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1# Thank you code_nomad: http://9m.no/ꪯ鵞
2# and Arch Wiki contributors: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton
3
4#################################
5#
6# Backend
7#
8#################################
9
10# Backend to use: "xrender" or "glx".
11# GLX backend is typically much faster but depends on a sane driver.
12backend = "glx";
13
14#################################
15#
16# GLX backend
17#
18#################################
19
20glx-no-stencil = false;
21
22# GLX backend: Copy unmodified regions from front buffer instead of redrawing them all.
23# My tests with nvidia-drivers show a 10% decrease in performance when the whole screen is modified,
24# but a 20% increase when only 1/4 is.
25# My tests on nouveau show terrible slowdown.
26glx-copy-from-front = false;
27
28# GLX backend: Use MESA_copy_sub_buffer to do partial screen update.
29# My tests on nouveau shows a 200% performance boost when only 1/4 of the screen is updated.
30# May break VSync and is not available on some drivers.
31# Overrides --glx-copy-from-front.
32# glx-use-copysubbuffermesa = true;
33
34# GLX backend: Avoid rebinding pixmap on window damage.
35# Probably could improve performance on rapid window content changes, but is known to break things on some drivers (LLVMpipe).
36# Recommended if it works.
37# glx-no-rebind-pixmap = true;
38
39# GLX backend: GLX buffer swap method we assume.
40# Could be undefined (0), copy (1), exchange (2), 3-6, or buffer-age (-1).
41# undefined is the slowest and the safest, and the default value.
42# copy is fastest, but may fail on some drivers,
43# 2-6 are gradually slower but safer (6 is still faster than 0).
44# Usually, double buffer means 2, triple buffer means 3.
45# buffer-age means auto-detect using GLX_EXT_buffer_age, supported by some drivers.
46# Useless with --glx-use-copysubbuffermesa.
47# Partially breaks --resize-damage.
48# Defaults to undefined.
49#glx-swap-method = "undefined"; #deprecated !
50#use-damage = true
51
52#################################
53#
54# Shadows
55#
56#################################
57
58# Enabled client-side shadows on windows.
59shadow = false;
60# The blur radius for shadows. (default 12)
61shadow-radius = 5;
62# The left offset for shadows. (default -15)
63shadow-offset-x = 1;
64# The top offset for shadows. (default -15)
65shadow-offset-y = 1;
66# The translucency for shadows. (default .75)
67shadow-opacity = 0.3;
68
69# Set if you want different colour shadows
70# shadow-red = 0.0;
71# shadow-green = 0.0;
72# shadow-blue = 0.0;
73
74# The shadow exclude options are helpful if you have shadows enabled. Due to the way picom draws its shadows, certain applications will have visual glitches
75# (most applications are fine, only apps that do weird things with xshapes or argb are affected).
76# This list includes all the affected apps I found in my testing. The "! name~=''" part excludes shadows on any "Unknown" windows, this prevents a visual glitch with the XFWM alt tab switcher.
77shadow-exclude = [
78 "! name~=''",
79 "name = 'Notification'",
80 "name = 'Plank'",
81 "name = 'Docky'",
82 "name = 'Kupfer'",
83 "name = 'xfce4-notifyd'",
84 "name *= 'VLC'",
85 "name *= 'compton'",
86 "name *= 'picom'",
87 "name *= 'Chromium'",
88 "name *= 'Chrome'",
89 "name *= 'polybar'",
90 "name *= 'rofi'",
91 "name *= 'vulkan window'",
92 "name *= 'OpenGL example'",
93 "class_g = 'Firefox' && argb",
94 "class_g = 'Conky'",
95 "class_g = 'Kupfer'",
96 "class_g = 'Synapse'",
97 "class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'",
98 "class_g ?= 'Cairo-dock'",
99 "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-notifyd'",
100 "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-power-manager'",
101 "class_g ?= 'Dmenu'",
102 "class_g ?= 'Dunst'",
103# disables shadows on i3 frames
104 "class_g ?= 'i3-frame'",
105 "_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c",
106 "_NET_WM_STATE@:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"
107];
108# Avoid drawing shadow on all shaped windows (see also: --detect-rounded-corners)
109shadow-ignore-shaped = false;
110
111#################################
112#
113# Opacity
114#
115#################################
116
117inactive-opacity = 1;
118active-opacity = 1;
119frame-opacity = 1;
120inactive-opacity-override = false;
121
122opacity-rule = [
123 "90:class_g = 'URxvt' && focused",
124 "90:class_g = 'Alacritty' && focused",
125 "60:class_g = 'URxvt' && !focused",
126 "70:class_g = 'Alacritty' && !focused",
127 #"90:focused",
128 "100:class_g = 'Rofi'",
129 "70:!focused"
130];
131
132# Dim inactive windows. (0.0 - 1.0)
133# inactive-dim = 0.2;
134# Do not let dimness adjust based on window opacity.
135# inactive-dim-fixed = true;
136# Blur background of transparent windows. Bad performance with X Render backend. GLX backend is preferred.
137blur-background = true;
138# Blur background of opaque windows with transparent frames as well.
139# blur-background-frame = true;
140
141
142
143# Do not let blur radius adjust based on window opacity.
144blur-background-fixed = false;
145blur-background-exclude = [
146 "window_type = 'dock'",
147 "window_type = 'desktop'",
148 "class_g = 'Rofi'",
149 "name *= 'OpenGL example'",
150 "name *= 'Triangle'"
151];
152
153#################################
154#
155# Fading
156#
157#################################
158
159# Fade windows during opacity changes.
160fading = false;
161# The time between steps in a fade in milliseconds. (default 10).
162fade-delta = 1;
163# Opacity change between steps while fading in. (default 0.028).
164fade-in-step = 0.01;
165# Opacity change between steps while fading out. (default 0.03).
166fade-out-step = 0.01;
167# Fade windows in/out when opening/closing
168no-fading-openclose = true;
169
170# Specify a list of conditions of windows that should not be faded.
171fade-exclude = [ ];
172
173#################################
174#
175# Other
176#
177#################################
178
179# Try to detect WM windows and mark them as active.
180mark-wmwin-focused = true;
181# Mark all non-WM but override-redirect windows active (e.g. menus).
182mark-ovredir-focused = true;
183# Use EWMH _NET_WM_ACTIVE_WINDOW to determine which window is focused instead of using FocusIn/Out events.
184# Usually more reliable but depends on a EWMH-compliant WM.
185use-ewmh-active-win = true;
186# Detect rounded corners and treat them as rectangular when --shadow-ignore-shaped is on.
187detect-rounded-corners = true;
188
189# Detect _NET_WM_OPACITY on client windows, useful for window managers not passing _NET_WM_OPACITY of client windows to frame windows.
190# This prevents opacity being ignored for some apps.
191# For example without this enabled my xfce4-notifyd is 100% opacity no matter what.
192detect-client-opacity = true;
193
194# Specify refresh rate of the screen.
195# If not specified or 0, picom will try detecting this with X RandR extension.
196# DEPRECATED
197#refresh-rate = 0;
198
199# Vertical synchronization: match the refresh rate of the monitor
200vsync = false;
201
202# Enable DBE painting mode, intended to use with VSync to (hopefully) eliminate tearing.
203# Reported to have no effect, though.
204dbe = false;
205
206# Limit picom to repaint at most once every 1 / refresh_rate second to boost performance.
207# This should not be used with --vsync drm/opengl/opengl-oml as they essentially does --sw-opti's job already,
208# unless you wish to specify a lower refresh rate than the actual value.
209#sw-opti = true;
210
211# Unredirect all windows if a full-screen opaque window is detected, to maximize performance for full-screen windows, like games.
212# Known to cause flickering when redirecting/unredirecting windows.
213unredir-if-possible = true;
214
215# Specify a list of conditions of windows that should always be considered focused.
216focus-exclude = [ "class_g = 'Cairo-clock'" ];
217
218# Use WM_TRANSIENT_FOR to group windows, and consider windows in the same group focused at the same time.
219detect-transient = true;
220# Use WM_CLIENT_LEADER to group windows, and consider windows in the same group focused at the same time.
221# WM_TRANSIENT_FOR has higher priority if --detect-transient is enabled, too.
222detect-client-leader = true;
223
224#################################
225#
226# Window type settings
227#
228#################################
229
230wintypes :
231{
232 tooltip :
233 {
234 fade = true;
235 shadow = false;
236 opacity = 0.85;
237 focus = true;
238 };
239 fullscreen :
240 {
241 fade = true;
242 shadow = false;
243 opacity = 1;
244 focus = true;
245 };
246 notification :
247 {
248 };
249};
250
251######################
252#
253# XSync
254# See: https://github.com/yshui/picom/commit/b18d46bcbdc35a3b5620d817dd46fbc76485c20d
255#
256######################
257
258# Use X Sync fence to sync clients' draw calls. Needed on nvidia-drivers with GLX backend for some users.
259xrender-sync-fence = true;
260
261#opacity-rule = [
262#"99:name *?= 'Call'",
263#"99:class_g = 'Chromium'",
264#"99:name *?= 'Conky'",
265#"99:class_g = 'Darktable'",
266#"50:class_g = 'Dmenu'",
267#"99:name *?= 'Event'",
268#"99:class_g = 'Firefox'",
269#"99:class_g = 'GIMP'",
270#"99:name *?= 'Image'",
271#"99:class_g = 'Lazpaint'",
272#"99:class_g = 'Midori'",
273#"99:name *?= 'Minitube'",
274#"99:class_g = 'Mousepad'",
275#"99:name *?= 'MuseScore'",
276#"90:name *?= 'Page Info'",
277#"99:name *?= 'Pale Moon'",
278#"90:name *?= 'Panel'",
279#"99:class_g = 'Pinta'",
280#"90:name *?= 'Restart'",
281#"99:name *?= 'sudo'",
282#"99:name *?= 'Screenshot'",
283#"99:class_g = 'Viewnior'",
284#"99:class_g = 'VirtualBox'",
285#"99:name *?= 'VLC'",
286#"99:name *?= 'Write'",
287#"93:class_g = 'URxvt' && !_NET_WM_STATE@:32a",
288#"0:_NET_WM_STATE@:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
289#"96:_NET_WM_STATE@:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_STICKY'"
290#];
291