Panel translucency question

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 16:42 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> 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

Thanks Rex. I guess (1) is the only practical option for the normal
user.

poc