Background opacity too low

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hey, i'm using garuda dragonized and i'm sick of semi transparent backgrounds with the blur, so i disabled it in the desktop effects setting, but i can't find a setting for the opacity, i can't read stuff anymore

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i know i've had the problem on my old laptop too and somehow i could set it to a fixed color, but i can't find the setting anymore, maybe someone could help me find it
inxi:

System:
  Kernel: 5.18.15-hardened1-2-hardened arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 12.1.1 parameters: pti=on page_alloc.shuffle=1
    BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-hardened
    root=UUID=59fb3e2d-83c0-4365-a80b-433fb57039f2 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=07dd9dba-6b0e-4958-8a6d-b047eca29fdd loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 info: latte-dock
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) v: 4.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: M.F1
    date: 03/22/2022
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 4
    built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80)
    stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA50000C
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
    L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3712 high: 4242 min/max: 1400/4268 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3858 2: 3819
    3: 3383 4: 3949 5: 4000 6: 3392 7: 3393 8: 3504 9: 3392 10: 4242 11: 3667
    12: 3945 bogomips: 86260
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] driver: nvidia v: 515.65.01
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+ status: current (as of
    2022-07) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:13c2
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam B500 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:0807 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 1049x292mm (41.30x11.50")
    s-diag: 1089mm (42.87")
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
    size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.54") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA
    515.65.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: bus-ID: 1-1:2 gen: 3 chip-ID: 046d:0807 speed: 8 GT/s
    class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:0fbb class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 30:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 30:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-4: Logitech Webcam B500 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Device-5: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0c76:161e
    class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.15-hardened1-2-hardened running: yes
  Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 764.93 GiB (20.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 041
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid
    State Disk size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 9A0 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST500LX005-1CW162
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: LVD1
    scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: MBR
  ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 221.04 GiB size: 221.04 GiB (100.00%) used: 104.46 GiB
    (47.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 592 KiB
    (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 221.04 GiB size: 221.04 GiB (100.00%) used: 104.46
    GiB (47.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 221.04 GiB size: 221.04 GiB (100.00%) used: 104.46
    GiB (47.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 221.04 GiB size: 221.04 GiB (100.00%) used: 104.46
    GiB (47.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.52 GiB used: 2.72 GiB (17.6%)
    priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 17.13 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 27.0 C mobo: 29.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 37 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 1415 fan-3: 1683 fan-4: 1183 fan-5: 998
    fan-6: 0 gpu: nvidia fan: 50%
Info:
  Processes: 359 Uptime: 1h 30m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.52 GiB used: 4.6 GiB
  (29.6%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 12.1.1 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pacman: 1457 lib: 346
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.20
e[1;34mGaruda (2.6.5-1):e[0m
e[1;34m  System install date:e[0m     2022-04-20
e[1;34m  Last full system update:e[0m 2022-08-05 e[1;31m↻
e[1;34m  Is partially upgraded:  e[0m No
e[1;34m  Relevant software:      e[0m NetworkManager
e[1;34m  Windows dual boot:      e[0m No/Undetected
e[1;34m  Snapshots:              e[0m Snapper
e[1;34m  Failed units:           e[0m
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Turn off your compositor. That should do it for you, and your computer will run faster.

No mas problema.

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The opacity setting is in Kvantum Manager

  • Configure Active Theme->Compositing & General Look->Reduce window opacity by, this will change all apps that are not in Opaque apps, and abide by the theming.
  • Configure Active Theme->Hacks->Transparent Dolphin view, this will change the right side of Dolphin for files/folders

Warning, as there are many settings there, take notes on what you change, or ONLY change one item at a time to see what it does.

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didn't even know that there was a kvantum manager on my system, and that was not what i did back with my old laptop, but it works so i'm not going to question it further, thanks both of you for helping me

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