Changing colours on window snapping resets transparency

There is going to be a change to the way window snapping works in Ubuntu 13.04 and perhaps it should be put into consideration. See also: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/new-icons-window-snap-animation-land-in-unity

I have this problem also. Is there any workaround that i could use right now so it get's normal again?

A workaround exists.You can execute

gsettings reset org.compiz.grid:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/grid/ outline-color
gsettings reset org.compiz.grid:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/grid/ fill-color

in a terminal to reset the settings to their default values.
We are currently rewriting the entire backend, and this has been fixed there.

Thanks

This bug also affects the recently added window resize color change feature.

I just wanted to echo comment 5 -- if a separate bug report should be filed, please indicate so here -- but I expect they probably stem from the same cause.

@jejbarr, yes please. Please file a new bug for this particular issue so we
can track it separately. Thanks again.

Thanks,
Barneedhar.

On 30 March 2013 01:40, jejbarr <email address hidden> wrote:

> I just wanted to echo comment 5 -- if a separate bug report should be
> filed, please indicate so here -- but I expect they probably stem from
> the same cause.
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> Title:
> Changing colours on window snapping resets transparency
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> Bug description:
> On Window Manager --> Window snapping there is a choice to change
> Outline color and Fill color. When someone changes that, transparency
> resets to no transparency.
>
> I changed the colors to test it on using the same colors. When I
> applied it I was left with the same colors but without any
> transparency.
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Window resize color and window snapping colors both show a transparent fill now. The updates will land in PPA in less than 24 hours.

@Barneedhar -- Apologies for not seeing your comment #7 until today. However, the issue I referenced is in fact fixed now with the most current PPA build. Thanks!

This bug was fixed in the package unity-tweak-tool - 0.0.4

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unity-tweak-tool (0.0.4) raring; urgency=medium

  [ Barneedhar Vigneshwar ]
  * New upstream release (LP: #1165141)
  * data/windowmanager.ui
    - Fix missing signal in the auto-raise switch (LP: #1160782)
  * UnityTweakTool/section/sphagetti/theme.py
    - Fix KeyError when fetching window themes (LP: #1146122)
  * UnityTweakTool/section/unity.py
    - Fix show-desktop switch (LP: #1156266)
    - Fix 'switch between workspace' switch (LP: #1156236)

  [ J Phani Mahesh ]
  * debian/source_unity-tweak-tool.py
    - Update Apport hook to file crash bugs against the package by default
  * setup.py
    - Install translated pot files
  * unity-tweak-tool
    - Fixed and renamed -r parameter to --reset-unity in the wrapper
  * UnityTweakTool/__init__.py
    - Prevent multiple instances using dbus
  * UnityTweakTool/elements/radio.py
    - Fix AssertionError in __init__() (LP: #1156201)
    - Fix AssertionError due to missing overlay-scrollbar package (LP: #1156337)
  * UnityTweakTool/section/sphagetti/compiz.py
    - Fix resetting transparency values (LP: #1099067)
  * UnityTweakTool/section/sphagetti/unity.py
    - Fix AttributeError in refresh(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_boolean' (LP: #1155331)

  [Sam Hewitt]
  * debian/control
    - Added dependency on python3-cairo (LP: #1156789)
  * UnityTweakTool/section/sphagetti/unity.py
    - Fixed unresponsive 'battery-life' switch (LP: #1129262)
 -- Barneedhar Vigneshwar <email address hidden> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:05:49 +0530