commit 6e6476c3d5b84edee57b5afb452d202d2fc283a6 parent a41b77ef295326e94101da0c1d62832ab6a6ce7d Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 21:06:38 +0200 Merge pull request #2900 from Hi-Angel/master A script to make inactive windows transparent Diffstat:
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diff --git a/contrib/inactive-windows-transparency.py b/contrib/inactive-windows-transparency.py @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +#!/usr/bin/python + +# This script requires i3ipc-python package (install it from a system package manager +# or pip). +# It makes inactive windows transparent. Use `transparency_val` variable to control +# transparency strength in range of 0…1. + +import i3ipc + +transparency_val = '0.8'; +ipc = i3ipc.Connection() +prev_focused = None + +for window in ipc.get_tree(): + if window.focused: + prev_focused = window + else: + window.command('opacity ' + transparency_val) + +def on_window_focus(ipc, focused): + global prev_focused + if focused.container.id != prev_focused.id: # https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/2859 + focused.container.command('opacity 1') + prev_focused.command('opacity ' + transparency_val) + prev_focused = focused.container + +ipc.on("window::focus", on_window_focus) +ipc.main()