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Komorebi-Fork / komorebi

A beautiful and customisable wallpaper manager for Linux
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[Feature Request] Application borderless window as desktop background #33

Open KSXGitHub opened 4 years ago

KSXGitHub commented 4 years ago

I sometimes want a semi-transparent system monitor (such as htop) on top of a background image as my desktop wallpaper. This feature would also greatly expand customisability too.

rsubtil commented 3 years ago

Hi, I assume you're requesting to be able to make an open application an "wallpaper", right?

I doubt this will be an easy feat to integrate. However, you might be able to use xwinwrap to accomplish just that.

KSXGitHub commented 3 years ago

I assume you're requesting to be able to make an open application an "wallpaper"

That is correct. However, the application window should appear semi-transparent, enable user to see through the background image behind.

you might be able to use xwinwrap to accomplish just that

Thanks for your guidance. I will try it.

KSXGitHub commented 3 years ago

@Ev1lbl0w I don't know how to use xwinwrap. I tried executing xwinwrap -fs -- alacritty -e htop but it opens 2 windows (one is all black, the other is htop on alacritty) and none of them is in background.

When I execute xwinwrap -fs -- alacritty -e bash -c 'echo $DISPLAY; read', it shows :0.

rsubtil commented 3 years ago

Sorry, but can't help you much, I never used this tool. Your best bet would be to open up a new issue there so they can help you achieve what you want.