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application panel not transparent #523

Closed dgoosens closed 3 years ago

dgoosens commented 3 years ago

Application panel is opaque, I expect it should be transparent as is the expose windows panel

Screenshot from 2021-07-03 02-08-19

Steps to reproduce:

  1. updated to Pop!_OS 21.04
  2. WIN + A to open Application Panel

Distribution:

Pop!_OS 21.04

Pop version:

Installed: 5.3.3~1621633256~21.04~c5f700d

jacobgkau commented 3 years ago

The opaque background is intentional, see https://github.com/pop-os/gtk-theme/commit/e747d6829a1154672324af21dbc551c0de8c9512.

During user testing, the white text underneath the icons was not legible enough over a blurred view of the desktop and open windows. (The default desktop background includes a large white logo, but even if we changed the text color, there's no telling what a custom desktop background or the windows open behind the menu will look like.)

dgoosens commented 3 years ago

Hi @jacobgkau

thanks for getting back at me and taking the time to explain...
I can understand the issue... Although it would have been nice to give the user the choice, don't you think ?

  1. Not everybody uses a white background... Even less plausible,if they select the dark theme (like I did)
  2. Personally, I barely ever look at the text in the App panel... 99% of the time, the app icon is sufficient to select the right application

Sadly, I don't think I'd be able to submit a PR for such a feature...
Any chance to convert this into a Feature Request ?

dGo

leviport commented 3 years ago

Although it would have been nice to give the user the choice, don't you think ?

There are plans to work on this in the future, so it's already on our radar.