Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?
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Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?
Is it possible to adjust the transparencies of the dropdown and contextual menu panels in Mint 17 Cinnamon? I tried doing some stuff with Compiz but, it had no affect.
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RAM: 12 GiB, SSD: 250 GiB
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- austin.texas
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Re: Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?
That could be a complicated task. Some themes base the background of the menu on coding in the cinnamon.css file for the theme you are using. Other themes might have a graphic (label.svg) for the background.
Open the cinnamon.css file for your theme in your text editor. Go to the PopupMenu section -
This affects all panel pop-up menus, not just the main menu.
Open the cinnamon.css file for your theme in your text editor. Go to the PopupMenu section -
The 0.9 is what controls the transparency. 1 = no transparency, 0 = full transparency./* ===================================================================
* PopupMenu (popupMenu.js)
* ===================================================================*/
.popup-menu-boxpointer {
-arrow-border-radius: 8px;
-arrow-background-color: rgba(80,80,80,0.9);
This affects all panel pop-up menus, not just the main menu.
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Re: Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?
I notice you said it should affects "all panel pop-up menus, not just the main menu." That does indeed affect the Cinnamon theme Menu and panel dropdowns. What I'm mostly interested in are dropdowns in my browser or when I right click and a contextual menu shows up. I've added some pics to hopefully clarify.
Browser Menus:
Contextual Menus:
Browser Menus:
Contextual Menus:
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CPU: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz x2
RAM: 12 GiB, SSD: 250 GiB
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- austin.texas
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Re: Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?
When you want to edit those menus (gtk menus) you go from complicated to very complicated.
I believe that you have to edit your theme's /gtk-3.0/gtk.css and play with the shade settings (or create new ones), but I don't know exactly how to do it.
I believe that you have to edit your theme's /gtk-3.0/gtk.css and play with the shade settings (or create new ones), but I don't know exactly how to do it.
Mint 18.2 Cinnamon, Quad core AMD A8-3870 with Radeon HD Graphics 6550D, 8GB DDR3, Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
Linux Linx 2018
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Re: Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?
Ah, OK. I may try to mess with it later. There is this:
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/customiz ... using.html
But, it doesn't affect menu transparencies.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/customiz ... using.html
But, it doesn't affect menu transparencies.
Asus X550CA Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon
CPU: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz x2
RAM: 12 GiB, SSD: 250 GiB
http://www.vegetablesandwich.com/
CPU: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz x2
RAM: 12 GiB, SSD: 250 GiB
http://www.vegetablesandwich.com/