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Setting transparency to non-zero results in title bar being completely transparent
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Description
Right now setting transparnecy in Vim to non-zero would cause the entire title bar to go transparent. This is due to a workaround with how view layers work but the end result looks suboptimal. We should fix it to look correct and solve the problem correctly.
See discussion here https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/discussions/1563#discussioncomment-12272211
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reading the linked discussion and tracing MacVim's transparency and view-layer handling; done means a non-zero Vim transparency setting leaves the title bar visibly correct rather than making it completely transparent.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, vim
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100