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transparent-panels@germanfr: Cinnamon becoming laggy if multi-monitor panels are all transparent #487

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@alefa03

Extension version/Build date

4.0~20220727

Cinnamon version

5.8.4

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Mint 21.2 Cinnamon

Graphics hardware and driver used

NVIDIA GeForce 1660 Super - Latest NVIDIA Drivers

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transparent-panels@germanfr @germanfr

What happened?

Greetings. I will get right to the point.
I am currently using Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon with two monitors. I set a bottom panel for each of these monitors. If BOTH these panels are transparent (no maximized windows) Cinnamon becomes very laggy in its entirety (window drags, menu panel show/hide, etc.).
This problem does not happen if just one of the two panels is transparent.

I hope this could get fixed soon. I tried to look at the source code, but unfortunately I couldn't find what is causing the problem.

@germanfr

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I even noticed that the problem temporarily fixes itself if I edit the panels in the Mint settings while the extension is activated (e.g. by adding and removing a top panel). But then, after restarting Cinnamon, or after doing any other action which makes the panels' transparency status to refresh, the same issue appears.

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