Panel translucency question

[Rex Dieter]

On 03/19/2013 04:29 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> With the new 4.10 I find that my only KDE panel has become translucent.
> Given that I also have it set to Autohide, this is pretty pointless for
> my usage, and frequently the underlying image makes it hard to make out
> panel icons and text.
>
> How can I turn off translucency for the panel? There in no option on the
> Panel settings. Do I have to change the theme to get this to work the
> way I want?

It's part of the plasma theme (which happens to include a svg element 
with alpha channel).

Options include:
1.  disable desktop effects (effectively disabling alpha channel support)
2.  change/modify that individual plasma theme element
3.  change plasma themes

-- rex