[Help] display managers with transparent backgrounds, showing the desktop itself?

a year ago by TheTwelveYearOld to c/archlinux

I want a display manager that shows the desktop as the background, instead of a background image or video. I'm thinking of auto-logging in on boot, and adding another startup command to Hyprland to lock the desktop and show the display manger. My searches didn't yield anything. The closest I could find is hyprlock which blurs the desktop, but that's just a lock screen & not a proper display manager.

pogodem0n 3 points a year ago

I guess the closest you can come to this is by taking a screenshot of your desktop and setting it as the background of the display manager. Otherwise, Hyprlock seems like your best option.

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cheeso 1 point 18 days ago

DankMaterialShell does this with its lockscreen however i dont know if the greeter behavies similarly nor if it has auto login

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