Awesome
Force Blur
A KWin script to force-enable KWin Blur effect on user-specified windows.
This is more useful than shell script hacks, because KWin script receives event notification and window info from KWin. This can also fix tray-based apps, which loses blur hints when restored from system tray.
System Requirement
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Operating System:
- (K)Ubuntu 18.10 or newer
- Fedora 29 or newer
- Arch Linux - kwin 5.14 or newer
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Make sure you're using "Blur" desktop effect, which can be enabled through System Settings.
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This script internally calls
xprop
command, which would be already installed on your system. -
X11 display server (the script does not support wayland applications)
How to Use
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Install the script.
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Run the following in terminal, to enable script configuration:
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/kservices5/ cp ~/.local/share/kwin/scripts/forceblur/metadata.desktop ~/.local/share/kservices5/forceblur.desktop
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Open
Kwin Scripts
page inSystem Settings
. -
Enable
Force Blur
script by checking the checkbox next to it. -
Change script settings. Note that the script can only match with window classes.
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Click
OK
to enable the script. -
Whenever settings are changed, you must disable and re-enable the script.
(Uncheck ->Apply
-> Check ->Apply
)
GTK CSD Shadow
Some GTK applications render client-side shadows, which look ugly if blurred. To prevent this, you can enable "Blur only the content of window" option.
This works by updating the blur region info whenever a window is resized, so might have some performance impacts. Use with caution.
Authors
- Eon S. Jeon esjeon@hyunmu.am - main author
- Aaron Miller (https://github.com/aaronm-cloudtek) - blacklist mode