https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:03:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/How can I achieve transparency effect in Konsole (KDE terminal) or any other terminal emulator with i3? I know that it is possible because I've seen in on YouTube.Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:10:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/?comment=3163#comment-3163Solved. Check out #2 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117543Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:43:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/?comment=3163#comment-3163https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/?answer=4476#post-id-4476If you use `compton`, you can add the following line to your `compton` configuration file: opacity-rule = ["85:class_g = 'Termite'"]; Just replace `Termite` by whatever your terminal emulator is, and `85` by the percentage of opacity you want. Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:03:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/?answer=4476#post-id-4476https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/?answer=4472#post-id-4472to get a real transparency you can add to your .i3/config file the line: exec xcompmgr -c -f -n and install xcompmgr, it seems to be present on every package manager like apt, entropy, yum, portage, pacman/aur and so on.. (Terminator transparency don't work as a full transparency on i3 without some compositing manager, by the way)Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:30:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/?answer=4472#post-id-4472https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/?answer=3716#post-id-3716I use terminator, and transparency is in the preferences.Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:18:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3162/terminal-transparency-in-i3/?answer=3716#post-id-3716