I have at last got a stable version of Mint running but cannot find how to make the panel bar transparent. I have Googled a lot of sites and tried installing it in Extensions but no go.
Any advice really appreciated.
Transparency for the panel in Linux Mint 20.3
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Transparency for the panel in Linux Mint 20.3
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Re: Transparency for the panel in Linux Mint 20.3
Please enter the version of your Linux Mint and its Desktop Environment.
Re: Transparency for the panel in Linux Mint 20.3
Sorry, I should have said I have Linux Mint 20.3 (Una) running Cinnamon.
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Re: Transparency for the panel in Linux Mint 20.3
Easy in MATE and Xfce--not so easy in Cinnamon
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Re: Transparency for the panel in Linux Mint 20.3
Hello ICIT2LOL
I have a transparent Panel with a custom color on my Cinnamon, looks like this: I achieved this by editing the
So, for your theme you would choose the appropriate file. I opened it on the Terminal with
Around line number 450 there is this code:
The last number in
Save file, close, then Ctrl+Alt+Esc to restart Cinnamon to see the effects.
I have a transparent Panel with a custom color on my Cinnamon, looks like this: I achieved this by editing the
cinnamon.css
file of my current theme, which is Mint-Y-Dark-Purple
. The file is located at
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/usr/share/themes/Mint-Y-Dark-Purple/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
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sudo xed /usr/share/themes/Mint-Y-Dark-Purple/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
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.panel-top, .panel-bottom, .panel-left, .panel-right {
color: #ffffff;
border: none;
background-color: rgba(48, 48, 49, 0.99); <- YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS
font-size: 1em;
padding: 0px; }
background-color: rgba(48, 48, 49, 0.99)
controls the transparency. You can LOWER the value for a more transparent look. Don't remove/delete/modify the existing code directly, instead comment it out, and add your different version. For example I did this to get the transparent purple color:
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.panel-top, .panel-bottom, .panel-left, .panel-right {
color: #ffffff;
border: none;
/*
background-color: rgba(48, 48, 49, 0.99);
*/
background-color: rgba(50, 12, 66, 0.4);
font-size: 1em;
padding: 0px; }
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Re: Transparency for the panel in Linux Mint 20.3
Easy in Cinnamon
Menu > Extensions > Download Tab > Navigate to Transparent Panels > Hit Download Button > Manage tab > Navigate to Transparent Panels > Hit Add Button > Optionally hit configure icon next to the installed extension.
For custom Nemo actions, useful scripts for the Cinnamon desktop, and Cinnamox themes visit my Github pages.
Re: Transparency for the panel in Linux Mint 20.3
Note - transparent panels may not work with some themes.
Thinkcentre M720Q - LM21.3 cinnamon, 4 x T430 - LM21.3 cinnamon, Homebrew desktop i5-8400+GTX1080 Cinnamon 19.0