How to make top bar of dragonized always transparent?

[grandadmiral]

Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
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Hello,

Is there a way to make the top bar of dragonized edition always transparent? At the moment it turns black when a window is maximized. I would like to make it always transparent regardless of the window.

Jim

[filo]

Give a look at this thread. I’m currently on the mobile and cannot check, but I remember it did the trick also for me (but normally I don’t use transparency ).
You will find many other parameters to play with.

Top bar disappears or loses transparency randomly

I also have a similar problem to yours. From a fresh install from ISO the top latte panel's translucency is erratic. This happens on 1 physical machine and 1 VM, but very very very rarely happens on my primary machine (thank god). I believe this has something to do with inconsistencies in latte's features. Now how do I paste a picture again so I don't get fired at by doing it the wrong way.... ha, funny, I didn't find anything searching the forums nor the wiki, I must be looking in the wrong pl…

[grandadmiral]

Tried looking for the appearance bar mentioned in the post and my latte does not have a tab like that.

I poked around in there and could not find something similar enough to fit those instructions.

[filo]

It is there.
Right click on top panel, Edit Panel... (this was missing in the instructions, but intuitive...), Appearence Tab, scroll down (and check in general).
Take note of what you change, if you don't want to reset default config in case of troubles.
Edit:
In my case, for example with:
Prefer opaque background when touching any window unflagged
Hide background when not needed unflagged
Opacity = 0%
Palette = Smart Colors Based on Desktop Background
I have an always transprent panel.
If e.g. I flag Prefer opaque background when touching any window the panel becomes black with maximized windows.

[grandadmiral]

This worked for me. Thank you for your help.