https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:31:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/I want to be like this i.imgur.com/3kPdu.jpg Thank you!Thu, 02 May 2013 04:44:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?answer=1745#post-id-1745Use a compositor, I use compton personally.Sat, 04 May 2013 17:53:17 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?answer=1745#post-id-1745https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=4688#comment-4688I tried compton with option "-e" (targets transparency of titles and borders) but nothing happens. Could it be that compton "fails" to recognize those window elements in i3? Did anyone succeed this way?Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:23:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=4688#comment-4688https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=4924#comment-4924@Man From Mars I have lost interesting in any compositor, so I have not tried compton, you may ask others.Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:31:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=4924#comment-4924https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1758#comment-1758You can make borders transparent with a compositor, and menus and title bars and whole windows when they're focused unfocused.Tue, 07 May 2013 05:13:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1758#comment-1758https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1761#comment-1761A compositor is just the tool that allows you to make these EYE CANDY changes... it's not your window manager it's just a tool. github.com/chjj/comptonTue, 07 May 2013 17:38:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1761#comment-1761https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1760#comment-1760So it is a compositor windows manager, but I lost interesting in it at right. But thanks anyway.Tue, 07 May 2013 08:54:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1760#comment-1760https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1747#comment-1747I do not understand what are you saying. Dost compositor relate to it?Sun, 05 May 2013 02:34:27 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1747#comment-1747https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?answer=1743#post-id-1743i3 focusses on being maximally useful. While other tiling window managers might include wasting pixels in their development goals, i3 is not one of them. Thu, 02 May 2013 18:17:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?answer=1743#post-id-1743https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1749#comment-1749No, I am not. But this is not the first time the subject came up (mailing list, irc, bug tracker?). Sun, 05 May 2013 09:04:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1749#comment-1749https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1748#comment-1748Are you main developer of i3?Sun, 05 May 2013 02:34:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1741/how-to-make-the-border-transparent/?comment=1748#comment-1748