fluxbox menu transparency

bruor · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 239

i just installed fluxbox and wow im really impressed with it

but i cant seem to get any menu transparency workign i followed the instructions on the site and render shows up where tis supposed to.. im using themes that are included. using v 0.9.3 oh and gnome terminal transparency works fine

thanks in advance

eee · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 11:57 am Post subject: wheel mouse

Right click to bring up the fluxbox menu. In the Configuration sub-menu, there should be a Menu Alpha option at the bottom. Move the pointer over that, then use the wheel on your mouse (you've got one right?) to change the value. 255 is completely opaque. 0 is completely transparent.

BTW, the latest fluxbox is 0.9.4.

bruor · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 239

that was the first place i looked.... it doesnt change anything for me ...

is it that the transparency effect cant work with the nvidia binary drivers?
is anyone else using nvidia binarys and have this working ?

prolific · Apprentice Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 237

try restarting flux

Mnemia · Guru Joined: 17 May 2002 Posts: 476

Is your background set with Esetroot? And not xv? Transparency only works if you use a method to set the root window background that Fluxbox can understand. After all, it's not real transparency but "fake".

bruor · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 239

let me clarify a bit this is the first time i ever used flux...
i set one of the thermes it had and after running fluxbox-generate_menu all the styles disappeared....

so do i need to set the bg using fbsetbd or another util fluxbox can use ro should the default background from one of the styles be fine....

btw im using kde ATM and the xrender blend for menu transparency is working fine...

nsahoo · l33t Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 618

I have been trying to install fluxbox since yesterday .. but, compilation bombs with gcc 3.3 .. there is a known bug in at bugs.gentoo but, no one has gotten around to fix it.

MBeef · n00b Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 27

for setting your background to work in fluxbox with transparency you need Esetroot. it comes with Eterm.

Japheth · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 17 Location: Australia

Ok, Fluxbox is starting to get me mad... :evil:

I have Fluxbox, as well as a whole host of other things that really ought to get transparent menus happening... but nothing is getting it working!!!
For example, that alpha slider you mention in the settings submenu? Not even there!
Can someone please help me?

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Celtis · l33t Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 737

What version did you install? If you just did emerge fluxbox then you'll have the stable 0.1.14 version which doesn't support transparent menus.

If this is the case and you want to install the dev version (0.94) then read here on how to do it!

Japheth · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 17 Location: Australia

Thanks a bunch.
I don't have time now, but I'll go through this tomorrow and see how I go

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