feat(linux): enable all window transparency settings - #165
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughLinux is now included in window-glass settings and rendering. Documentation and Linux package definitions describe backdrop support and FFmpeg requirements. The Zed submodule reference changed, and ChangesLinux window glass
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Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Feature Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Linux glass support may be difficult to build from a clean checkout if the dependency pull request is squashed. Confirm that the pinned commit remains fetchable, or update it after the dependency merges. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Linux now sends image, video, and live-background choices to a newly pinned native renderer. No exploitable security flaw is established, but the renderer’s behavior and some Linux environments remain unverified. Retained concerns
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Merge maddada/zed#4 before merging this gitlink.
The gitlink points to 8bd6c6eccbca1efdd8590997c9a13cbe272bd0f5, which is the head of the open pull request from linux-transparency into ghostex. The configured ghostex branch still points to f257216cac855cf00b43ca9a7c794e17f23b560f. If the pull request is squashed, the resulting commit will differ and this pointer may become unavailable to clean submodule checkouts. Update .dependencies/zed to the resulting commit when the SHA changes, and ensure the configured remote can fetch that exact SHA.
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In @.dependencies/zed at line 1, Update the Zed submodule gitlink to the commit
produced by merging the referenced pull request, rather than its current
pull-request-head commit; verify the configured remote can fetch that exact
commit for clean submodule checkouts.
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Linux hid the transparency controls and ignored several native background settings. Expose the complete existing glass settings on Linux and implement their behavior through the GPUI dependency: desktop/window blur, wallpaper, custom pictures, all eight live styles, video, placement, dark/light tint controls, speed, brightness, and power-aware playback.
bun run devas an alias of the existing desktop start command.Validation: frontend typecheck and production build, full native cargo check, release build, Linux bundle staging, WGSL validation, and packaging shell syntax checks passed in the original integration checkout. The user confirmed the feature works in Hyprland. After applying this change to current upstream,
cargo check -p gpui_linux -p gpui_wgpualso passed. The full application build was not repeated on the newer upstream base.Ghostex currently uses XWayland on Wayland desktops because CEF requires X11. The dependency implements native Wayland as well, but native Wayland and standalone Xorg have not been visually tested. Desktop/window blur strength depends on the compositor; native Wayland desktop-relative placement currently requires Hyprland. Wallpaper providers and FFmpeg requirements are described in Help.
No automated tests were added, following the repository instructions. Unrelated local changes are excluded.
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Enable all window glass transparency settings on Linux
refresh_window_glassin window_glass.rs now lets Linux activate window glass and use wallpaper, custom-image, video, and Live backdrop sourceswindowGlassAvailableandwindowGlassPicturesAvailablehelpers in theme-simple-controls.tsx now return true on Linux, so the settings UI shows glass options theresync_main_window_glassonly applies the wallpaper backdrop when the resolved background appearance is blurred, disabling it when opaquesync_main_window_glassin window_glass.rsMacroscope summarized 15db7b9.
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