and usability-wise, it's a step up from what I'm using now, but I really, really like transparent menus.

I don't mean the Shell menus, by the way, which are rgba-toting CSS objects - I mean specifically the application menus from right-click or the menu bar.

Can't say it with certainty but the gtk3 themes are nothing but .css files & widgets so if the shell can use transparency I think it would be possible to make the rest of the theme do it too.

This isn't a definitive answer, hopefully somebody that knows will chime in.

**cbowman57** · October 26th, 2011

Originally Posted by 23dornot23d

This one is with Clarity icons - I still seem to need need a few more .......

Looks good but I was hoping to show screenshots that actually provided the information people would find useful to emulate the look or discover an extension they were unaware of.

**23dornot23d** · October 26th, 2011

A ha ...... ok with you now ..... will go in search of new things ....

http://www.fpmurphy.com/gnome-shell-extensions/

Fedora ...

http://www.dnmouse.org/autoten/gnome...extension.html

**cbowman57** · October 26th, 2011

Originally Posted by 23dornot23d

A ha ...... ok with you now ..... will go in search of new things ....

Cool!

I don't think a lot of people know what the shell can do, wanted to show them some possibilities & how to set it up with gnome-tweak-tool (Advanced Settings). There are other desktop threads but they are more like beauty pageants & by the time you ask somebody how they achieved a particular look or function the screenshot is 5 pages back.

**Frogs Hair** · October 26th, 2011

Cheat Sheet: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet

**Copper Bezel** · October 27th, 2011

Originally Posted by cbowman57

Can't say it with certainty but the gtk3 themes are nothing but .css files & widgets so if the shell can use transparency I think it would be possible to make the rest of the theme do it too.

I think you're right about this. Specifically, menu objects seem to be the same stretched .png as ever, but with rgba support built in.

Too much fun stuff to play with. = )

Edit: Does anyone know why there's an "open" animation but not a "close" animation for windows? = /

**cbowman57** · October 27th, 2011

Originally Posted by Copper Bezel

I think you're right about this. Specifically, menu objects seem to be the same stretched .png as ever, but with rgba support built in.

Too much fun stuff to play with. = )

Edit: Does anyone know why there's an "open" animation but not a "close" animation for windows? = /

Most of this goes right over my head but you might be able to make sense of Finn Murphy's blog http://blog.fpmurphy.com/page/3 .He might cover that in some of his earlier entries.