Acrylic turns off when Window is Inactive #849

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opened 2026-01-30 22:06:24 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @ks-twillsie on GitHub (May 8, 2019).

Your Windows build number: 10.0.18890.1000

What you're doing and what's happening: Acrylic transparency is turned on in config and working when window is active. But as soon as the window becomes inactive the acrylic transparency turns off. Turns back on when window becomes active.

What's wrong / what should be happening instead: Acrylic transparency should likely remain on. Especially in multiple monitor instances, where the window may remain at the front of the stack used for monitoring. Transparency is typically used to show when something is inactive or disabled. So transparency on when active and transparency off when inactive is the opposite of what is expected.

Originally created by @ks-twillsie on GitHub (May 8, 2019). Your Windows build number: 10.0.18890.1000 What you're doing and what's happening: Acrylic transparency is turned on in config and working when window is active. But as soon as the window becomes inactive the acrylic transparency turns off. Turns back on when window becomes active. What's wrong / what should be happening instead: Acrylic transparency should likely remain on. Especially in multiple monitor instances, where the window may remain at the front of the stack used for monitoring. Transparency is typically used to show when something is inactive or disabled. So transparency on when active and transparency off when inactive is the opposite of what is expected.
claunia added the Resolution-ExternalNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-30 22:06:24 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#849