Bar now fully works with transparency.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ target_link_libraries(Hypr
         xcb-xinerama
         xcb-cursor
         xcb-shape
+        xcb-util
         ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
 )

src/bar/Bar.cpp

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int64_t barMainThread() {
     g_pWindowManager->setupRandrMonitors();
 
     // Init depth
-    g_pWindowManager->setupDepth();
+    g_pWindowManager->setupColormapAndStuff();
 
     // Setup our bar
     CStatusBar STATUSBAR;
@@ -154,12 +154,15 @@ void CStatusBar::setup(int MonitorID) {
     message.windowID = m_iWindowID;
     IPCSendMessage(g_pWindowManager->m_sIPCBarPipeOut.szPipeName, message);
 
-    values[0] = XCB_EVENT_MASK_EXPOSURE | XCB_EVENT_MASK_SUBSTRUCTURE_REDIRECT | XCB_EVENT_MASK_SUBSTRUCTURE_NOTIFY | XCB_EVENT_MASK_PROPERTY_CHANGE;
+    values[0] = ConfigManager::getInt("bar:col.bg");
+    values[1] = ConfigManager::getInt("bar:col.bg");
+    values[2] = XCB_EVENT_MASK_EXPOSURE | XCB_EVENT_MASK_SUBSTRUCTURE_REDIRECT | XCB_EVENT_MASK_SUBSTRUCTURE_NOTIFY | XCB_EVENT_MASK_PROPERTY_CHANGE;
+    values[3] = g_pWindowManager->Colormap;
 
     xcb_create_window(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, g_pWindowManager->Depth, m_iWindowID,
                       g_pWindowManager->Screen->root, m_vecPosition.x, m_vecPosition.y, m_vecSize.x, m_vecSize.y,
-                      0, XCB_WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_OUTPUT, g_pWindowManager->Screen->root_visual,
+                      0, XCB_WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_OUTPUT, g_pWindowManager->VisualType->visual_id,
-                      XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK, values);
+                      XCB_CW_BACK_PIXEL | XCB_CW_BORDER_PIXEL | XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK | XCB_CW_COLORMAP, values);
 
     // Set the state to dock to avoid some issues
     xcb_atom_t dockAtom[] = { HYPRATOMS["_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK"] };

src/windowManager.cpp

@@ -2,28 +2,26 @@
 #include "./events/events.hpp"
 #include <string.h>
 
-xcb_visualtype_t* CWindowManager::setupColors() {
+xcb_visualtype_t* CWindowManager::setupColors(const int& desiredDepth) {
     auto depthIter = xcb_screen_allowed_depths_iterator(Screen);
-    xcb_visualtype_iterator_t visualIter;
+    if (depthIter.data) {
-    for (; depthIter.rem; xcb_depth_next(&depthIter)) {
+        for (; depthIter.rem; xcb_depth_next(&depthIter)) {
-        if (depthIter.data->depth == Depth) {
+            if (desiredDepth == 0 || desiredDepth == depthIter.data->depth) {
-            visualIter = xcb_depth_visuals_iterator(depthIter.data);
+                for (auto it = xcb_depth_visuals_iterator(depthIter.data); it.rem; xcb_visualtype_next(&it)) {
-            return visualIter.data;
+                    return it.data;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (desiredDepth > 0) {
+            return setupColors(0);
         }
     }
-
     return nullptr;
 }
 
 void CWindowManager::setupDepth() {
-    // init visual type, default 32 bit depth
+    Depth = 24;
-    // TODO: fix this, ugh
+    VisualType = setupColors(Depth);
-    Depth = 24;  //32
-    VisualType = setupColors();
-    if (VisualType == NULL) {
-        Depth = 24;
-        VisualType = setupColors();
-    }
 }
 
 void CWindowManager::createAndOpenAllPipes() {
@@ -49,6 +47,22 @@ void CWindowManager::updateRootCursor() {
     xcb_change_window_attributes(DisplayConnection, Screen->root, XCB_CW_CURSOR, values);
 }
 
+void CWindowManager::setupColormapAndStuff() {
+    VisualType = xcb_aux_find_visual_by_attrs(Screen, -1, 32); // Transparency by default
+
+    Depth = xcb_aux_get_depth_of_visual(Screen, VisualType->visual_id);
+    Colormap = xcb_generate_id(DisplayConnection);
+    const auto COOKIE = xcb_create_colormap(DisplayConnection, XCB_COLORMAP_ALLOC_NONE, Colormap, Screen->root, VisualType->visual_id);
+
+    const auto XERR = xcb_request_check(DisplayConnection, COOKIE);
+
+    if (XERR != NULL) {
+        Debug::log(ERR, "Error in setupColormapAndStuff! Code: " + std::to_string(XERR->error_code));
+    }
+
+    free(XERR);
+}
+
 void CWindowManager::setupRandrMonitors() {
 
     XCBQUERYCHECK(RANDRVER, xcb_randr_query_version_reply(
@@ -136,6 +150,7 @@ void CWindowManager::setupRandrMonitors() {
 }
 
 void CWindowManager::setupManager() {
+    setupColormapAndStuff();
     EWMH::setupInitEWMH();
     setupRandrMonitors();
 
@@ -162,8 +177,6 @@ void CWindowManager::setupManager() {
     Debug::log(LOG, "Workspace protos done.");
     //
 
-    setupDepth();
-
     // ---- INIT THE THREAD FOR ANIM & CONFIG ---- //
 
     // start its' update thread

src/windowManager.hpp

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
 
     uint8_t                     Depth = 32;
     xcb_visualtype_t*           VisualType;
+    xcb_colormap_t              Colormap;
 
     std::vector<CWindow>        windows; // windows never left. It has always been hiding amongst us.
     xcb_drawable_t              LastWindow = -1;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ public:
     void                        setupRandrMonitors();
     void                        createAndOpenAllPipes();
     void                        setupDepth();
+    void                        setupColormapAndStuff();
 
     void                        updateActiveWindowName();
     void                        updateBarInfo();
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ public:
     void                        calculateNewFloatingWindow(CWindow* pWindow);
     void                        setEffectiveSizePosUsingConfig(CWindow* pWindow);
     void                        cleanupUnusedWorkspaces();
-    xcb_visualtype_t*           setupColors();
+    xcb_visualtype_t*           setupColors(const int&);
     void                        updateRootCursor();
     void                        applyRoundedCornersToWindow(CWindow* pWindow);
 };