yshui
[feature request] Support `_KDE_NET_WM_BLUR_BEHIND_REGION` X property
This is definitely far from an ideal solution, but afaict it's the closest thing there is to a standard X property for blur?
Here is the xprop command that supposedly enables blur for a window:
xprop -f _KDE_NET_WM_BLUR_BEHIND_REGION 32c -set _KDE_NET_WM_BLUR_BEHIND_REGION 0 -id $wid
https://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Force_Transparency_And_Blur
why do we need it when we already have the blur-background-exclude option?
the idea is that applications can set this property (and pray that the DE/WM supports blur via this property)
feel free to close, of course. this is just something that'd be nice to have, not like it hinders usability or anything
the idea is that applications can set this property (and pray that the DE/WM supports blur via this property)
this is just something that'd be nice to have, not like it hinders usability or anything
i understand, afaik we have a similar thing for opacity. but it seems that no one uses this property except kde itself.
feel free to close, of course.
i'll leave this open for now to see if anyone else is interested in having this property supported (cc @yshui).
i understand, afaik we have a similar thing for opacity. but it seems that no one uses this property except kde itself.
What's interesting is that even in Qt source code there are some references to KDE. Very similar to OpenGL extensions on different GPUs.
https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbwindow.cpp?h=5.9#n1809
If you need this functionality, could try my fork (https://github.com/XoDefender/picom). There is support for _KDE_NET_WM_BLUR_BEHIND_REGION, _FLY_WM_BLUR_SIZE, _FLY_WM_BLUR_STRENGTH, _FLY_WM_BLUR_DEVIATION, _FLY_WM_BLUR_METHOD,
oh this is nifty. _KDE_NET_WM_BLUR_BEHIND_REGION actually allows you to blur only parts of a window. our blur code already supports using a mask internally, should be doable.
