#!/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 i3ipc import signal import sys from functools import partial def on_window_focus(inactive_opacity, ipc, event): global prev_focused global prev_workspace focused_workspace = ipc.get_tree().find_focused() if focused_workspace == None: return focused = event.container workspace = focused_workspace.workspace().num if focused.id != prev_focused.id: # https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/2859 focused.command("opacity 1") if workspace == prev_workspace: prev_focused.command("opacity " + inactive_opacity) prev_focused = focused prev_workspace = workspace def remove_opacity(ipc): for workspace in ipc.get_tree().workspaces(): for w in workspace: w.command("opacity 1") ipc.main_quit() sys.exit(0) if __name__ == "__main__": transparency_val = "0.80" 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=transparency_val, help="set opacity value in range 0...1", ) args = parser.parse_args() ipc = i3ipc.Connection() prev_focused = None prev_workspace = ipc.get_tree().find_focused().workspace().num for window in ipc.get_tree(): if window.focused: prev_focused = window else: window.command("opacity " + args.opacity) for sig in [signal.SIGINT, signal.SIGTERM]: signal.signal(sig, lambda signal, frame: remove_opacity(ipc)) ipc.on("window::focus", partial(on_window_focus, args.opacity)) ipc.main()