transparent application background

[Gibbz]

Id love to be able to set a transparent or semi-transparent background on the app. It would be very handy feature for overlays and popup's.

[Decodetalkers]

https://github.com/waycrate/exwlshelleventloop/blob/master/iced_examples/counter/src/main.rs#L159-L165

emm but this one is for all the windows. but I think you can use the style of iced to set them transparent

[Gibbz]

This didn't work when I tried. I'll have another go and see.

[Gibbz]

so ive tried 2 different methods. neither work. when i use transparent i just get a black background. If i use the rgba i get a colored background. Neither are transparent.

    fn style(&self, theme: &Self::Theme) -> iced_layershell::Appearance {
        iced_layershell::Appearance {
            background_color: Color::TRANSPARENT,
            //background_color: Color::from_rgba(0.21, 0.23, 0.25, 0.5),
            text_color: theme.palette().text,
        }
    }

edit: tried running the counter demo, and the panel demo. neither are transparent. But its shown as transparent in the image....
https://github.com/waycrate/exwlshelleventloop/tree/master/iced_examples/bottom_panel

is this possibly a driver issue?

[Decodetalkers]

so ive tried 2 different methods. neither work. when i use transparent i just get a black background. If i use the rgba i get a colored background. Neither are transparent.

fn style(&self, theme: &Self::Theme) -> iced_layershell::Appearance {
    iced_layershell::Appearance {
        background_color: Color::TRANSPARENT,
        //background_color: Color::from_rgba(0.21, 0.23, 0.25, 0.5),
        text_color: theme.palette().text,
    }
}

edit: tried running the counter demo, and the panel demo. neither are transparent. But its shown as transparent in the image.... https://github.com/waycrate/exwlshelleventloop/tree/master/iced_examples/bottom_panel

is this possibly a driver issue?

I do not know.. it works on my sway.. what is your wm?