In the Launcher it is possible to switch off the backlight of the icons.
How can I reach the same effect for the switcher icons? I would like to pass from this:
to this (colored with GIMP):
I think it would be easier to identify the selected icon.
You can replace the background image for the launchers with a transparent one. In a terminal, run the following (this is for Ubuntu 12.04, in 11.10 you'd change the path to say 4 instead of 5. For ubuntu 14.04 see the comments below):
Backup the original:
Edit the file:
In GIMP, press Ctrl+A to select everything. Then Del to remove it. Hit Shift+Ctrl+S to save it as a new picture to, e.g.,
/home/launcher_icon_back_150.png
, and finally press Ctrl+Q to quit.Move the new image to the right place:
Log out and back in.
If you want to go back, simply run:
and log out and back in again.
MyUnity's launcher tab has a backlights parameter to do what you wish.