How can a theme or preference avoid graying-out a background window when a non-model dialog is open?












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When I click CTRL+F to find a string in Eclipse Oxygen.2 (4.7.2), the code in the background gets grayed out. I asked on StackOverflow and learned that this is most likely an Ubuntu feature.



As I step through the text with Find, I want to see the found text.



How can I keep the background window from being "grayed out" while the dialog is open?



Note that other dialogs do the same: For example, If I choose Help->Install New Software, the background is grayed out.



How can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences so that it only works on modal dialogs, but is avoided on non-modal dialogs?



On Ubuntu 18.10 (GNOME Shell, using gdm, $DESKTOP_SESSION is ubuntu)
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  • The question is, can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences to modal/blocking dialogs, but avoided on non-modal/non-blocking dialogs?

    – howlger
    Jan 24 at 8:12











  • In KDE this is very easy to do on a per application basis; it's not entirely clear to me what your DM is but extensions.gnome.org/extension/891/windows-blur-effects allows changing background effects, but it sounds like it doesn't remove all blur.

    – pbhj
    Jan 24 at 14:11
















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When I click CTRL+F to find a string in Eclipse Oxygen.2 (4.7.2), the code in the background gets grayed out. I asked on StackOverflow and learned that this is most likely an Ubuntu feature.



As I step through the text with Find, I want to see the found text.



How can I keep the background window from being "grayed out" while the dialog is open?



Note that other dialogs do the same: For example, If I choose Help->Install New Software, the background is grayed out.



How can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences so that it only works on modal dialogs, but is avoided on non-modal dialogs?



On Ubuntu 18.10 (GNOME Shell, using gdm, $DESKTOP_SESSION is ubuntu)
enter image description here










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  • The question is, can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences to modal/blocking dialogs, but avoided on non-modal/non-blocking dialogs?

    – howlger
    Jan 24 at 8:12











  • In KDE this is very easy to do on a per application basis; it's not entirely clear to me what your DM is but extensions.gnome.org/extension/891/windows-blur-effects allows changing background effects, but it sounds like it doesn't remove all blur.

    – pbhj
    Jan 24 at 14:11














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When I click CTRL+F to find a string in Eclipse Oxygen.2 (4.7.2), the code in the background gets grayed out. I asked on StackOverflow and learned that this is most likely an Ubuntu feature.



As I step through the text with Find, I want to see the found text.



How can I keep the background window from being "grayed out" while the dialog is open?



Note that other dialogs do the same: For example, If I choose Help->Install New Software, the background is grayed out.



How can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences so that it only works on modal dialogs, but is avoided on non-modal dialogs?



On Ubuntu 18.10 (GNOME Shell, using gdm, $DESKTOP_SESSION is ubuntu)
enter image description here










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When I click CTRL+F to find a string in Eclipse Oxygen.2 (4.7.2), the code in the background gets grayed out. I asked on StackOverflow and learned that this is most likely an Ubuntu feature.



As I step through the text with Find, I want to see the found text.



How can I keep the background window from being "grayed out" while the dialog is open?



Note that other dialogs do the same: For example, If I choose Help->Install New Software, the background is grayed out.



How can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences so that it only works on modal dialogs, but is avoided on non-modal dialogs?



On Ubuntu 18.10 (GNOME Shell, using gdm, $DESKTOP_SESSION is ubuntu)
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  • The question is, can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences to modal/blocking dialogs, but avoided on non-modal/non-blocking dialogs?

    – howlger
    Jan 24 at 8:12











  • In KDE this is very easy to do on a per application basis; it's not entirely clear to me what your DM is but extensions.gnome.org/extension/891/windows-blur-effects allows changing background effects, but it sounds like it doesn't remove all blur.

    – pbhj
    Jan 24 at 14:11



















  • The question is, can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences to modal/blocking dialogs, but avoided on non-modal/non-blocking dialogs?

    – howlger
    Jan 24 at 8:12











  • In KDE this is very easy to do on a per application basis; it's not entirely clear to me what your DM is but extensions.gnome.org/extension/891/windows-blur-effects allows changing background effects, but it sounds like it doesn't remove all blur.

    – pbhj
    Jan 24 at 14:11

















The question is, can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences to modal/blocking dialogs, but avoided on non-modal/non-blocking dialogs?

– howlger
Jan 24 at 8:12





The question is, can the graying-out be limited via theming or via Ubuntu preferences to modal/blocking dialogs, but avoided on non-modal/non-blocking dialogs?

– howlger
Jan 24 at 8:12













In KDE this is very easy to do on a per application basis; it's not entirely clear to me what your DM is but extensions.gnome.org/extension/891/windows-blur-effects allows changing background effects, but it sounds like it doesn't remove all blur.

– pbhj
Jan 24 at 14:11





In KDE this is very easy to do on a per application basis; it's not entirely clear to me what your DM is but extensions.gnome.org/extension/891/windows-blur-effects allows changing background effects, but it sounds like it doesn't remove all blur.

– pbhj
Jan 24 at 14:11










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