Making the panel transparent in 2.10

[Chris]

Adam Weinberger wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> 
>> Adam Weinberger wrote:
>>
>>> Chris wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is this possible? I mean, the whole panel in Gnome 2.10?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Explain a bit more plz. Do you mean that you want all the applets
>>> transparent as well?
>>>
>>> You know, the best way to get a completely transparent panel is to
>>> delete it.
>>>
>>> # Adam
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> While it's true that would be one way to do it, but I sorta like the
>> panel up there. In answer to your question, yes - the whole thing. As it
>> is, you can set the transpearancy, but it does not do the complete
>> panel. Only parts of it. IE: Where it's labeled Applications Places
>> Desktop
> 
> 
> When a panel is set to be transparent, it passes a signal in that regard
> to all the applets in that panel. If an applet recognizes and has
> support for transparency, it will set itself to be transparent. The menu
> portion of the panel has not been built with transparency support, and I
> sincerely doubt it will be. It is designed to stand out against a
> background.
> 
> # Adam
> 
> 

Thanks for the explanation Adam. Just today I moved from KDE to Gnome.
So far, without any regrets.

So - please don't mind if I ask several basic and silly questions.

-- 
Best regards,
Chris

In order for something to become clean, something
else must become dirty.
... but you can get everything dirty without getting
anything clean.