Merge pull request #772 from contour-terminal/feature/blur-behind-gnome-shell

christianparpart · web-flow · commit 797da8f3959d · 2022-08-06T20:12:23.000+02:00
Adds support for blur-behind window on GNOME shell.
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - [Linux] Changes the .desktop file name and icon file name to conform to the flatpak recommendations.
 - [Linux] Provide an AppStream XML file.
 - [Linux] Drop KDE/KWin dependency on the binary by implementing enabling blur-behind background manually.
+- [Linux] Adds support for blur-behind window on GNOME shell (Please read https://github.com/aunetx/blur-my-shell/issues/300 for further details if in trouble).
 - Internal: Y-axis inverted to match GUI coordinate systems where (0, 0) is top left rather than bottom left.
 - Fixes logging file toggle.
 
diff --git a/src/contour/BlurBehind.cpp b/src/contour/BlurBehind.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ void setEnabled(QWindow* window, bool enable, QRegion region)
         window->setProperty("kwin_background_contrast", 1);
         window->setProperty("kwin_background_intensity", 1);
         window->setProperty("kwin_background_saturation", 1);
+        window->setProperty("_MUTTER_HINTS", "blur-provider=sigma:60,brightness:0.9");
     }
     else
     {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ void setEnabled(QWindow* window, bool enable, QRegion region)
         window->setProperty("kwin_background_contrast", {});
         window->setProperty("kwin_background_intensity", {});
         window->setProperty("kwin_background_saturation", {});
+        window->setProperty("_MUTTER_HINTS", {});
     }
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
     // Awesome hack with the noteworty links:

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ void setEnabled(QWindow* window, bool enable, QRegion region)`
`39`	`39`	`window->setProperty("kwin_background_contrast", 1);`
`40`	`40`	`window->setProperty("kwin_background_intensity", 1);`
`41`	`41`	`window->setProperty("kwin_background_saturation", 1);`
	`42`	`+ window->setProperty("_MUTTER_HINTS", "blur-provider=sigma:60,brightness:0.9");`
`42`	`43`	`}`
`43`	`44`	`else`
`44`	`45`	`{`
`@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ void setEnabled(QWindow* window, bool enable, QRegion region)`
`47`	`48`	`window->setProperty("kwin_background_contrast", {});`
`48`	`49`	`window->setProperty("kwin_background_intensity", {});`
`49`	`50`	`window->setProperty("kwin_background_saturation", {});`
	`51`	`+ window->setProperty("_MUTTER_HINTS", {});`
`50`	`52`	`}`
`51`	`53`	`#elif defined(_WIN32)`
`52`	`54`	`// Awesome hack with the noteworty links:`