Re: master 1555453694: Implement `alpha-background' on non-Cairo builds

[Stephen Berman]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:21:52 +0800 Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> I just tried alpha-background and noticed a couple of seeming
>> inconsistencies: the text area displays the set amount of opacity
>> regardless of whether the frame is in focus or not
>
> That's also intended behaviour.

Yes, that's what I thought and it makes sense.

>> but while the tool bar remains completely opaque in both case, the
>> menu bar is completely opaque when the frame is not in focus but
>> completely transparent (regardless of the setting of alpha-background)
>> when the frame is in focus (see attached images).  Are these
>> differences expected?
>
> Yes, it's a well known bug in GTK+.

Just the difference with the menu bar or also the lack of transparency
in the tool bar?

>                                      I plan to install a workaround in
> the next day or two.

Thanks.

Steve Berman