Smoothly blurs the wallpaper when windows are opened.
pip install BlurWal==1.1.1
BlurWal smoothly blurs the wallpaper when a given number of windows is opened on the focused workspace. This is done by first generating transition frames from the current wallpaper, with each of them being blurred with an increasing level. Upon opening enough windows, each frame will be set as the wallpaper in quick succession, resulting in a transition. When the number of open windows goes below the threshold again, the transition will run in reverse and consequently unblur the wallpaper.
Python 3.6+
ImageMagick
(for generating transition frames)Name in CLI | Command used | Environment | Availability |
---|---|---|---|
feh |
feh |
Most WMs (i3, awesome, bspwm, Openbox, etc.) | Separate package |
xfce |
xfconf-query |
Xfce (uses xfconf to store wallpaper configuration) | Part of Xfce |
pip install --user blurwal
Also available in the Arch User Repository as
blurwal
Installing from the AUR is preferred, as BlurWal will be updated together with the rest of your system.
git clone https://gitlab.com/BVollmerhaus/blurwal
cd blurwal
pip install --user .
The latest changes on master, which may not be as stable.
Simply run blurwal
and it will regenerate its transition frames and blur
on the appropriate window events.
This list includes only the interesting options – run blurwal -h
for a
complete list and further information.
Option | Description |
---|---|
-m , --min
|
The minimum number of windows to blur the wallpaper (default: 2) |
-s , --steps
|
The number of steps in a blur transition (default: 10, minimum: 2) |
-b , --blur
|
The blur strength (sigma) to use when fully blurred (default: 10) |
-i , --ignore
|
A space-separated list of window classes to exclude |
--backend |
The backend to use (one of the compatible backends) |
Multi-monitor configurations are only partially supported. Depending on the backend, BlurWal will use the wallpaper of your primary monitor (and first workspace) and apply it to all monitors, only taking the focused workspace and the number of windows on it into account. This also means that using different wallpapers per individual monitor is not possible, as all will be overwritten with the primary one.
Changing this behavior is planned but will require some major changes.
BlurWal is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.