Show a wallpaper as a background for every window? (W11 Mica / Acrylic equivalent)
from TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 09 Jan 03:41
https://lemmy.world/post/24050032

I’m wondering if that’s possible with any desktop environment. Basically I want windows with translucent backgrounds with blurring like shown in this post; except that it always shows the wallpaper right behind the window, even if there are windows between it and the desktop. Normally with blurred background setups like that one, a window will blur the content of whatever windows are behind / beneath it.

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atzanteol@sh.itjust.works on 09 Jan 05:18 next collapse

That used to be how translucent terminals did it “back in the day” because it’s a lot cheaper to calculate…

It would be the terminal that does this, not a generic solution. I didn’t know if any specifically that does this though.

missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 09 Jan 09:13 collapse

SwayFX has this with the blur_xray option, though it’s a tiling wm.

LiveLM@lemmy.zip on 09 Jan 11:32 next collapse

I believe Hyprland also has this

tankplanker@lemmy.world on 09 Jan 14:54 collapse

Normal Sway can do translucent windows as well.

Per workspace wallpaper I do with multibg-sway. It uses the workspace title to set the wallpaper. So that means you can set the title dynamically it means I can change wallpaper dynamically per workspace as well.