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picom-trans — Set the window opacity for the `picom` window compositor. More information: <https://github.com/yshu

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thecommandpicom-transcliopacitysetforwindow

Problem

How to use the picom-trans command: Set the window opacity for the picom window compositor. More information: <https://github.com/yshui/picom/blob/next/man/picom-trans.1.adoc>.

Solution

picom-trans — Set the window opacity for the picom window compositor. More information: <https://github.com/yshui/picom/blob/next/man/picom-trans.1.adoc>.

Set the currently focused window opacity to a specific percentage:

picom-trans {{[-c|--current]}} {{[-o|--opacity]}} {{percentage}}

Set the opacity of a window with a specific name:

picom-trans {{[-n|--name]}} {{Firefox}} {{[-o|--opacity]}} {{percentage}}

Set the opacity of a specific window selected via mouse cursor:

picom-trans {{[-s|--select]}} {{[-o|--opacity]}} {{percentage}}

Toggle the opacity of a specific window:

picom-trans {{[-n|--name]}} {{Firefox}} {{[-t|--toggle]}}

Code Snippets

Set the currently focused window opacity to a specific percentage

picom-trans {{[-c|--current]}} {{[-o|--opacity]}} {{percentage}}

Set the opacity of a window with a specific name

picom-trans {{[-n|--name]}} {{Firefox}} {{[-o|--opacity]}} {{percentage}}

Set the opacity of a specific window selected via mouse cursor

picom-trans {{[-s|--select]}} {{[-o|--opacity]}} {{percentage}}

Toggle the opacity of a specific window

picom-trans {{[-n|--name]}} {{Firefox}} {{[-t|--toggle]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/picom-trans

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