Opacity

[slavaGanzin]

Hello Sven, thanks for this project.

It would be great to have an opacity argument to get something like windows' cursor highlight mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLFfz2ZS1Js

Like:

highlight-pointer --show-cursor --radius 50 --released-color '#ffcc00' --pressed-color '#ff0000' --opactity 0.5

Or maybe to use rgba colors in pressed/released-color argument.

I found this:
https://gist.github.com/ericek111/774a1661be69387de846f5f5a5977a46#file-xoverlay-cpp-L112

But I'm not good with X11 and C to port this from C++.

So, do you see this as a feature?

Thanks.

[swillner]

Hey Slava,

That would definitely be a great feature. I am not sure, if it's feasible with basic X11 (as it requires the window itself to be transparent rather than a shape drawn into the window). I will look into the _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY, which seems to be supported by major window managers.

Thanks for the idea!

[lpanebr]

I would also love that! Great app!

[gnomiik]

This would be great to have and looking forward to it!