diff --git a/de/home/.config/sway/config.d/layout b/de/home/.config/sway/config.d/layout
index c7bdef1..3c7ee87 100644
--- a/de/home/.config/sway/config.d/layout
+++ b/de/home/.config/sway/config.d/layout
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ shadow_inactive_color $color055
 shadow_blur_radius 6
 corner_radius 8
 #default_dim_inactive 0.25
-set $alphamark "α"
-for_window [con_mark=$alphamark] opacity set $trans
-bindsym $mod+Control+a mark --toggle "$alphamark" ; [con_id=__focused__] opacity set 1 ;[con_mark=$alphamark con_id=__focused__] opacity set $trans
+#set $trans 0.8
+#set $alphamark "α"
+#for_window [con_mark=$alphamark] opacity set $trans
+#bindsym $mod+Control+a mark --toggle "$alphamark" ; [con_id=__focused__] opacity set 1 ;[con_mark=$alphamark con_id=__focused__] opacity set $trans
diff --git a/de/home/.config/sway/scripts/inactive-windows-transparency.py b/de/home/.config/sway/scripts/inactive-windows-transparency.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9d91ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/de/home/.config/sway/scripts/inactive-windows-transparency.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# This script requires i3ipc-python package (install it from a system package manager
+# or pip).
+# It makes inactive windows transparent. Use `transparency_val` variable to control
+# transparency strength in range of 0…1 or use the command line argument -o.
+
+import argparse
+import signal
+import sys
+from functools import partial
+
+import i3ipc
+
+
+def on_window(args, ipc, event):
+    global focused_set
+
+    # To get the workspace for a container, we need to have received its
+    # parents, so fetch the whole tree
+    tree = ipc.get_tree()
+
+    focused = tree.find_focused()
+    if focused is None:
+        return
+
+    focused_workspace = focused.workspace()
+
+    focused.command("opacity " + args.focused)
+    focused_set.add(focused.id)
+
+    to_remove = set()
+    for window_id in focused_set:
+        if window_id == focused.id:
+            continue
+        window = tree.find_by_id(window_id)
+        if window is None:
+            to_remove.add(window_id)
+        elif args.global_focus or window.workspace() == focused_workspace:
+            window.command("opacity " + args.opacity)
+            to_remove.add(window_id)
+
+    focused_set -= to_remove
+
+def remove_opacity(ipc, focused_opacity):
+    for workspace in ipc.get_tree().workspaces():
+        for w in workspace:
+            w.command("opacity " + focused_opacity)
+    ipc.main_quit()
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="This script allows you to set the transparency of unfocused windows in sway."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--opacity",
+        "-o",
+        type=str,
+        default="0.80",
+        help="set inactive opacity value in range 0...1",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--focused",
+        "-f",
+        type=str,
+        default="1.0",
+        help="set focused opacity value in range 0...1",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--global-focus",
+        "-g",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="only have one opaque window across all workspaces",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    ipc = i3ipc.Connection()
+    focused_set = set()
+
+    for window in ipc.get_tree():
+        if window.focused:
+            focused_set.add(window.id)
+            window.command("opacity " + args.focused)
+        else:
+            window.command("opacity " + args.opacity)
+    for sig in [signal.SIGINT, signal.SIGTERM]:
+        signal.signal(sig, lambda signal, frame: remove_opacity(ipc, args.focused))
+    ipc.on("window", partial(on_window, args))
+    ipc.main()