#!/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()