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    [HOW_TO] MagicMirror as Desktop Wallpaper (all platform : updated)

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      lexcyr @MMRIZE
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      @mmrize Hello
      i just tried it on Xubuntu, the background stay black for me and not transparent. so i can’t see my desktop icons anymore :(.

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        MMRIZE @lexcyr
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        @lexcyr
        In the Linux environment, some additional options might be needed or modified (I mentioned it in README)
        Anyway, you’ve said;

        so i can’t see my desktop icons anymore

        It means, your MM is not placed on the desktop layer, but normal application layer. (And your transparent setting also doesn’t work)
        I doubt you probably miss these;

        • Your MM might not be 2.17.
        • Or your configuration was wrong.
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          OscarVsp
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          Hello, thank for this !

          I’ve followed configuration for linux, and i also had to add the custom css content to have transparency. It works well expect one issue: the mouse click don’t go through magicmirror, so i can’t click on folder/app on the desktop.

          Is it normal, and am i supposed to only use the menu to launch app or am i missing something ? I looked on the electron documentation but i didn’t found answer to this…

          Thanks for your help

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            MMRIZE @OscarVsp
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            @OscarVsp

            I’ve tested MacOS and Windows, but not Linux, sorry. But Electron Manual says type: 'desktop' options would work on Linux Environment too.
            What kind of Linux are you using?

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              MMRIZE @OscarVsp
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              @OscarVsp
              You can check whether MM is really ‘most-bottomed’. Adjust some CSS to check whether MM is “COVERING but just transparent” against other icons or applications.

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                MMRIZE @OscarVsp
                last edited by MMRIZE

                @OscarVsp

                • Non-X-11 based Linux Desktop might not work.
                • This behaviour may severely be dependent on the platform, so in some environment, it might not work.
                • When some OTHER application occupies the “most-bottomed position” later, MM might be expelled to the foreground. I’m not sure.
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                  MMRIZE
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                  Just for confirmation about still-working. (2024-05-16)
                  스크린샷 2024-05-16 09.28.26.png

                  Both electronOptions and electronSwitches to be added must reside within the config variable in config.js. I didn’t mention it because it seemed obvious. Surprisingly, it seems to be misunderstood as adding this to the end of the file.

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                    plainbroke @MMRIZE
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                    @MMRIZE
                    I tried to figure out what and how to make this work. Wow, way above my abilities.
                    Can you make a script for all of it so, us dummies can use it?

                    Slow learner. But trying anyways.

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                      MMRIZE @plainbroke
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                      @plainbroke which environment are you using?

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                        plainbroke @MMRIZE
                        last edited by

                        @MMRIZE
                        MM latest and windows 10

                        Slow learner. But trying anyways.

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