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john
john

Reputation: 888

How to create a rounded window in Ubuntu?

How to create a rounded window in Ubuntu? Lang: C++

For example like the tipper plugin from Miranda.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2318

Answers (2)

ephemient
ephemient

Reputation: 204994

If you don't care about jagged edges (no anti-aliasing), you can just use the XShape (aka "X11 Nonrectangular Window Shape") extension: this lets you define a "mask" that cuts down the area of your window. Anything outside of this mask, even if it falls within the rectangular area of your window, is see-through and pass-through to the windows below.

If you have a compositing window manager running (xcompmgr, Compiz, etc.) you can additionally create your window as 32-bit ARGB, and use the alpha to blend the edges away. (To avoid confusion, this should be done together with XShape.)

Upvotes: 1

LiraNuna
LiraNuna

Reputation: 67292

Use cairo and OpenGL to create a transparent window.

Upvotes: 0

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