This seems generally useful, so I'm sending your idea and patch to the
xmonad mailing list. It's best to send ideas about xmonad/xmonad-contrib
improvements there, so they get a wider audience.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Jasper van der Jeugt
Hello,
I recently installed the XMonad.Hooks.FadeInactive into my xmonad.hs. I think it is very usable, altough there is one drawback: floating windows.
I (and most people, I think) use floating windows mostly for many-window applications like, for example, the GIMP. In the GIMP, you wouldn't want a window to become transparent, since you want a clear view of your image, even when you're clicking around in the toolbox window.
I therefore propose to add a Query that returns true if the window is unfocused, and in the tiling layer. I attached the code as a diff. I'd like to know what you think.
Kind regards, Jasper Van der Jeugt