Blur not working on layers.

[MRSS02]

• Swayfx Version:

  • swayfx version 0.5 (based on sway 1.10.1)

• Debug Log:
  sway.log

• Configuration File:
  https://gist.github.com/MRSS02/5d9ee8f8f2e06a897a6a42ebfaea27c6

• Description:
  Blur is not working on layers since the update to swayfx 0.5. Was working on swayfx 0.4.
  Blur is also not working on rofi. Was not working on swayfx 0.4 either.

[ErikReider]

Does this work? layer_effects "rofi" blur enable

[MRSS02]

i have that on my config, it's not working:

layer_effects "waybar" blur enable; blur_ignore_transparent enable; blur_brightness 0.75; corner_radius 6
layer_effects "gtk-layer-shell" blur enable; blur_ignore_transparent enable; blur_brightness 0.75; corner_radius 6
layer_effects "nwg-dock" blur enable; blur_ignore_transparent enable; blur_brightness 0.75; corner_radius 6
layer_effects "swaync-notification-window" blur enable; blur_ignore_transparent enable; blur_brightness 0.75; corner_radius 6
layer_effects "swaync-control-center" blur enable; blur_ignore_transparent enable; blur_brightness 0.75; corner_radius 6
layer_effects "rofi" blur enable; blur_ignore_transparent enable; blur_brightness 0.75; corner_radius 6

none of these layers' blur work now. Before, on version 0.4, they all worked, except for rofi.

[JohannesBarjak]

For what it's worth, blur also isn't working in my config, even with layer_effects "waybar" blur enable.

[linavixx]

Seems to work fine for me on swaybar, rofi and dunst. Maybe try removing the brightness options? Layers only allow to either enable or disable it, no further customization as they're following your primary blur setup.

[ErikReider]

Can you run and post the output of swaymsg -r -t get_outputs?

[JohannesBarjak]

Actually, blur is working for me. I had previously switched to upstream sway and I disabled blur in waybar. I only forgot to enable it after.
swaymsg -r -t get_outputs has the waybar layer named as 'waybar' for me.

[JohannesBarjak]

The reason I came across this issue is black corners were visible in my bar, which has rounded corners defined in CSS. After enabling blur the black corners disappear, although I am no longer sure if my issue is relevant here or if it is an issue in swayfx. I could try reverting to 0.4 and seeing if it persists.

[MRSS02]

Seems to work fine for me on swaybar, rofi and dunst. Maybe try removing the brightness options? Layers only allow to either enable or disable it, no further customization as they're following your primary blur setup.

i tested now without the customizations - now it works; but i of course lost all customizations, which were crucial to me and were fully working on the previous version. Now i simply lost a feature?

@ErikReider why this regression?

[MRSS02]

Seems to work fine for me on swaybar, rofi and dunst. Maybe try removing the brightness options? Layers only allow to either enable or disable it, no further customization as they're following your primary blur setup.

oh btw, it still doesn't work for rofi for me, even after removing the brightness option, but that was not working before either. Any idea why?

[linavixx]

oh btw, it still doesn't work for rofi for me, even after removing the brightness option, but that was not working before either. Any idea why?

Not sure. What is your rofi version? I'm on rofi-wayland from Arch repo.

Also I doubt layer effects ever allowed to customize the trivia (brightness, shadow radius etc), but I'm not sure.

edit: just to check, did you specify transparency in rofi's config (like adding a transparency value to background color's hex code or RGBA)? swayFX can't blur non-transparent layers.