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gus_zernial
April 25th, 2015, 05:02 PM
Installed Kubuntu 15.04. Minor question about desktop icon/shortcut/widget. Default icon background is translucent/grey. How do I change icon background to transparent/none? Thx, Gus
Rog131
April 25th, 2015, 06:25 PM
1) Use a desktop theme with transparent background.
KDE System Settings > Workspace Theme > Desktop Theme
http://i.imgur.com/zpyRdvA.png
2) Create/edit the theme:
- https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma5
- https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/Theme
- https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma5/ThemeDetails
gus_zernial
April 25th, 2015, 08:28 PM
I couldn't find TrustyAir to install, so I installed NoRa, which seems to be transparent (?). Then ls in ~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/NoRa/widgets gives the below. Am I in the right directory? Which file do I edit?
actionbutton.svgz button.svgz identiconshapes.svgz picker.svgz
action-overlays.svg calendar.svgz identicontheme.svgz scrollbar.svgz
activities.svgz checkmarks.svgz krunner.svgz scrollwidget.svgz
analog_meter.svgz clock.svg labeltexture.svgz slider.svgz
arrows.svgz configuration-icons.svg lineedit.svgz systemtray.svg
background.svgz containment-controls.svg line.svgz tasks.svgz
bar_meter_horizontal.svgz dragger.svgz listitem.svgz timer.svgz
bar_meter_vertical.svgz extender-background.svgz luna.svgz toolbar.svgz
battery-oxygen.svgz extender-dragger.svgz media-delegate.svgz toolbox.svgz
branding.svgz eyes.svg notes.svg tooltip.svgz
busywidget.svgz frame.svgz pager.svgz translucentbackground.svgz
button4.svgz glowbar.svgz panel-background.svg viewitem.svgz
Rog131
April 26th, 2015, 10:56 AM
Earlier should be :
1) Use a desktop theme with transparent background.
2) Or create/edit the theme:
Plasma themes & parts are described: https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma5/ThemeDetails
Editing a theme - Using the Breeze theme as example.
Copying the Breeze from /usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/default/ to ~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/MyBreeze/.
http://i.imgur.com/rJkdb5n.png
Editing the metadata.desktop
Changes:
Name=MyBreeze
Name[x-test]=xxMyBreezexx
Editing the widget background - https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma5/ThemeDetails
Current Theme Elements
...Each theme is stored in a subdirectory with the following file structure
/widgets: generic desktop widget background...
/background.svg: a background image for plasmoids....
Opening the /widgets/background.svgz file in a svg editor (Inkscape)
http://i.imgur.com/tsWOnn1.png
Editing only the middle - this is only an example.
Saving.
Cleaning the cache: ~/.cache/... Removing the plasma-svgelements and the kcache files.
Changing the desktop theme to the MyBreeze.
The Widget background is transparent.
http://i.imgur.com/fNdgJnX.png
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