Emerald is a nice window decorator, and I am using it with Compiz.
However, I see no option in the Emerald settings to make decorations translucent (i.e. blurred backgrounds), only transparent (see-through).
It would be nice to have the content behind the decorations blurred, especially for titlebars, because otherwise, when the text overlaps, it often looks confusing. You can sort of work around this with different colours, but then again, translucency is so nice!
Does such an option exist? If so, how can it be set?
An option does exist in Compiz itself for blurring transparent parts of windows. To do this, you'll need to install compizconfig-settings-manager
. (sometimes known as
ccsm)Under Effects > Blur Windows, check the box for Enable Blur Windows, ensuring that the Alpha Blur section's checkbox is checked as well.