to Dust theme (/usr/share/themes/Dust/gtk-2.0/gtkrc) results in the same behavior - no transparency for widgets. The text in the panel configuration dialog specifically lets the user choose between a "design decision" ("use system theme"), custom picture and transparency. In fact, custom picture option is broken too - widgets still use their own background.
In fact, adding
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> bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = "panel-bg-dark.png"
to Dust theme (/usr/share/ themes/ Dust/gtk- 2.0/gtkrc) results in the same behavior - no transparency for widgets. The text in the panel configuration dialog specifically lets the user choose between a "design decision" ("use system theme"), custom picture and transparency. In fact, custom picture option is broken too - widgets still use their own background.