xfdesktop text translucency

[Oblio]

> > Hey all,
> >
> > So, I feel a little dumb.  I don't recall where the thread is, but some
> > people asked for "transparent text backgrounds" on the icon view.  I
> > (think I) totally misunderstood what people were asking for, and denied
> > the request.
> >
> > I thought people wanted the background totally removed, and some kind of
> > shadow/3D effect added to the text (to make sure the text is still
> > visible if the background image is similar in color to the gtk theme's
> > text color).  That's what "transparent" means to me, anyway.
> >
> > So, I'm guessing what people meant was that the background should be
> > semi-transparent, or translucent, or whatever.  The background is still
> > there, but you can sorta see the desktop wallpaper through it.  Which is
> > pretty cool, and easy to do without any performance impact (it's already
> > doing alpha-channel stuff for the rounded corners).
> >
> > Anyway, it's done.  The default is to be around 60% opaque.  In theory,
> > you can change it with a gtk style property.  Just add something like:
> >
> > style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
> >     XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 100
> > }
> > widget_class "*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"
> >
> > to your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file.  The allowable values are 0 (totally
> > transparent) to 255 (totally opaque).  At least, that should work, but
> > it doesn't.  If someone understands how style properties work better
> > than I do, please reply here and let me know the right way.


Great Brian. I can't speak for others, but that's just what I wanted.
This way Xfdesktop integrates perfectly with my GTK theme and my
wallpaper :)

Regards,
Oblio