Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?

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Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?

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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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Re: Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?

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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 -
/* ===================================================================
* PopupMenu (popupMenu.js)
* ===================================================================*/
.popup-menu-boxpointer {
-arrow-border-radius: 8px;
-arrow-background-color: rgba(80,80,80,0.9);
The 0.9 is what controls the transparency. 1 = no transparency, 0 = full transparency.
This affects all panel pop-up menus, not just the main menu.
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Re: Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?

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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:

Image

Contextual Menus:

Image
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Re: Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?

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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.
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Re: Dropdown/contextual menu transparencies?

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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.
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