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Subject:    [kde] [Bug 362524] New: 16.04 launcher menu impossible to make 100% opaque
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Date:       2016-05-01 1:36:31
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362524

            Bug ID: 362524
           Summary: 16.04 launcher menu impossible to make 100% opaque
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Kubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs@kde.org
          Reporter: dcm-kdebugs@capital-ideas.com

When one clicks on the Kubuntu 'start' button at the lower left, a menu pops up
with the programs in it. This menu is semi-transparent and there does not
appear to be a way to make it 100% opaque. Under certain conditions, the items
behind this menu can make it hard to read, depending on combinations of the
colors, sizes and monitor capabilities. There is apparently no way to make this
menu 100% opaque short of changing the entire color scheme, and apparently none
of the supplied color schemes do this. Setting normal windows to 100% opaque
does not affect this particular window - it remains semi-transparent if if the
semi-transparent workspace feature is disabled. Googling this show other users
encountering the same issue.

Some possible fixes are: 
(a) follow the general workspace transparency settings - if transparency is
disabled for the workspace, disable it also for this menu. 
(b) Or change the default behavior to make it 100% opaque - if there is to be
any default, especially one that can't be easily adjusted, it should be one
that maximizes visibility - i.e. the default should be 100% opaque, not
partially opaque, 
(c) Or add a setting that is easily accessible in System Settings for
transparency for this menu.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. When one clicks on the Kubuntu 'start' button at the lower left, a menu pops
up with the programs in it. This menu is semi-transparent and there does not
appear to be a way to make it 100% opaque. 

Actual Results:  
This menu is semi-transparent and there does not appear to be a way to make it
100% opaque. Under certain conditions, the items behind this menu can make it
hard to read, depending on combinations of the colors, sizes and monitor
capabilities. There is apparently no way to make this menu 100% opaque short of
changing the entire color scheme, and apparently none of the supplied color
schemes do this. Setting normal windows to 100% opaque does not affect this
particular window - it remains semi-transparent if if the semi-transparent
workspace feature is disabled. Googling this show other users encountering the
same issue.

Expected Results:  
Expected results are for menus to be easy to read and the UI to have default
behavior that meets that objective. If there are fancy effects that detract
from visibility like making things partially visible (which means partially
invisible, or semi-transparent), they should be optional, not mandatory, and if
enabled as defaults (which isn't a great idea), they should be easily disabled.

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