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luke (lukefromdc) wrote : Re: [Bug 1436553] Re: Transparent windows render black with Gtk3.16 and compiz

I was able to set it back to "new" as there is no "fix insufficient" status.

Even logging into Launchpad is a nuisance because they use the referrer header that I
normally block as an anti-tracking measure. It has to be changed for this and then changed
back.

On 4/11/2017 at 3:16 PM, "Alberts Muktupāvels" <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>luke, do you also have everything greyed out if you try changing
>bug
>status?
>
>That was not fix... While it fixes something it introduce new
>problems... So compiz must be tested with csd windows + theme that
>has
>good csd window support...
>
>So if you want this fixed, please help. Build compiz from my new
>branch
>and test it with theme that has good CSD window support and as
>minimum
>report plugins that are affected.
>
>To see problem, selected Adwaita and try to tile (try to vertically
>maximize on half screen, grid plugin) CSD window... You will see
>that
>there is "empty" space around window...
>
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>Title:
> Transparent windows render black with Gtk3.16 and compiz
>
>Status in Compiz:
> New
>Status in compiz package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
>Bug description:
> Running compiz_1%3a0.9.12.0+15.04.20150202-0ubuntu1 without
>unity (in
> mate compiled with gtk-3) and testing Gtk-3.16 I run into serious
> issues with failures to render certain Gtk Windows transparent.
> Hardware is AMD FX 8120 with radeon HD 6750 GPU.
>
> My theme sets popup windows used by menus transparent, and Gtk
> application windows with client side decoration (CSD) have
> transparency underlying the GtkHeaderBar. In the latter case
>this is
> what makes rounded corners possible. The transparent popup
>windows
> used with my theme to support menus resembling gnome-shell's
>widgets
> in my hacked Gtk3 version of mate-panel work fine with Gtk3.14
>but due
> to the window issue get black corners with compiz and Gtk-3.16.
> Windows drawn transparent with cairo still work, but windows set
> transparent by GTK usually do not,
>
> Changing the window manager to Mutter makes transparency work
> perfectly. In Gtk-3.14 transparency works in Metacity with
>compositing
> enabled, it does not with gtk-3.16.
>
> I am not sure whether this should be considered a compiz bug or
>a Gtk
> bug, but since transparency works fine in gnome-shell and mutter
>(as
> used by shell), I am not sure the GNOME team would consider this
>a bug
> they are willing to fix. If nobody fixes this any GNOME
>application
> that forces client side decoration (such as the gtk3-demo or gtk3
> -widget-factory) will be ugly in Ubuntu unless the client side
> decorations have square corners.
>
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