Please add Windows Transparency and click through
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Description
Expected behavior of the wanted feature
Would allow setting transparency leve and clickthrough for MPV. Via Config File.
Alternative behavior of the wanted feature
setting a hotkey to change transparency value of window, or a hotkey to enable disable click through.
I believe this would be possible to implement using SetLayeredWindowAttributes for transparency, and SetWindowLongA / GWL_EXSTYLE / WS_EX_TRANSPARENT. from WinUser.h
I apologize for not being able to try to implement and test myself.
I am not able to get a log file at the moment and will do so at my nearest convenience.
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Research direction
Start by clarifying the requested configuration and hotkey behavior for Windows transparency and click-through. Review the proposed SetLayeredWindowAttributes and SetWindowLongA/GWL_EXSTYLE/WS_EX_TRANSPARENT APIs, then determine the relevant window entry points and a Windows test approach. Done means both behaviors have an agreed interface and work reliably through the selected configuration or hotkey path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100