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Denys Séguret
Asked: 2012-05-05 00:37:21 +0800 CST

How to make terminator transparent?

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I'm using a standard installation of Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity and I'd like to make terminator transparent as we can easily do for the standard terminal.

Is that possible ?

terminator

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Right click anywhere in the terminator window and choose "Preferences", your desired option should be found under "Profiles"->Background":

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  2. Edit your config file in $HOME like this (i.e. vi) :

    vi $HOME/.config/terminator/config

    insert into [profiles] [[default]] the transparency settings: 

    background_darkness = 0.97 #(or anything else between 0-1)
background_type = transparent

    this works for me.

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  3. Right click on terminator screen

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    1. Click on Preferences
    2. Click on Profiles tab
    3. Under Profiles click on Background tab
    4. Check Transparent background
    5. Set the transparency (Optional)

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